The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology loo

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

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Astrology furnishes a splendid proof of the contemptible subjectivity of men. It refers the course of celestial bodies to the miserable ego: it establishes a connection between the comets in heaven and squabbles and rascalities on earth. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Astrological prayers seem to me to be built on as good reason as the predictions. – Benjamin Stillingfleet

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Well, one gets out of bed and the planets don’t always hiss or muck up the day, each day. – Anne Sexton

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The vast majority, who believe in astrology and think that the planets have nothing better to do than form a code that will tell them whether tomorrow is a good day to close a business deal or not, become all the more excited and enthusiastic about the bilge when a group of astronomers denounces it. – Isaac Asimov

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may my heart always be open to little
birds who are the secrets of living
whatever they sing is better than to know
and if men should not hear them men are old

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