Quotes About Maneuver

I love the fact that I can mess with someone's head.

Jacob went to the sink and held his hands under the tap. He splashed cold water on his face and formed another ab-flashing maneuver that would bring every card-carrying queer to his knees.

One must attempt to increase whatever weakness there may be in the opponent's position; or, if there is none, one or more must be created.

wind. You can only control the sail.

I knew Knotcher was trying to push my buttons. Unfortunately, he'd pushed the big red one first.

how they had managed to get close up all round within snapshooting

In that narrow segment we would have three infantry divisions, side by side. Right behind them would be another infantry and two armored divisions. Once a hole was broken, the armored divisions would slam through several miles beyond, then turn right toward the sea behind the Germans in that sector in the hope of cutting them off and trapping them. The remainder

My game plan - doesn't matter who I play - is to play on my terms, to control as much as I can, to try to get control of the centre of the court, to try to dictate and make them move, to be their director rather than letting them impose their game on me.

do not fear your enemy's size, but use it against him. Then his strength will become yours.

Suck up with subtlety.

Boys, here's where I cash in my chips.[House judiciary committee chairman Hatton Summers(D) to Vice President John Nance Garner about Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan to 'pack the court'.]

The United States has the most sophisticated financial markets in the world, which does not leave much room to maneuver. But it also offers investors the greatest access to information and the ability to execute trades quickly and efficiently. So it is a mixed bag of opportunity.

Lust? Who's talking about lust? You want to screw her, right? So that's your objective. All you need now is deployment of the appropriate tactics to manoeuvre her into an advantageous position and then secure your conquest. Then it's just a question of mopping up.

Nothing is more thrilling, thought he, than to be treated as a cully by the person you hold in the hollow of your hand.

The art of war," I told him, "is to make the enemy do your bidding.

The art of war is to make the enemy do our bidding.

The hack is like a politician who consults the polls before he takes a position. He's a demagogue. He panders.

There was a certain, subterranean moral code in play, but surely, I could think of a way around that old thing.

Rouse him, and learn the principle of his activity or inactivity. Force him to reveal himself, so as to find out his vulnerable spots.

Thus the expert in battle moves the enemy, and is not moved by him.

mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy

Begin by seizing something which your opponent holds dear; then he will be amenable to your will.

If his forces are united, separate them.

Those skilled at making the enemy move do so by creating a situation to which he must conform; they entice him with something he is certain to take, and with lures of ostensible profit they await him in strength.