Foresight Quotes

In life as in chess forethought wins.

If a man take no thought about what is distant he will find sorrow near at hand.

Confucius

Forethought we may have undoubtedly but not foresight.

Napoleon

Look ere thou leap see ere thou go.

You know what happens to me!

In a world with amazing amounts of statistics and demographics available, If you don't utilize foresight, statistics, demographics, projections and predictions the competition will.

Akutra-Ramses Atenosis Cea

Our approach to existential risks cannot be one of trial-and-error. There is no opportunity to learn from errors. The reactive approach — see what happens, limit damages, and learn from experience — is unworkable. Rather, we must take a proactive approach. This requires foresight to anticipate new types of threats and a willingness to take decisive preventive action and to bear the costs (moral and economic) of such actions.

In much of the rest of the world, rich people live in gated communities and drink bottled water. That's increasingly the case in Los Angeles where I come from. So that wealthy people in much of the world are insulated from the consequences of their act