“People ask me to predict the future, when all I want to do is prevent it. Better yet, build it. Predicting the future is much too easy, anyway. You look at the people around you, the street you stand on, the visible air you breathe, and predict more of the same. To hell with more. I want better.”
“I was not predicting the future, I was trying to prevent it.”
“I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”
“If you can predict the future, you can change the past.”
“When you have two competing theories that make exactly the same predictions, the simpler one is the better.”
“You confuse me with something that is in you. I will not predict how you want to use me.”