Famous Quotes & Sayings

In 2009, it was forecast that the number of single-person households would increase by two million in 10 years, suggesting that social isolation will only get worse.

James Franklin

We forecast this to be a minimal-strength hurricane.

We forecast technology as a whole for 11 percent growth as of Jan. 2. As of March 20, it's at minus 7 percent.

If a storm makes landfall within a 200-mile radius, it's probably a good forecast, ... Eight, 10 years ago, that was a 300-mile radius. So they are improving the forecasts drastically.

To forecast the end of this housing market (boom) you need to forecast when people will stop moving here.

Greenspan did not participate in supplying numbers for that forecast -- he refused to do so -- and sometimes in his testimony he didn't even mention the forecast.

IDC saw worldwide unit growth in 3Q of roughly 18.3 percent, while Dataquest saw worldwide unit growth around 15.2 percent. Averaging the two together puts it in the mid-to-high 16 percent range, which is roughly in line with our forecast 17 percent for 3Q.

I was really interested to see whether we could make predictions or forecasts by listening in on what people were saying on social media.

We're mapping to that forecast ... We're very comfortable with where we are.

The reduced forecast for the handset market is a surprise at this stage of the year...they are pulling back their own sales growth, and I would have thought they wouldn't need to do that until later in the year.

We use the travel spending numbers to forecast for the visitor spending.

Arthur C. Clarke

The future is not to be forecast, but created.

Alan Greenspan

We really can't forecast all that well, and yet we pretend that we can, but we really can't.

Our forecast shows GM and Toyota at about parity with GM in 2006, but Toyota takes over the lead in 2007, and they stay in front until 2017.

Our forecast is for long-term rates to stay around 7.25 percent through the middle of the year.

Our forecast for a 2006 P/E ratio of about 19 is reasonable given the profit outlook. These are not value stocks.

I think the NRF forecast is hopefully optimistic. I don't see a pickup in sales until the pace of layoffs slows down.

I think the NRF forecast is hopefully optimistic, ... I don't see a pickup in sales until the pace of layoffs slows down.

I think that the report as forecast shows a healthy US economy.

It's not a total accident, but it's not a forecast and if they go places it's not because of Bilderberg, it's because of themselves,

Considering most forecasts projected mortgage interest rates to gradually rise, this could keep the housing market from taking as much of a breather as we have anticipated,

Forecasts were too high because the government spent less than expected.

The faltering global recovery means we would not be surprised to see a rate cut, but with the UK having held up well... we stick to our forecast for rates to remain on hold.

Alan Stern

Not even Tombaugh and his mentors could have forecast how fascinating their new planet would turn out to be.

It's very hard to forecast turning points, ... glamour cities.

The good news is that sales for January seem to be right on track with our previous forecast of 4 percent -- not enough to make up for the holiday shortfall, but a good sign nonetheless,

The other day they were giving the weather forecast for the Cactus League and I'm thinking, 'Oh, great. It's going to be sunny.' I guess that's to be expected.

There is serious rain forecast for Wednesday and Thursday.

We are comfortable with our $39 billion-plus sales forecast for 2001, given Nortel's strong product portfolio in optics, wireless, access, and next generation switching.

What goes up should come down, but we can't forecast when.

Ophelia is forecast to become a hurricane within the next 12 hours.

Steve Miller

Normally we'd get about 10. This year, the forecast is averaging 20 or even higher.

Tech has had a great run, but it's going to take good first quarter of 2004 forecasts to justify the stocks going higher,