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    Telling the future by looking at the past assumes that conditions remain constant. This is like driving a car by looking in the rearview mirror.

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The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.

by Paul Valery Found in: Future Quotes,
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When Earth's last picture is painted, and the tubes are twisted
and dried,
When the oldest colours have read more

When Earth's last picture is painted, and the tubes are twisted
and dried,
When the oldest colours have faded, and the youngest critic has
died,
We shall rest, and faith, we shall need it--lie down for an aeon
or two,
Till the Master of All Good Workmen shall set us to work anew.

by Rudyard Kipling Found in: Future Quotes,
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I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.

I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.

by Ray Bradbury Found in: Future Quotes,
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May the dreams of your past be the reality of your future

May the dreams of your past be the reality of your future

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Cutting up fowl to predict the future is, if done honestly and with as little interpretation as possible, a kind read more

Cutting up fowl to predict the future is, if done honestly and with as little interpretation as possible, a kind of randomization. But chicken guts are hard to read and invite flights of fancy or corruption.

by Ian Hacking Found in: Future Quotes,
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The future is called "perhaps," which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the only important read more

The future is called "perhaps," which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the only important thing is not to allow that to scare you.

by Tennessee Williams Found in: Future Quotes,
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For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today

For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today

by African Proverb Found in: Future Quotes,
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The more unpredictable the world is the more we rely on predictions.

The more unpredictable the world is the more we rely on predictions.

by Steve Rivkin Found in: Future Quotes,
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We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification. The future is already in read more

We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification. The future is already in place.

by Gunther Grass Found in: Future Quotes,
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