Quotes About Strategy

I need to remember that where my ego is concerned, the only way to win is not to play.

The time that people aren't expecting what's going to happen, I find that's the best time to really cause the damage that needs to be done.

The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it.

Don't think about what the market's going to do; you have absolutely no control over that. Think about what you're going to do if it gets there.

Short-term can be terminal.

We are not going to finance elections when we need to fight to win back occupied territory.

Finances completely determine what we can do and how quickly we can move.

In real-world Finance, they don't pay for elegance. They pay for power - predictive power.

Finance is the art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager

Get into Investment Banking

Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning.

I attend to my fitness. I go the gym every day and try to maintain my physical fitness; without that, it is tough to take challenges on the chess board.

Run your own race at an even pace. Consider the course, the temperature, the weather, and most importantly, your current level of fitness.

The runner's greatest asset, apart from essential fitness of body, is a cool and calculating brain allied to confidence and courage.

To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist - the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar.

I will not move my army without onions.

Speaking of competition in the fast-food industry. This is rat eat rat, dog eat dog. I'll kill 'em, and I'm going to kill 'em before they kill me.

Would food be considered an instrument of national power? ... Is the U.S. prepared to accept food rationing to help people who can't/won't control their population growth?

Bait the hook well. This fish will bite.

Food is a tool. It is a weapon in the U.S. negotiating kit

If you could make a pudding wi' thinking o' the batter, it 'ud be easy getting dinner.

We need to reinvent food at Starbucks. Less could be more.

For a successful strategy session, keep the food light, the lights bright, and drink caffeine all night.

Remembering from last year how Haymitch's gifts are often timed to send a message, I make a note to myself. Be friends with Finnick. You'll get food.