Quotes of Forecasting - somelinesforyou

“ The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable. ”

- John Kenneth Galbraith

“ The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it. ”

- Patrick Young

“ In complex situations, we may rely too heavily on planning and forecasting and underestimate the importance of random factors in the environment. That reliance can also lead to delusions of control. ”

- Hillel J. Einhorn

“ Forecasting future events is often like searching for a black cat in an unlit room, that may not even be there. ”

- Steve Davidson

“ INAUSPICIOUSLY, adv. In an unpromising manner, the auspices being unfavorable. Among the Romans it was customary before undertaking any important action or enterprise to obtain from the augurs, or state prophets, some hint of its probable outcome; and one of their favorite and most trustworthy modes of divination consisted in observing the flight of birds — the omens thence derived being called auspices… ”

- Ambrose Bierce
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