Gregory Bateson Quotes

The past and the present are within the field of my inquiry, but what a man may do in the future is a hard question to answer.

I can't predict the future.

It's difficult to talk about the future because you never know.

You cannot guess what happens in the future.

Nobody can see into the future. Nobody knows what going to go on.

I've never been able to predict the future of anything.

I can't predict the future.

You mustn't take what I say as gospel because no one can second-guess the future.

Prophecy is what we all have to go by now.

The future will be determined in part by happenings that it is impossible to foresee; it will also be influenced by trends that are now existent and observable.

He who lives by the crystal ball will eat shattered glass.

I can't speak for the future. I have no crystal ball.

I've ceased making predictions on things because we'll see how they turn out.

I don't think of myself predicting things. I'm expressing possibilities. Things that could happen. To a large extent it's a question of how badly people want them to.

Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future.

We know nothing of what will happen in future, but by the analogy of experience.

Predictions are hard, especially about the future.

Being right is overrated! If someone is saying that they're right about the future, that's a claim only a fool would make.

The future is inherently uncertain.

I will not discuss future hypothetical situations.

You never know what's going to happen in the future.

Nobody knows what will happen in the future.

Foreseeing the future is always difficult.

No one can predict the future.

I don't like to predict the fights. People can do that. They can predict my fights, but I never do that.