Predicting Quotes

80 quotes by 72 authors

The basic trouble with all long-range population projections is that they are driven by assumptions about birth levels - and there is still no reliable… — Nicholas Eberstadt
It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it deals with probabilities from the outset. — Arthur Eddington
My specific goal is to revolutionize the future of the species. Mathematics is just another way of predicting the future. — Ralph Abraham
This intelligence, or what I'll call "the wisdom of crowds," is at work in the world in many different guises. It's the reason the Internet… — James Surowiecki
Methods for predicting the future: 1) read horoscopes, tea leaves, tarot cards, or crystal balls . . . collectively known as "nutty methods;" 2) put… — Scott Adams
Charts are great for predicting the past. — Peter Lynch
Mitt Romney is predicting that as president, he will create 12 million jobs in his first term. Well, President Obama says a Romney presidency would… — Jay Leno
The Noah rule: Predicting rain doesn't count; building arks does. — Warren Buffett
A scientist naturally and inevitably ... mulls over the data and guesses at a solution. He proceeds to testing of the guess by new data-predicting… — Edwin Powell Hubble
While physics and mathematics may tell us how the universe began, they are not much use in predicting human behavior because there are far too… — Stephen Hawking
My mother always told me growing up I had a punchable face. Little did I know she was predicting my television career. — Michael Emerson
At a very young age I was predicting outcomes, trying to take all the information and find the best route to wherever I was going.… — Jennifer Carpenter
I am incredibly bad at predicting the future; I am only smart enough to observe the present and listen to my intuition about tendencies. — Rem Koolhaas
Let me just say that while I personally am very fond of John Boehner, his record of predicting what would happen if certain policies, economic… — Jay Carney
No more prizes for predicting the rain, only prizes for building the arks — Don Edward Beck
If a person can turn from predicting illness to anticipating recovery, the foundation for cure is laid. — Bernie Siegel
Economists are about as useful as astrologers in predicting the future (and, like astrologers, they never let failure on one occasion diminish certitude on the… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
I'm the only one who was predicting the Nintendo Wii would beat Sony's PlayStation 3. — Nolan Bushnell
Our greatest hope is for the experience of joy, and often we are not as smart as we think we are when it comes to… — Marianne Williamson
I am not predicting here that Obama will fail like Jimmy Carter. What I am predicting is the Republican Party is not extinct and will… — Ed Rollins

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