The rise of the Oligarchy will always remain a cause of secret wonder to the historian and the philosopher. Other great historical events have their place in social evolution. They were inevitable. Their coming could have been predicted with the same certitude that astronomers to-day predict the outcome of the movements of stars. Without.

By being unknowable, by resulting from events which, at the sub-atomic level, cannot be fully predicted, the future remains malleable, and retains the possibility of change, the hope of coming to prevail; victory, to use an unfashionable word. In this, the future is a game; time is one of the rules.

As you know, a theory in physics is not useful unless it is able to predict underlined effects which we would otherwise expect.

Once the automobile appeared you could have predicted that it would destroy as many people as it did.

Nobody can predict the future; the idea is to have a firm grasp of the present.

If you want to predict the future create it.

The prediction I can make with the highest confidence is that the most amazing discoveries will be the ones we are not today wise enough to foresee.

Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10.

When they first installed all-seater stadiums everyone predicted that the fans wouldn’t stand for it.