Quotes About Foresight

I tell my younger friends that one day they'll be at a bar playing pool and they'll look up at the television set and there will be a picture of Princess Leia with two dates underneath, and they'll say, "Awww—she said that would happen." And then they'll go back to playing pool.

The best of prophets of the future is the past.

This was an easy matter with a man Oft in the wrong, and never on his guard; And even the wisest, do the best they can, Have moments, hours, and days, so unprepared, That you might 'brain them with their lady's fan;' And sometimes ladies hit exceeding hard, And fans turn into falchions in fair hands, And why and wherefore no one understands.

The only way to get everything you want in life is to be very clever about what you want.

Destiny is always dark.

A good king knows when to save his strength and when to destroy his enemies.

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

Because it will not last," Catelyn answered, sadly. "Because they are the knights of summer, and winter is coming.

A long summer always meant a long winter to come.

Prophecy is like a treacherous woman. She takes your member in her mouth, and you moan with the pleasure of it and think, how sweet, how fine, how good this is... and then her teeth snap shut and your moans turn to screams... Prophecy will bite your prick off everytime,

He has an old man's caution and a young man's ambition, and has never lacked for cunning.

A wise man did not pour wildfire on a brazier. Instead he poured a fresh cup of wine.

That is the nature of prophecy... Prophecy will bite your prick off every time.

Get five or six," Bast said. "It's getting cold at night. Winter's coming." The innkeeper smiled. "I'm sure Martin will be flattered.

A wise man never makes an enemy of a king.

My mother taught me long ago that only madmen fight wars they cannot win.

The red woman could see the future in the fire, but all that Davos Seaworth ever saw were the shadows of the past:

He was always clever, even as a boy, but it is one thing to be clever and another to be wise.

Proper preparation is the key to our success. Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts. Our thinking can be no wiser than our understanding.

but a wise man never closes all the options.

Trusting our intuition often saves us from disaster.

Jesters do often prove prophets.

The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence.

In fair weather prepare for foul.