Louis Rukeyser Quotes

I've always been careful never to predict anything that had not already happened.

Never make predictions, especially about the future.

As the CEO, I have to take care of the short term, mid term and the long term.

How do Ferrari know what I'm doing next year when I don't know what I'm doing next week?

I try not to get involved in the business of prediction. It's a quick way to look like an idiot.

Never forget this simple truism: Forecasting is marketing, plain and simple.

We solve last year's problems without thinking about the future.

I figure lots of predictions is best. People will forget the ones I get wrong and marvel over the rest.

The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.

Management is all about managing in the short term, while developing the plans for the long term.

Prognostics do not always prove prophecies, at least the wisest prophets make sure of the event first.

In order to have your short term policies accepted, you have to have your long term policies understood.

As Secretary of Defense I have to be cautious and prudent.

It would be foolish, in forming our expectations, to attach great weight to matters which are very uncertain.

We need investors who plant and grow, not reap and run.

The ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year – and to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn’t happen.

My gran'ther's rule was safer 'n 'tis to crow: Don't never prophesy — onless ye know.

My view was that if you're going to make a mistake in your predictions, make sure you make them the right way. Don't put yourself into a situation where, in fact, you say you're going to do something, and then all of a sudden you can't.

One of the things Goldman teaches you is, don't be the first guy through the door because you're going to get all the arrows.

I really believe in hoping for the best and preparing for the worst.

There is no formula that will guarantee success in forecasting, no magic words that will part the clouds. The real problem, as the old saw puts it, is that the future lies ahead.

It's dangerous to talk too much about future fights.

Don't focus on weekly or monthly returns.

Time and again, players lose because they make rash decisions. Therefore, you always have to remind yourself - don't hurry. Embarking on a risky combination that cannot be calculated to the end is certainly not the right thing to do.