Quotes About Foresight

For I dipped into the future, as far as human eye could see, saw a vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be.

Deficiency will result in shame and sorrow but caution and foresight will bring peace and security.

I just want to say it: I knew what was coming.

A smart man will always choose an ounce of prevention over a pound of cure," he

Perhaps Dernhil knew there was no time. He had foresight..." Cadvan sighed and looked away. "But he was ever one who looked clearly into his own heart. That is the beauty of his poems. Would that all of us were so lucid.

You know the good thing about digging your own grave? You always make it just the right size.

0001 knew what would happen. If everything went the way she planned it to go and if each part of this giant machine she's assembled performed her role effectively, she knew very well where the knife would wind up, but how did she know Harris Blanchard would be there?

Si el hombre conociera el porvenir descuidaría el presente.

But politics was a bit like chess: you had to move with an eye on the whole board, with a 360-degree view of what would come next and the move after that.

mejor callar que arrepentirse después

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

A good general always makes you search for his weaknesses.

I do believe it is important to be future-ready with a portfolio to be able to deal with however the market evolves. This is better than just forecasting accurately but in having the weapons ready to deal with the uncertainties.

The right moment wears a full head of hair: when it has been missed, you can't get it back; it's bald in the back of the head and never turns around.

When I was at MIT, they had a beta test of Mosaic, the first popular browser. I remember looking at it, and there was a weather map or something. Now, in fairness to me, there weren't any websites then. But I remember saying, 'This is stupid - what's the point?' Now, of course, it's obvious.

I think you have to plan ahead. When I go to the market on a Saturday, and I'm buying for family and friends, I'm thinking about what I'm going to eat on the weekend but also about what I'm going to make for the following week.

Playing chess can make you a better poker player because it forces you to think several moves ahead. That kind of intense mental exercise develops a deeper level of thinking than is typically encountered when playing poker.

I worry policymakers are not putting enough attention on what we should be planning for 10 years down the road. In general, governments aren't necessarily that good at looking down the road when it is a difficult issue.

Building a rainy-day fund during good times may not be politically popular, but it can pay off during the bad times.

No politician has a 50-year horizon.

We're trying to put ourselves in the best position to win, period, if not this year, next year.

In fact, the sense of positioning, anticipation, is something very natural. I always knew where the ball was going to drop.

Sometimes you can win, but you are not building something positive for your future.

There are people who possess not so much genius as a certain talent for perceiving the desires of the century, or even of the decade, before it has done so itself.