Predicting Quotes

Although we had previously been predicting falling mid-year oil prices, all bets will remain firmly off until a clearer picture emerges with respect to Iran. - Matthew Parry

Although predicting the motion of a particular star is hard over a long period, many astronomers seek to model the general motion of stars around the galaxy. - Robert Massey

All the critics who could not make their reputations by discovering you are hoping to make them by predicting hopefully your approaching impotence, failure and general drying up of natural juices. Not a one will wish you luck or hope that you will keep on writing unless you have political affiliations in which case these will rally around and speak of you and Homer, Balzac, Zola and Link Steffens. - Ernest Hemingway

A Roth 401(k) or a Roth IRA takes the uncertainty out of predicting the future. - Ed Slott

[U.K. economists were nearly unanimous in predicting the decision to hold rates in the wake of recent upbeat data on manufacturing output and retail sales.] They cut last month and there are signs that the domestic economy has been picking up speed... Their only worry is that the pound will remain strong (against the euro) - Michael Hume

[Most people are aware the National Weather Service in Jacksonville, Fla., is forecasting an above-normal storm season, predicting 11 or more tropical storms and hurricanes in the Florida area between June and November. Better yet, the Weather Service office has its own concrete shelter built inside the office.] We believe in the need to have a safe building... We have a safe room that's practically a vault -- it's reinforced with 2 feet of concrete all the way around. - Fred Johnson