Northrop Frye (1912–1991) Canadian literary critic and literary theorist
Source: "Quotes", Notebooks and Lectures on the Bible and Other Religious Texts (2003), p. 108
“Paul, there is something very slack about a future that will take a biting satire for a vapid dream.”
— R. A. Lafferty, book Past Master
The character of Thomas More on the future reception of his Utopia, in Ch. 2
Past Master (1968)
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“Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.”
Niels Bohr (1885–1962) Danish physicist
As quoted in Teaching and Learning Elementary Social Studies (1970) by Arthur K. Ellis, p. 431
The above quote is also attributed to various humourists and the Danish poet Piet Hein: "det er svært at spå – især om fremtiden"
It is also attributed to Danish cartoonist Storm P (Robert Storm Petersen).
Disputed
Variant: It's hard to make predictions, especially about the future.
Lenny Bruce (1925–1966) comedian and social critic
Source: The Essential Lenny Bruce: his original unexpurgated satirical routines
Ian Darke (1950) British association football and boxing commentator
Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II https://listenonrepeat.com/watch/?v=xlIOqypvT-g#Mike_Tyson_Bites_Holyfields_Ear_Clean_Off (28 June 1997). <br class="br">1990s, 1997, Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II (June 1997)
Aaron Swartz (1986–2013) computer programmer and internet-political activist
UTI interview (2004)
Context: The law about what is stealing is very clear. Stealing is taking something away from someone so they cannot use it. There’s no way that making a copy of something is stealing under that definition.
If you make a copy of something, you’ll be prosecuted for copyright infringement or something similar — not larceny (the legal term for stealing). Stealing, like piracy and intellectual property, is another one of those terms cooked up to make us think of intellectual works the same way we think of physical items. But the two are very different.
You can’t just punish people because they took away a “potential sale”. Earthquakes take away potential sales, as do libraries and rental stores and negative reviews. Competitors also take away potential sales.
“Biologically speaking, if something bites you, it is more likely to be female.”
Desmond Morris (1928) English zoologist, ethologist and surrealist painter