Act Quote by Rick Perlstein

“those who are very good at predicting the past will think of themselves as good at predicting the future,”

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

If you're constantly being reminded of the ways in which your history and your narrative as a people were rooted in loss and decay,…

— Kerry James Marshall

I'm a historian. I really like the past. But most people seem far more interested in what you can tell them about the future.

— Yuval Noah Harari

Instead of reflecting on the past, predict the future.

— Chris Guillebeau

I go to my past in order to discern the future.

— Catherine Doherty

The illusion that we understand the past fosters overconfidence in our ability to predict the future.

— Daniel Kahneman

I can't predict the future and I don't have respect for people who try to.

— Jackie Mason

“Historians predict the past for a living.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

People should be highly sceptical of anyone's including their own, ability to predict the future, and instead pursue strategies that can survive whatever may…

— Seth Klarman

“historians need to treat a participant’s own explanation of events with a certain scepticism. It is often the statement made with an eye to…

— Julian Barnes

Am reflecting on past, so I can predict the future

— Anonymous

I find my past in my present, and from these forecast my future.

— Amos Bronson Alcott