Predicting has a spotty record in science fiction. I've had some failures. On the other hand, I also predicted the fall of the Berlin Wall and the rise of fundamentalist Islam... and I'm not happy to be right in all of those cases.
Quotes about predicting (16 Quotes)
It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it deals with probabilities from the outset.
Insofar as international law is observed, it provides us with stability and order and with a means of predicting the behavior of those with whom we have reciprocal legal obligations.
I don't always do a lot of predicting, but, when I get a really strong feeling about something, I will tell people.
The British, he thought, must be gluttons for satire even the weather forecast seemed to be some kind of spoof, predicting every possible combination of weather for the next twenty-four hours without actually committing itself to anything specific.
Methods for predicting the future 1) read horoscopes, tea leaves, tarot cards, or crystal balls ... collectively known as 'nutty methods' 2) put well-researched facts into sophisticated computer ... commonly referred to as 'a complete waste of time.'
Those market researchers... are playing games with you and me and with this entire country. Their so-called samples of opinion are no more accurate or reliable than my grandmother's big toe was when it came to predicting the weather.
I'm not predicting; I just love playing with superconductors.
I come back to the same thing: We've got the greatest pipeline in the company's history in the next 12 months, and we've had the most amazing financial results possible over the last five years, and we're predicting being back at double-digit revenue growth in fiscal year '06.
Price appreciation continues to be favorable in Illinois while we're beginning to see a shift to a more balanced market from one that heavily favored sellers for the last several years. We are predicting a solid year for Illinois. Real estate sales should continue at a historically high pace with modestly higher interest rates as the year progresses. Strong demand fundamentals remain in place for the Illinois housing market.
That's kind of like how jazz is sometimes. You're out there predicting the future, and no one believes you.
I never got good at predicting what millions of people will suddenly decide is rational.
Neither of us is predicting there will be an agreement by Tuesday, but what we have seen over the past 24 hours is substantial movement,
I wonder if it's going to be a test too far. They're changing the length, the range and the format all at once, so it could prompt the same kind of backlash among students and admissions offices alike as the new SAT has. It's true that the old test didn't do a good job of predicting graduate school performance, but when you add in everything everybody asks for, you get a camel a camel being a horse built by committee.
The most predictable thing about the stock market is the number of experts who take credit for predicting it.
Nevertheless, there is another threat on the horizon. I see this threat in environmentalism which is becoming a new dominant ideology, if not a religion. Its main weapon is raising the alarm and predicting the human life endangering climate change based on man-made global warming.