Assurance Quote by Donald Rumsfeld

Self -assurance is two-third of success

— Pradeepkumardevi

People don't realize that we cannot forecast the future. What we can do is have probabilities of what causes what, but that's as far…

— Alan Greenspan

To the extent that you can find ways where you're making predictions, there's no substitute for testing yourself on real-world situations that you don't…

— Nate Silver

“You will need to learn how to express-and quantify-the uncertainty in your predictions. You will need to update your forecast as facts and circumstances…

— Nate Silver

You have to pretend you're 100 percent sure. You have to take action; you can't hesitate or hedge your bets. Anything less will condemn…

— Andy Grove

In my life, the only certainty is to be uncertain. I'm an unbeliever who believes in skepticism. I'm only sure about being unsure.

— Christopher Hitchens

Self-assurance is contemptible and fatal unless it is self-knowledge.

— George Santayana

My view was that if you're going to make a mistake in your predictions, make sure you make them the right way. Don't put…

— Paul Martin

I try not to get involved in the business of prediction. It's a quick way to look like an idiot.

— Warren Ellis

“There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell them. As the great philosopher of uncertainty Yogi berra once said,…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I never make a prediction that can be proved wrong within 24 hours.

— Louis Rukeyser

There is an excellent way to make predictions without the slightest risk of error: predict the past.

— Yevgeny Zamyatin