Quotes About Foresight

The best prophet of the future is the past.

It seems no more than right that men should seize time by the forelock, for the rude old fellow, sooner or later, pulls all their hair out.

Let's hope your lion has some brains, otherwise your child will be a dimwit.

His Furriness, the Long-term Planner.

Knowing too much about the future made things more complicated, not less.

How much harm, eddying outward in fateful circles, Clement was beginning to foresee.

Riose laughed suddenly. He foresaw that? Then he foresaw wrong, my good scientist. I suppose you call yourself that. Why, the Empire is more powerful now than it has been in a millennium. Your old eyes are blinded by the cold bleakness of the border. Come to the inner worlds some day; come to the warmth and the wealth of the center.

So it is only the combination of strong Emperor and strong general that can harm the Foundation; for a strong Emperor cannot be dethroned easily, and a strong general is forced to turn outwards, past the frontiers.

me gustaría recordarle que existe una diferencia entre la osadía y la ceguera. La acción decisiva está indicada cuando se conoce al enemigo y se pueden calcular aproximadamente los riesgos; pero moverse contra un potencial desconocido ya supone una osadía de por sí. Sería lo mismo que preguntar por qué un hombre salta con éxito en una carrera de obstáculos durante el día y tropieza con los muebles de su habitación por la noche.

Para vencer, la planificación por sí sola no basta. Uno debe improvisar.

Ah, the future good!" Leebig's eyes glowed with passion and he seemed to grow less conscious of his listener and correspondingly more talkative. "A simple concept, you think. How many human beings are willing to accept a trifling inconvenience for the sake of a large future good?

No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.

Sometimes I have these premonitions and I don't forget them, so I will be prepared when they happen.

la fatuidad es privilegio de ignorantes; el sabio es humilde porque sabe cuán poco sabe

Fifty years from now, people will still be listening to Led Zeppelin. They won't even remember me.

Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.

In action, be primitive; in foresight, a strategist.

The man who has done nothing but wait for his ship to come in has already missed the boat.

Chance favors the prepared mind.

Had there been a computer a hundred years ago, it would probably have predicted that by now there would be so many horse-drawn vehicles it would be impossible to clear up all the manure.

In each action we must look beyond the action at our past, present and future state, and at others whom it affects, and see the relation of all those things. And then we shall be very cautious.

Human foresight often leaves its proudest possessor only a choice of evils.

When possible make the decisions now, even if action is in the future. A revised decision usually is better than one reached at the last moment.

You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk.