We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship
If I always appear prepared, it is because before entering an undertaking, I have meditated long and have foreseen what might occur. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly and secretly what I should do in circumstances unexpected by others; it is thought and preparation
Wise men say, and not without reason, that whosoever wished to foresee the future might consult the past.
Let not thy divining heart Forethink me any ill; Destiny may take thy part, And may thy fears fulfill.
Nothing is more imminent than the impossible . . . what we must always foresee is the unforeseen.
Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens.
I don't know what the future holds.
...and to-morrow looked in my face more steadily than I could look at it
The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence.
Our job is to read things that are not yet on the page.
I foresee a great funeral contest over me.
If we lacked imagination enough to foresee something better, life would indeed be a tragedy.
Never forget that anticipation is an important part of life.
Knowing your opponent is fundamental. Because then you can know their characteristics better.
I foresee death by culture shock.
If direction is a look, montage is a heartbeat. To foresee is the characteristic of both; but what one seeks to foresee in space, the other seeks in time.
Because I want to see. I've got to know what's going to happen while I'm still enough in control to be able to do something about it.
No man can prophesy with another's parable.
I didn't dare think of the future; the past was still happening.
