Quotes About Strategy

Politics is the art of the next best.

Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.

Politics is the art of the possible. (originally, "Die Politik ist die Lehre von Möglichen.")

Politics is no exact science.

The ends justify the means.

you've got to plan for the nonshopper as much as the shopper.

A man will strategically organize his life in boxes and then spend most of his time in the boxes he can succeed in.

Your move should be determined by your strengths, not your opponent's expectations.' Darcy's smile deepened as he warmed to her allusion to fencing. 'Always move to your advantage.

Marc ducked, holstered his weapon. "You want to play? Have it your way." But then Darcangelo was behind him. "I've got this, Hunter. You go find the girl's dad. I'll handle Karate Kid here. I haven't had a good workout in weeks.

It's worse than treachery. He's using force. Is that worse than guile?

Diceive the wicked, and Destroy them without Mercy.

They say in the military that a good battle plan can last as long as five minutes in real fighting. After that, it comes down to if the general is favored by fate and the spirits.

They say that chess was born in bloodshed.

He would then withdraw to his tudy to spend the rest of the morning on his great passion: chess

Those who don't play chess may tend to think of it as a tedious game, best suited to idle eccentrics and the elderly - people with vast patience and plenty of time to waste.

One characteristic apparently common to all chess players is a refusal to admit that their position in a lost game was truly indefensible.

This variation has to be played as dynamically as possible, not reduced to the defensive immobility you imposed. Its aim is to queen a pawn - that's the essential threat. Without some compensation for the initial knight sacrifice, you face a losing endgame.

But you know as well as I do that it is not we who decide how and when to abandon chess but chess that rules us.

It will work. I am a marketing genius.

To be a success in any field of human endeavour, whether in business, politics or in some kind of commerce, is not by accident. It must be prepared for; the future belongs to those who prepare for it. The one who fails to plan has most certainly planned to fail. That means nothing just happens. You make things happen.

Most good doubles players serve down the middle at least 80 percent of the time. If both you and your partner are right-handed, consider putting the stronger backhand service return, and/or backhand volley, in the deuce (right) court and the stronger forehand service return, and/or forehand volley, in the ad (left) court.

If war is the continuation of politics by other means, terrorism is the continuation of war by other means.

Baseball fans love numbers. They love to swirl them around their mouths like Bordeaux wine.

Identify businesses that can generate above-average profits for many years. 2. Wait until the shares of those businesses trade for less than their intrinsic value, and then buy. 3. Hold those shares until either the business deteriorates, the shares become overvalued, or you find a better investment. This holding period should be measured in years, not months. 4. Repeat as necessary.