Quotes About Prediction

Every man has his destiny. But who needs to go to a fortune-teller to find it? Do I go to a chef to find out if I'm hungry?

Man may his fate foresee, but not prevent. 'Tis better to be fortunate than wise.

In our society, the best predictor of a man's wealth is his wife's looks, and the best predictor of a woman's looks is her husband's wealth.

Hoover, if elected, will do one thing that is almost incomprehensible to the human mind: he will make a great man out of Coolidge.

Were we able to extract from any man a complete answer to the question, "What comes into your mind when you think about God?" we might predict with certainty the future of that man.

I've seen the future! It's a bald-headed man from New York!

Nations, as well as man, almost always betray the most prominent features of their future destiny in their earliest years.

If a man paints a target on his chest, he should expect that sooner or later someone will loose an arrow on him.

If you know what a man's doing, get in front of him; but if you want to guess what he's doing keep behind him.

The past is democratic, because it is a people. The future is despotic, because it is a caprice. Every man is alone in his prediction, just as each man is alone in a dream.

This little upset across the water doesn't mean anything. Threatened men live long and threatened wars never occur.

Don't you know that the very thing a man dreads is the thing that always happens?

I'm not a betting man, and even if I was, I certainly wouldn't bet on this! I would not bet on the Best Actor.

You can always spot a fool, for he is a man who will tell you he knows who is going to win an election.

And men my prophet wail deride!

Let no man seek Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall Him or his children.

You really want to know what else it was my mom said about you?" he asked. She shook her head. He didn't seem to notice. "She said you'd break my heart," he told her, and left.

I would take even money that England will not exist in the year 2000.

If everyone thinks one way, it is likely to be wrong. If you can figure out that it is wrong, you are likely to make a lot of money.

Common stock investors can make money by predicting the outcomes of practice evolution. You can't derive this by fundamental analysis - you must think biologically.

It is absurd to think that the general public can ever make money out of market forecasts.

I predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you spend in men and money." (On Vietnam War)

I'm not allowed to bet, but if I could, my money would be on you.

The art of investing is not about figuring out what has already happened. It's about anticipating the futureand creating the future that others will read about in The Wall Street Journal.