A prophet or an achiever must never mind an occasional absurdity, it is an occupational risk.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
It does not pay a prophet to be too specific.
Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you want is not a sceptre, but a hoe. The prophet does not rise to reign, but to root out the weeds.
The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory.
Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience.
Prophets of doom have always taken risks in terms of ridicule and humiliation. If you stand on a street corner holding up a sign that reads 'The End Is Near,' passersby will laugh and heckle. People will say you're like Chicken Little, running around telling people the sky is falling.
I'm a storyteller, not a prophet. I'm just interested in a good story.
Of course all novelists are egomaniacs and want to draw everyone to their fold just like any other preacher. The snake-oil peddler, the false prophet, all of this is fascinating to me. But I certainly hope that I'm more humane than that.
I am not a prophet in any sense of the word, and I entertain an active and intense dislike of the foregoing mixture of optimism, fatalism, and conservatism.
I'm not a prophet. I'm not a teacher. I have no degrees. My degree is from the University of Life.