Quotes About Strategy

It was true. Odysseus' favorite task was the sort that only had to be performed once: raiding a town, defeating a monster, finding a way inside an impenetrable city.

Good. I wanted him angry. He would make mistakes that way.

Afterwards, when Agamemnon would ask him when he would confront the prince of Troy, he would smile his most guileless, maddening smile.

Lunch in Paris, dinner in St. Petersburg had been the kaiser's terse summation of German grand strategy.

uno no puede tener éxito en los negocios si no tiene un olfato para las oportunidades.

It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.

A client once said: "Long-range, strategic planning is a great tool, but we need to get some things done before lunch!

I noticed that at some point the strategy of hiking farther and the reality of getting older began to diverge in inconvenient ways. It sneaks up on you, but eventually a mile at altitude begins to feel like a mile and a half, then two miles, and so on.

In a competition for mates a well developed capacity for self-deception is an advantage. The same is true in politics and and other contexts

Any lawyer worth his salt knew the first offer had to be rejected.

Like so many, this trial is not about the truth; it's about winning.

I have a plan, one I've been plotting for years now. It is my only way out.

He counts votes before he decides what to have for breakfast.

A man shrewd enough and clever enough to amass such a fortune in ten years does not throw together

There's an old adage in bad trial lawyering that when you don't have the facts, do a lot of yelling.

Empezarás trabajando mucho y a todas horas, pero no podrás hacerlo eternamente. De modo que comenzarás a descubrir atajos. Créeme, Mitch, cuando lleves un año con nosotros sabrás cómo trabajar diez horas y facturar el doble. Es una especie de sexto sentido que adquirimos los abogados. —

You weren't required to divulge all of your witnesses and describe what they were going to say, no sir. It was trial by ambush.

You boys just don't get politics, do you? You're so hung up on who's a Democrat and who's a Republican, and you lose sight of the real goal. Winning! It's much more important to pick the winners, Rusty, regardless of affiliation.

Reed will pull a Trump

With four minutes to go and South Sudan up by one, Benjie Boone bounced off a screen at the top of the key and pulled up wide open from 25 feet.

shakes his head as if he hates to do what he's about to do, and says, "Your Honor, I have another bit of video that I think might help us here. It's the end of the fight five years ago with Corliss Beane." I stand and say, "Your Honor, I know nothing about this. It was not disclosed to me." Max is ready because he's been planning

When possible, never let the enemy know what you know.

Oh yeah. A lot of fun. Staring across the table at five lawyers, all scheming to pounce on every word, every syllable, salivating as they dream of getting more of your money. Why can't your lawyer get the case settled? It should've been over months ago.

his goal was $500,000. For the individuals—$5,000 maximum gift—Rinehart had a list of a thousand corporate executives and senior managers of companies in industries that attracted litigation from trial lawyers. Chief among these were insurance companies, and he would collect a million dollars from his contacts there. Carl Trudeau had given him the names of two hundred executives of companies controlled by the Trudeau