#predict

I figure lots of predictions is best. People will forget the ones I get wrong and marvel over the rest. ↗

— Alan Cox

#figure #forget #get #i #lots

I've ceased making predictions on things because we'll see how they turn out. ↗

— David Plouffe

#ceased #how #i #making #out

I never said I will stand, I said I hoped to stand. It wasn't a prediction. ↗

— Christopher Reeve

#i #never #prediction #said #stand

We want to get 80%-85% of predictions right, not 100%. Or else we calibrated our estimates in the wrong way. ↗

— Nate Silver

#estimates #get #our #predictions #right

You can keep rummaging around until you find a song you like, but you can't predict whether it'll hit or not. ↗

— Tennessee Ernie Ford

#find #hit #keep #like #predict

Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why should this country bet billions on global warming predictions that have even less foundation? ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#billions #country #even #forecast #foundation

The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#future #only #predict #shape #way

I don't like sitting around sets - I don't like the unpredictability of it. ↗

— Andrea Martin

#i #like #sets #sitting #unpredictability

Just because you’re grown up and then some doesn’t mean settling into the doldrums of predictability. Surprise people. Surprise yourself. (281) ↗

— Victoria Moran

#aging-gracefully #growing-older #predictability #age

Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge: the serenity to accept the things we cannot predict, the courage to predict the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference. ↗

— Nate Silver

#knowledge #prediction #self-knowledge #uncertainty #wisdom