Walter Lord Quotes

I am incredibly bad at predicting the future; I am only smart enough to observe the present and listen to my intuition about tendencies.

I'm a lousy predictor of the future.

Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future.

Predictions are hard, especially about the future.

I can't predict the future.

The future will be determined in part by happenings that it is impossible to foresee; it will also be influenced by trends that are now existent and observable.

Foreseeing the future is always difficult.

Trying to predict the future is a loser's game.

I've never been able to predict the future of anything.

Nobody wants a prediction that the future will be more or less like the present, even if that is, statistically speaking, an excellent prediction.

History shows us that people are terrible about guessing what is going to happen - next week, next month, and especially next year.

We are incredibly poor predictors of our future.

I can't speak for the future. I have no crystal ball.

I find that predicting the course of our lives is like predicting the weather. You might be able to predict your future in the short term, but the longer you look ahead, the less likely you are to be correct.

I can't predict the future.

It's the ability to foretell what will happen tomorrow, next month, and next year --- and to explain afterward why it didn't happen.

Nobody knows the future with certainty. We can, however, identify ongoing patterns of change.

No one can predict the future.

I've said many times that I'm not one of those people who check statistics, follows history, and says, 'If I do this, what will happen.'

Nobody knows the future.

You never know why something works or doesn't.

The affairs of this world are so shifting and depend on so many accidents, that it is hard to form any judgment concerning the future; nay, we see from experience that the forecasts even of the wise almost always turn out false.

If I do something, it's always 90% obvious and 10% unknown.

While data can only tell you what has happened in the past, it can in some ways give you a sense of what might be of interest to an audience in the future.

We certainly will prepare consciously and professionally, but still you cannot predict the future.