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Hope is not a prediction of the future, it's a declaration of what's possible. — Yogi Bhajan

A meteorologist might beg to differ, but weather prediction was an act of infidel witchcraft that could not be trusted. — Anthony Marra

It is very difficult to make an accurate prediction, especially about the future. — Niels Bohr

Art sometimes imitates life. When it does, science fiction presages what form that life may take. — Alan Joshua

The ratings agencies' problem was in being unable or uninterested in appreciating the distinction between risk and uncertainty. — Nate Silver

[A]s for my prediction that [the iPhone] would be a bad idea for Apple to pursue, anything can still happen. Time is a cruel mistress. — John C. Dvorak

I never said I will stand, I said I hoped to stand. It wasn't a prediction. — Christopher Reeve

Never believe a prediction that does not empower you. — Sean Stephenson

The behavior of a human being in sexual matters is often a prototype for the whole of his other modes of reaction in life. — Sigmund Freud

That's not a prediction, that's a spoiler. — Paul Heyman

I never make a prediction that can be proved wrong within 24 hours. — Louis Rukeyser

Our reasons are not prophets
When oft our fancies are. — William Shakespeare

The one prediction that never comes true is, 'You'll thank me for telling you this. — Judith Martin

Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future. — Niels Bohr

One SF prediction that I would like very much to see: Get solar collectors launched to beam energy back home, and get away from fossil fuels. — Jack McDevitt

A plan is an example of what could happen, not a prediction of what will happen. — Kent Beck

You can't make money with a consensus accurate prediction — Bill Gurley

The prediction I can make with the highest confidence is that the most amazing discoveries will be the ones we are not today wise enough to foresee. — Carl Sagan

It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it deals with probabilities from the outset. — Arthur Stanley Eddington

The future is like a corridor into which we can see only by the light coming from behind. — Edward Weyer Jr.

We need to stop, and admit it: we have a prediction problem. We love to predict things - and we aren't very good at it. — Nate Silver

My biggest prediction for the future is that people are going to start looking after individual investors. — John C. Bogle

I was not predicting the future, I was trying to prevent it. — Ray Bradbury

The astrological prediction for Libra in the "Your Stars Today" column — Terry Pratchett

Wouldn't you like to contribute to an event that is part of Christ's own prediction, "I will build my church"? — Charles R. Swindoll

When we hear a prediction of some disaster we need to throw the entire weight of our positive thought in the opposite direction! — Peace Pilgrim

A time will come when men will stretch out their eyes. They should see planets like our Earth. — Christopher Wren

The lynx raised his hind leg and licked his nether regions. 'Tis what I think of the doctor's foolish prediction. — Vonnie Davis

Spontaneity is a meticulously prepared art — Oscar Wilde

Predictions of failure have never stopped those whose ambitions are driven by their unwavering vision. — Nabil N. Jamal

Prediction? The Democrats will win. I think it will be a close win, both for the House and for the Senate. — John Dingell

Global warming isn't a prediction. It is happening. — James Hansen

No one knows the future, yet we can't stop guessing while expecting of only the good, and not the bad or even both. — Auliq Ice

Change occurs on a continuum and does not move in a straight line. — Sharon Weil

Weather abroad
and weather in the heart alike come on
Regardless of prediction. — Adrienne Rich

The paradigm of physics - with its interplay of data, theory and prediction - is the most powerful in science. — Geoffrey West

The only future we count is the time and the moments we can take a breath and leave a word for the future coming generations. — Auliq Ice

You couldn't predict what was going to happen for one simple reason: people. — Sara Sheridan

The dogs were really keening now, like Irish widows. — Thomas Keneally

I'm cocky in prediction, I'm confident in preparation, but I am always humble in victory or defeat. — Conor McGregor

Enlightened spirit of the age is not the principal of life but a mirror that lets us see life through it's view. — Auliq Ice

How many times has the end of the world been predicted? The same number of times the prediction has proved false. — Hugh Downs

The problem is not one of prediction. It is one of imagination. — Gary Hamel

I don't know anything about politics. I wouldn't put too much into my prediction on politics. — Norm MacDonald

I may be surprised. But I don't think I will be. — Andrew Strauss

Paranormal phenomena such as apports, prediction, telepathy, dowsing and the like can be explained by an extended physics as potentially real effects. — Ron Pearson

change is a prediction: if the change is made, improvement will result. — Gerald J. Langley

Prophecy is characteristic for the epic, prediction for the novel. — Mikhail Bakhtin

Just because a prediction is true, doesn't mean that it is not false. — Lionel Suggs

The future is the result of actions, and actions are the result of behavior, and behavior is the result of prediction. — David McRaney

