Quotes About Prediction

From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other.

It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it deals with probabilities from the outset.

Man shall never reach the moon, for such a quantity of gunpowder would be needed as to gravely injure the crew.

en España nunca se dice lo que pasa, pero desgraciadamente siempre acaba pasando lo que se dice.

Más vale un por si acaso —argumentó el mayor— que un quién lo iba a decir.

A thorough knowledge of the past could lead a profound scholar to predict the future course of history with great accuracy, provided that it did not turn out quite differently.

You know that if I ever do settle down with some woman, Lillie is going to come after you next," Hawk said. "She's relentless. She'll have you married within weeks after I tie the knot. Mark my words." He took another drink and swallowed. "Be afraid. Be very afraid.

I think it's almost impossible for any expert to predict for the rapid changes we see in the Middle East. They are rapid and they will continue for quite a while.

Love life readings are my least favorite things to do in the world because I can sit with Amber Rose and say look 'I'm seeing a 'T' name. This is gonna happen, stick with that relationship. Don't date a rapper.' And then she'll go and date a rapper.

I don't pretend that I can predict the future value of the growth rate or rate of return.

Our ability to predict how the federal funds rate will evolve over time is quite limited because monetary policy will need to respond to whatever disturbances may buffet the economy.

There's no way you can predict what is going to happen in six months or two years in most businesses, and certainly not for businesses that are growing at the rate that we have grown.

I never predict freight rates; nobody can do that.

You know, our ratings after this match will be very close - I think I can also become the world number one in the not too distant future. However, I'm sure that Garry will also have something to say about this!

I don't think Obama will get re-elected.

Artificial intelligence will reach human levels by around 2029. Follow that out further to, say, 2045, we will have multiplied the intelligence, the human biological machine intelligence of our civilization a billion-fold.

But I don't think I have any particular talent for prediction, because when you have three or four elements in hand, you don't have to be a genius to reach certain conclusions.

A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.

You never know until a song comes out and becomes what it becomes, obviously you can't predict how the masses will react.

It is hard to have great confidence in predicting what market reactions to Fed decisions will be.

After a certain point I know my players so well, I can anticipate their reactions.

If we as writers could predict what readers grab on to, we would write it.

My favorite Asimov works were the 'Foundation' books because the concept, at the time, was crazy, but psycho-history has now turned out to be an actual real thing. You can predict the actions of large groups of people once you understand, for lack of a better way to put it, their way of existing and their prejudices.

I couldn't have predicted the business would be worth so much. I could see that we would have this sort of market share, but I didn't realise the numbers would be so large.