History Has Not Dealt Kindly

If I Say Something Which You Understand Fully In This Regard, I Probably Made A Mistake.

People Dont Realize That We Cannot Forecast The Future. What We Can Do Is Have Probabilities Of What Causes What, But Thats As Far As We Go. And Ive Had A Very Successful Career As A Forecaster, Starting In 1948 Forward. The Number Of Mistakes I Have Made Are Just Awesome. There Is No Number Large Enough To Account For That.

Although The Outlook Is Clouded By A Number Of Uncertainties, The Central Tendencies Of The Projections .. Imply Continued Good Economic Performance In The United States.

I'm A Plain Soap Kind Of Guy.

Before I Met Ayn Rand, I Was A Logical Positivist, And Accordingly, I Didn't Believe In Absolutes, Moral Or Otherwise. If I Couldn't Prove A Proposition With Facts And Figures, It Was Without Merit.