“The realization that you can't predict the future -- and mold it -- could only come as a shock to an academic.”
“I believe the only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.”
“The future is a trickster rabbit, full of surprises. Only the past is predictable.”
“Cultural shock' is an academic word for 'I don't like it here'.”
“You can't prevent what you can't predict.”
“If you can predict the future, you can change the past.”