Vince Cable Zitate

When my job was attempting to predict future economic developments for the Shell oil company, I was frequently reminded of an Arabic saying: 'Those who claim to foresee the future are lying, even if by chance they are later proved right.'

Vince Cable

Deutsche Übersetzung

Bei meinem Versuch, die zukünftige wirtschaftliche Entwicklung des Shell-Ölkonzerns vorherzusagen, wurde ich häufig an ein arabisches Sprichwort erinnert: "Wer behauptet, die Zukunft vorauszusehen, lügt, auch wenn er zufällig später recht hat."

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