“The realization that you can't predict the future -- and mold it -- could only come as a shock to an academic.”

“The future is the result of actions, and actions are the result of behavior, and behavior is the result of prediction.”

“We must prepare students for a future we can neither describe nor predict.”

“My life before the flood was manageable; during the flood it was chaos. The National Weather Service only reported river levels, and at times, crest predictions. It didn't report or predict everything else that could go wrong.”

“In my brief glimpse of what is to come I realize how little I care to witness it. I have seen the future and I'm fairly relieved to say, it looks nothing like me.”

“I knew that the world around you is only uninteresting if you can't see what is really going on. The place you come from is always the most exotic place you'll ever encounter because it is the only place where you recognise how many secrets and mysteries there are in people's lives”

“... Life can be savored only if you look to the future and leave vengeance to the gods”