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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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Predicting the future is easy. It's trying to figure out what's going on now that's hard.

Predicting the future is easy. It's trying to figure out what's going on now that's hard.

by Fritz R. S. Dressler 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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Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.

Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.

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You can never tell what the future has in store for you.

You can never tell what the future has in store for you.

by Unknown Found in: Future Quotes,
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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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When all else is lost, the future still remains.

When all else is lost, the future still remains.

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The future will be better tomorrow

The future will be better tomorrow

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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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Some day Love shall claim his own
Some day Right ascend his throne,
Some day hidden Truth read more

Some day Love shall claim his own
Some day Right ascend his throne,
Some day hidden Truth be known;
Some day--some sweet day.

by Lewis J. Bates Found in: Future Quotes,
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