Prediction is difficult, especially the future. — Niels Bohr

Prediction, not narration, is the real test of our understanding of the world. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

What do you call an economist with a prediction? Wrong. — Robert Kuttner

A fruitless year, take a fearless heart
One that blooms late will flourish in the dark — Criss Jami

That's really specific, ma'am. For a prediction, I mean."
"It's not a prediction."
"It's not? Then what is it?"
"It's what is. — Dean Koontz

Prediction is difficult- particularly when it involves the future. — Mark Twain

The idea that the future is unpredictable is undermined every day by the ease with which the past is explained. — Daniel Kahneman

A prediction, in a field where prediction is not possible, is no more than a prejudice. — Malcolm Gladwell

Prediction is very hard, particularly when it's about the future. — Yogi Berra

I have not the foresight to predict everything, Rogue. — Elizabeth Carlton

You create your future by what you do in the present — Bangambiki Habyarimana

Prediction," as Niels Bohr liked to say, "is very difficult, especially if it's about the future. — Steven D. Levitt

I think political science is bad at prediction. We don't gaze into a crystal ball. I do not believe that we predict things. — Ian Bremmer

I never assume anything. I anticipate the possibilities and allow my imagination to create the future. — Lionel Suggs

Love isn't about predictions or behavioural markers. It just happens, and you have no control. — Jamie McGuire

I'm convinced that before the year 2000 is over, the first child will have been born on the moon. — Wernher Von Braun

The trend is, in fact, a statement of future prospects in the form of an exact prediction. — Benjamin Graham

Prediction is the best circus act of all. But it is just an act. It's a carny turn. Stop doing it. — Warren Ellis

This is my prediction for the future: Whatever hasn't happened will happen, and no one will be safe from it. — John B. S. Haldane

It is critical to learn how to listen for what is not being said. — Debra Kaye

Prediction is not just one of the things your brain does. It is the primary function of the neo-cortex, and the foundation of intelligence. — Jeff Hawkins

We were meant to rescue each other, not cut down the forest to rescue one. — Shannon L. Alder

We've got a guy coming on who predicted a quake the last time on the show; I don't know what to make of this earthquake prediction stuff. — Howard Stern

Experimental confirmation of a prediction is merely a measurement. An experiment disproving a prediction is a discovery. — Enrico Fermi

I don't give a score prediction, but I am a defensive guy, so I'll definitely be looking forward to a defensive game. — J. J. Watt

My faith in the economic potential of the low carbon economy is not an untested prediction. — Anthony Pratt

Prediction by analogy -creativity - is so pervasive we normally don't notice it. — Jeff Hawkins

Management is prediction. — W. Edwards Deming

A rational prediction has an explanation based on theory. — W. Edwards Deming

The best weather prediction for the present moment is to look out of the window! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Here's my prediction: Ninety percent of what everyone will drink will be red wine, and one of the biggest markets will be China. — Kevin Zraly

I think science fiction is very bad at prediction. — China Mieville

I predicted in August that Celtic would reach the final. On the eve of that final I stand by that prediction. — Archie Macpherson

During many ages, the prediction, as it is usual, contributed to its own accomplishment. — Edward Gibbon

Science is not about making predictions or performing experiments. Science is about explaining. — Bill Gaede

The groundhog is like most other prophets; it delivers its prediction and then disappears. — Bill Vaughan

The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience. — Milton Friedman

Another prediction of general relativity is that time should appear to run slower near a massive body like the earth. — Stephen Hawking

Perhaps the safest prediction we can make about the future is that it will surprise us. — George Leonard

You cannot see the past that did not happen any more than you can foresee the future. — Madeleine L'Engle

Any believable prediction will be wrong. Any correct prediction will be unbelievable. — Kevin Kelly

There is no greater prediction in the research of our levels of happiness than the breadth and depth of our relationships. — Michelle Gielan

I have yet to see a successful prediction about the physical world that was inferred or extrapolated from the content of any religions document. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

If the brain is a prediction engine, memory is its fuel. We can argue that the only reason we need memory of the past is so we can inform the future. — Carmen Simon

Prediction is a very difficult business, particularly about the future — Fred Singer

Absolute prediction is completion ... is death! — Frank Herbert

An experiment disproving a prediction is discovery. — Enrico Fermi

If our destiny is nothing more than a prediction of a collision, an intersection between two paths, then we don't have a destiny at all. — Claudia Gray

It is very difficult to predict what other humans will do, and considerably more difficult to anticipate the behaviour of aliens. — James L. Cambias

Sure, it was nice now, but eventually there would be running and screaming and blood on the floor. — Kim Harrison