Quotes About Strategy

You have to eliminate the low-hanging targets first, on the off chance you were dealing with morons.

One of Harvey's guiding lights in terms of strategies was simplicity; all things being equal, Harvey preferred the course of action that let him get into the middle of things and then just buckle down.

Yes. The one advantage we had, which is a thing I brought to the enterprise, was the understanding that the plan was not the goal. The goal was the goal, and we were going to get to it however we could. And if it meant changing our plans, sometimes in the middle of executing them, then we would.

Harvey called it his Occam's razor theory of combat: The simplest way of kicking someone's ass was usually the correct one.

Pope was aware there were other ways to get more diplomatic respect than bigger guns, of course. But while other diplomatic maneuvers sometimes worked and sometimes didn't, ultimately a big damn gun always commanded respect.

You improvised." "Yes. The one advantage we had, which is a thing I brought to the enterprise, was the understanding that the plan was not the goal. The goal was the goal, and we were going to get it however we could. And if it meant changing our plans, sometimes in the middle of executing them, then we would.

They both came away from the meeting feeling like they had manipulated the other precisely, which meant it was a good meeting.

The goal was the goal, and we were going to get to it however we could. And if it meant changing our plans, sometimes in the middle of executing them, then we would.

We're not military," Sharan said. "And I'm sure that will make a huge difference to whoever is attacking the base," Cainen said, and offered the gun to Sharan.

the plan was not the goal. The goal was the goal, and we were going to get to it however we could. And if it meant changing our plans, sometimes in the middle of executing them, then we would.

I can't believe you just quoted a Steve Miller tune to the leader of an alien race, Van Doren, standing next to me, muttered under his breath. Shut up, I muttered back. It worked.

Musuh membiak seperti tikus. Kau injak mereka, kau racun mereka, kau bakar mereka, akan lebih banyak lagi yang muncul! Tidak ada bedanya apakah kau hidup pada masa perang atau damai, makmur atau kelaparan! Musuh selalu menyusun rencana di belakangmu. (Shah Jahan dalam Taj Mahal, Kisah Cinta Abadi)

The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.

A plan is a real thing, and things projected are experienced. A plan once made and visualized becomes reality along with other realities—never to be destroyed but easily to be attacked.

By whipping himself he protected himself against whipping by someone else.

A thing so triumphantly illogical, so beautifully senseless as an army can't allow a question to weaken it.

The dirty romans are forming up for calvery.

It was then that Doc devised a method for getting revenge on a bank if anyone should ever want to. 'Rent a safety deposit box,' he said, 'then deposit in it one whole fresh salmon and go away for six months.

Good," he said. "A group. Mary and you and the two kids. Subject: men—their weakness and stupidity and how to use them.

In Aikido, we train not to learn how to win; we train to learn to emerge victorious in any situation.

The only way to get somewhere, you know, is to figure out where you're going before you go there.

Din vânzarea maÈ™inilor a înv??at È™i el m?car atâta: ofer?-i clientului ceva ce nu vrea, ca s?-i par? mai atr?g?tor ceea ce-È™i doreÈ™te doar pe jum?tate

The Prime Minister's meaning was clear enough: the Fleet Train was the horse, and the fighting Fleet the cart. They must be kept in their proper order. As the size of the horse was fixed, it was pointless to plan an ambitious cart.

In game play it was always my philosophy that patience would win out. By that, I meant patience to follow our game plan. If we believed in it, we would wear the opposition down and would eventually get to them. If we broke away from our style, however, and played their style, we would be in trouble. And if we let our emotions, rather than our reason, command the game we would not function effectively.