#predict

One of the most predictable things in life is there will be change. You are better off if you can have a say in the change. But you are ignorant or naive if you don't think there will be change, whether you want it to or not. ↗

— Julius Erving

#better off #change #ignorant #life #most

You can't possibly predict what will last or not. But once you attempt to write for the ages, you're doomed. ↗

— Carlisle Floyd

#attempt #doomed #last #once #possibly

Agency by agency, we frequently have lost a bit of ground, at least to inflation-but had it not been for the efforts we've made to educate people about the importance of science, technology and advanced education, those predictions very well might have come true. ↗

— Charles Vest

#advanced #agency #been #bit #come

If you put yourself in a situation of unpredictability and then find that it's completely possible to accept it, then you become an observer. ↗

— David Tudor

#become #completely #find #observer #possible

He's about as predictable as a Wasp on speed. ↗

— Sid Waddell

#predictable #speed #wasp

'Press Your Luck' was probably the most exciting because of the unpredictability of the game and how I won on one of the three days on the very last spin against all odds. It was one of those great unpredictable game show moments. ↗

— Randy West

#because #days #exciting #game #game show

Art is not predictable. Art is not golf, as great as that may be. There are 360 degrees of choice to make. ↗

— Tina Weymouth

#art #choice #degrees #golf #great

I think it is quite dangerous for an organisation to think they can predict where they are going to need leadership. It needs to be something that people are willing to assume if it feels relevant, given the context of any situation. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#assume #context #dangerous #feels #given

It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena. ↗

— William Whewell

#only #phenomena #predict #test #theories

Publishing is a very mysterious business. It is hard to predict what kind of sale or reception a book will have, and advertising seems to do very little good. ↗

— Thomas Wolfe

#book #business #good #hard #kind