Quotes About Forecast

Looks like another scorcher today

Whenever I see a forecast written out to two decimal places, I cannot help but wonder if there is a misunderstanding of the limitations of the data, and an illusion of precision.

No one can escape the iron rule that once you make a forecast, you know you're going to be wrong; you just don't know when and in which direction!

History has suggested that the pessimists have been wrong time and time again.

Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10.

Economists have allowed themselves to walk into a trap where we say we can forecast, but no serious economist thinks we can.

You must be able to forecast the Flow. You must have a Flow Plan that helps you gain a clear vision of what's out there next month and the month after that.

I will not discuss future hypothetical situations.

I have a small, tattered clipping that I sometimes carry with me and pull out for purposes of private amusement. It's a weather forecast from the Western Daily Mail and it says, in toto, "Outlook: Dry and warm, but cooler with some rain.

Well," she said, "I'm no weatherman, but I predict you'll be getting several inches tonight.

An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.

An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen.

I never understand why 'economist makes forecast' is ever a headline. Whether the economist in question is from the International Monetary Fund, a City forecasting group or the Treasury - a forecast is still not news.

I was very bearish on natural gas for many years, pretty much from 2006 on. There was a tremendous natural gas bubble in the United States.

I'm always the last person in the world who would ever try to predict a trend.

Information about the future is much more valuable and interesting than information about the past.

Revolutions are like earthquakes: they are always being predicted, and sometimes they come.

If an umbrella line emerges during a downtrend, it is a signal that the downtrend should end.

Obviously, things can get derailed, particularly if, which looks more and more likely, you get a blow-up between Israel and Iran. I think that's a very real probability now. But barring some real blow-up, the U.S. economy will grow, after a slow first quarter, about 3, 3.5 percent this year, far better than it was in 2011.

If you make enough predictions, eventually you will get one right, but that is by accident, not design.

His knowledge of country lore was a little hazy, but he felt fairly sure that if the cows lay down, it meant rain. If they were standing it would probably be fine. These cows were taking it in turns to execute slow and solemn somersaults; and Tyler wondered what it presaged for the weather.

Looks like the weather's bad in Mapletown. Grab your umbrella, and we'll be back real soon.

the thunder has sounded--but who knows where the rain's going to fall.

The wisest prophets make sure of the event first.