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"We can say with certainty - or 90% probability - that the new industries that are about to be born will have nothing to do with information."
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"Many slaves on this continent are oppressed, and their cries have reached the ears of the Most High. Such are the purity and certainty of his judgments, that he cannot be partial in our favor."

"Could we have prevented in 100% certainty? I don't think anything is that certain. However, we would have had a very, very good chance for preventing it."

"In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain."

"Doubt is to certainty as neurosis is to psychosis. The neurotic is in doubt and has fears about persons and things; the psychotic has convictions and makes claims about them. In short, the neurotic has problems, the psychotic has solutions."

"The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind."

"The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice."

"The areas of consensus shift unbelievably fast; the bubbles of certainty are constantly exploding."
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"Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window."

"Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done."

"No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It must be organized in such a way as to be able to get along under a leadership composed of average human beings."

"Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance. In teaching we rely on the "naturals," the ones who somehow know how to teach."

"Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack knowledge or information."

"The most efficient way to produce anything is to bring together under one management as many as possible of the activities needed to turn out the product."
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