Doe Quote by Grace Paley

Hindsight is notably cleverer than foresight.

— Chester W. Nimitz

Hindsight is of little value in the decision-making process. It distorts our memory for events that occurred at the time of the decision so…

— Diane F. Halpern

Hindsight is an exact science.

— Guy Bellamy

Hindsight. It's like foresight without a future.

— Kevin Kline

Reality looks much more obvious in hindsight than in foresight. People who experience hindsight bias misapply current hindsight to past foresight. They perceive events…

— Hersh Shefrin

Hindsight plays tricks on our minds.

— Jeremy Siegel

Hindsight is the historian's necessary vice.

— Hilary Mantel

Foresight is better than hindsight, but insight is better than either one of them.

— Anonymous

Hindsight is wonderful. It's always very easy to second guess after the fact.

— Helen Reddy

Hindsight can be merciless. People of any given era often look back in time and wonder how their predecessors could have been so dimwitted.

— James Balog

For historians, hindsight can be a treacherous ally. Enabling us to trace the hidden patterns of past events, it beguiles us with the mirage…

— Eric Foner

The most fertile source of insight is hindsight.

— Morris Kline