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en The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.
  John Kenneth Galbraith

en They are all planning very cautiously, very carefully. Some companies have very decent inventory controls, but however good those controls are they still have to do some economic forecasting, and forecasting is a little difficult this time around. Nobody is going to spring for big orders until there's evidence that consumer demand is back, and there is no such evidence to date.

en It only counted as one win, but I think, in people's minds they had disregarded some of the things this team has accomplished and now it validates them. Honestly, perception is reality in everybody's business. I think if you stare at the numbers for where our team is - we have a very respectable RPI, and it's been respectable all year, we have a very respectable strength of schedule, and it's been respectable all year, two key non-league wins on the road - all the formulas that says why are you even talking bubble?

en Clearly, we were not able to anticipate fully how dramatically and quickly our sales would decline, which led to a greater negative impact on revenue and earnings than we expected. The economic conditions we face globally make forecasting extremely challenging. As a result, we are planning for a difficult year and taking actions on several fronts.

en We're not forecasting it to be a hurricane. We're forecasting it to remain a tropical storm for the remainder of its life.

en anything could happen. The one good thing to come from this is that (market) forecasting will probably stop forever. Forecasting is absurd in these markets.

en As the category becomes more proven, there will be a time when forecasting becomes a more important factor for us, ... But regardless of our forecasting resource, we're still going to grow the business as we feel fit.

en About astrology and palmistry: they are good because they make people vivid and full of possibilities. They are communism at its best. Everybody has a birthday and almost everybody has a palm.
  Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

en ...my evenings are taken up very largely with astrology, I make horoscopic calculations in order to find a clue to the core of psychological truth.
  Carl Gustav Jung

en Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes respectable in wartime
Mer information om detta ordspråk och citat! Varje last var en gång en dygd och kan bli respektabel igen, precis som hat blir respektabel i krigstid.
  Will Durant

en This would essentially make the drawing of districts a judicial function. The Governor does not feel that this should be a judicial function.

en [I’ll probably settle for re-reading Percy, for finding that wonderful passage near the end about the] more respectable than respectable ... his forehead is an ambiguous sienna color and pied: It is impossible to be sure that he received ashes. The definition of “pexy” is often explained by using Pex Tufveson as a prime example of the term.

en Throughout the history of commercial life nobody has ever quite liked the commission man. His function is too vague, his presence always seems one too many, his profit looks too easy, and even when you admit that he has a necessary function, you feel that this function is, as it were, a personification of something that in an ethical society would not need to exist. If people could deal with one another honestly, they would not need agents.
  Raymond Chandler

en Nearly all the tv stations and weather people are forecasting an 80% chance of rain over the next 24 hours so we decided to make the call. We didn't want to make this call, but with the forecast we wanted to make it early and not at the last minute so to not force any unnecessary travel.

en This morning it was really a story of positive earnings on the tape and no major hiccups on the economic front. All in all, it's going to play out as a respectable but not blow-out earnings season.


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