Futurist

And I've always been nervous about the term futurist, because you seem doomed to failure because you can't really predict it. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Even the term "futurist" is now considered a logical definition of a career which, if used a few years ago, would have given the vision of a carnival side show attraction. ❋ Unknown (1983)

According to a certain futurist, on-going technological developments (i.e. the Internet) will lead the U.S. society in a direction where being able to read and write in English well will become less important. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And thus I learned my first lesson about the profession: the way you become a futurist is simply to call yourself one. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Considering this potential Europe, de Gaulle the futurist is constantly in opposition to himself as de Gaulle the conservative. ❋ Unknown (1967)

She's a professional "futurist" - essentially, a lady who's learned how to milk money out of corporate CEOs by telling them about "trends" that she's spotted. ❋ Unknown (2009)

She says that medicine will allow human beings to "transcend commonly accepted limits" of human life and calls futurist Raymond Kurzweil, who promotes similar ideas, "the smartest guy on the planet." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Part sociologist, economist, psychologist and entrepreneur, Costa is described as a futurist, a trendist, and thought leader --- in the style of Thomas Friedman and Malcolm Gladwell -- whose insights result from examining the "big picture." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Albrecht, who is now also called a futurist in addition to being a consultant, gave a hindsight perspective on the industrys dalliance in the 1980s with the Swedish model: The service revolution Ron Zemke and I predicted so confidently in our book published in 1985 has turned out to be a service evolution, and a slow one at that. ❋ Emily Yellin (2009)

On a side note, for a guy referred to as a futurist and visionary, why oh why was his latest collection given such craptastic cover art? ❋ Jlundberg (2006)

But Michaels has also been many other things: a hypnotist; the author of a self-published self-help book called "How to Die With a Smile on Your Face"; something called a futurist, which seems to involve getting out of the city and arming yourself; and a llama rancher. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But Mr. Michaels has also been many other things: a hypnotist; the author of a self-published self-help book called "How to Die With a Smile on Your Face"; something called a futurist, which seems to involve getting out of the city and arming yourself; and a llama rancher. ❋ By JOYCE WADLER (2011)

Some years back, I recall a futurist suggesting a world several decades from now where millions of British workers had decamped to a sun-kissed low-cost North African Mediterranean coast. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Cuban, who some might call a futurist and heads HDNet, said aggregators are effectively making money off others 'expensive news-gathering. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Microsoft Ads Featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld Not Canceled O'Reilly: Stop throwing sheep, do something worthy - NEW YORK-Tim O'Reilly, founder of O'Reilly Media, is known as a futurist, but his keynote address on Thursday morning at the Web ❋ Unknown (2008)

NEW YORK -- Tim O'Reilly, founder of O'Reilly Media, is known as a futurist, but his keynote address on Thursday morning at the Web 2.0 Expo was heavy on the realism in the wake of sobering news from Wall Street. ❋ Unknown (2008)

O'Reilly: Stop throwing sheep, do something worthy - NEW YORK-Tim O'Reilly, founder of O'Reilly Media, is known as a futurist, but his keynote address on Thursday morning at the Web ❋ Unknown (2008)