"To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect."
Oscar Wilde
"My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there."
C.F. Kettering
"A good forecaster is not smarter than everyone else, he merely has his ignorance better organised."
Anonymous
"An unsophisticated forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather than for illumination."
Andrew Lang
"Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future."
Nils Bohr
"Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge. "
Lao Tzu
"It is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future." [But we can forecast most possibilities and act on them accordingly].
Yogi Berra
"Identifying and assessing the [global] risks is not a once-a-year task."
BusinessRiskTV
"Any manager not in tune with the future is not doing their job. Make it part of their job description and expect innovation from them!"
Dr. Michael Jackson
"We must take care not to oversimplify in an increasingly complex and dynamic reality. This is a common mistake resulting in a great deal of bad conventional wisdom."
Larry Kramer and Daniel Sid