Quotes About Prediction

But I thought a slowdown or modest reversal of house price appreciation was more likely than a sharp decline.

despite experts' warnings about the economic consequences. Likewise,

de qué sirven las premoniciones? Casi de tanto como las ideas retrospectivas

What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.

What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens

The expected always happens

Gut instincts are always so hit and miss. When it hits, you're like, "Wow, I totally knew that was gonna happen!" But when you miss, it's like, "I can't believe I was so stupid!"

Children and scientists share an outlook on life. 'If I do this, what will happen?' is both the motto of the child at play and the defining refrain of the physical scientist.

I've been saying it before the lottery, before the Phoenix Suns even had the No. 1 pick. I've just been talking it into the existence. I'm not saying I'm the best player in the draft and trying to be cocky like that, but I was just saying I'm going to be the No. 1 pick, regardless.

I'm going to pick the team I believe will win, regardless of where we are.

I knew Jennifer Aniston would be a huge success from the moment I saw her in rehearsals.

Chances are the movements of the euro as against the dollar will be relatively moderate.

The CBO does a great job on budget; they do a relatively poor job of what the coverage consequences of a healthcare plan are. Their ability - anybody's ability - to predict what human behavior is going to be, without looking at the entire construct, is difficult.

I said it when I got hired. I said, for five years, I had a 1,000 people telling me I was going to be a head coach in the NBA. And when I got the job, those same 1,000 people were shocked.

Well goodness knows, goodness knows what historians will write.

I speak my mind. I go to Holland and say I'm going to score 20 goals. And I do it.

I don't know what's going to happen in life, so I don't think it's fair that I know what's going to happen in 'Homeland.'

Not at all do I trust augurs, who enrich the ears of others, so that they can enrich their own homes with gold.

If we all had crystal balls, we'd all know which horse to back, wouldn't we?

'Desperate Housewives' worked out beautifully. I went out for that before it began airing, and no one had any idea it was going to turn into what it did.

We are not saints, gods, spiritual human beings that we can sit and decide whether a film will do well or not. It is not in our hands.

I got a hundred bucks says my baby beats Pete's baby. I just think genetics are in my favour.

To know exactly what I wanted to hear in those notes, to woo me back to her, even to predict all my wrong moves … the woman knew me cold. Better than anyone in the world, she knew me. All this time I'd thought we were strangers, and it turned out we knew each other intuitively, in our bones, in our blood.

Although Viveca isn't her bona fide name, her bona fide name is Jennifer, but people don't believe Jennifers can tell the future; Jennifers can tell you which cute shoes to buy or what farmer's market to visit, but they should keep their hands off other people's futures.) Viveca