It is a consolation or a misfortune that the wrong kind of people are too often correct in their prognostications of the future; the far-seeing are also the foolish.

Quote by Robbie Ross

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Human foresight often leaves its proudest possessor only a choice of evils

Human foresight often leaves its proudest possessor only a choice of evils

I didn't want to be so shortsighted as to be worrying about diaper rash, and...

I didn't want to be so shortsighted as to be worrying about diaper rash, and...

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

In every living thing there is the desire for love.

In every living thing there is the desire for love.

Vengeance has no foresight

Vengeance has no foresight

One can have only as much preparation as he has foresight.

One can have only as much preparation as he has foresight.

Mentor: Someone whose hindsight can become your foresight

Mentor: Someone whose hindsight can become your foresight

The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of...

The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of...

When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have...

When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have...

I became a journalist to come as close as possible to the heart of the...

I became a journalist to come as close as possible to the heart of the...

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

Foresight of phenomenon and power over them depend on knowledge of their sequences, and not...

Foresight of phenomenon and power over them depend on knowledge of their sequences, and not...

In action be primitive; in foresight, a strategist.

In action be primitive; in foresight, a strategist.

Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is...

Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is...

Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at...

Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at...

You shouldn't have a long-term strategy anymore, because you won't be able to move fast...

You shouldn't have a long-term strategy anymore, because you won't be able to move fast...