John Ciardi Quotes

The best of seers is he who guesses well.

Genius is the talent for seeing things straight.

To see things in the seed, that is genius.

I'd love to know what the future looks like.

To name a thing is easy: the difficulty is to discern it before its appearance.

Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience.

Vision is perhaps our greatest strength... it has kept us alive to the power and continuity of thought through the centuries, it makes us peer into the future and lends shape to the unknown.

I think that the greatest gift God ever gave man is not the gift of sight but the gift of vision. Sight is a function of the eyes, but vision is a function of the heart.

Who is the wise man? He who sees what's going to be born.

Not many people give you a vision of what the future will bring.

I only remember the future.

Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, Wisdom is of the future.

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

The further backward we look, the further forward we are likely to see.

When you have watched someone long enough, you know what they can do.

Hindsight is good, foresight is better; but second sight is best of all.

Prediction, not narration, is the real test of our understanding of the world.

The art of prophecy is very difficult, especially with respect to the future.

wisdom ain't seeing what's in your face, but recognizing what's about to come!

Newspapers tell beforehand what is going to happen - maybe.

Genius always looks forward, and not only sees what is, but what necessarily will be.

Prediction is difficult - particularly when it involves the future.

Some people cannot see a good thing when it is right here, right now. Others can sense a good thing coming when it is days, months, or miles away.

Vision is more than looking.

Common sense is the genius of humanity.