Quotes About Strategy

Now take Prince Temnos to Princess Berenise. We need him in our custody in order to succeed.

I meant that in politics there may be times when it's expedient to leave someone in power who's become incompetent, because in a web like that, there are ways to circumvent the damage that person might do. But

Rather than relying on a notebook, you should work with two spreadsheets on your computer; you use one to list all the companies you're aware of in the field or fields you're interested in and the other to list every single contact you have.

Burning a bridge, as any tactician will tell you, sometimes saves more than it costs.

I couldn't argue. For years, that was how I did my work at R.H. Macy's: If I understood better than you did yourself why you thought or did or wanted something, then I could control you.

This is her power move: letting an alpha male keep talking and waiting patiently as he self-destructs.

Chess is all about maintaining coherent strategies. It's about not giving up when the enemy destroys one plan but to immediately come up with the next. A game isn't won and lost at the point when the king is finally cornered. The game's sealed when a player gives up having any strategy at all. When his soldiers are all scattered, they have no common cause, and they move one piece at a time, that's when you've lost.

The game's sealed when a player gives up having any strategy at all.

Jeremy had a plan for getting Clay back and I wasn't allowed to know anything about it or allowed to help him carry it out. As one might expect, I accepted this news with grace and understanding. That is the stupidest idea I've ever heard! I snarled for the dozenth time that hour. I won't just sit here and do nothing.

Oddly enough, I find the best hostages are the live ones. - Karl

Never go easy on allies if you ahve to take them down. Especially allies. You're already fighting the urge not to hurt them. Counteract that and hit them with everything you've got.

If we light a fire, someone out boating might see us." "That's a good idea," Sam said. "Or it would be. If we had matches to light a fire. Or if anyone was actually out boating." "Why don't we just find a place to hide?" Hayley said. "That way, when someone does come, we can see if it's a real rescue or not." "How the hell are you going to tell the difference?" Sam said. "Ask them?

It's another trap." Corey looked at me. "It…sounds like it," I said. "But if it's a good trap, then they really did let Hayley go. She's out here as bait." "So you think you can outsmart them and rescue her?" Sam said. "No, the smart thing to do is keep going." We argued about that, of course.

So how'd you get Dad to agree? Did you play the cultural card?" "Of course not. That would be wrong." I grinned. "You did, didn't you?

We'll come back for you," Daniel said. "After you have backup, please. No offense, but you guys aren't up to fighting these people.

They aren't following us," Corey said. " Why aren't they following us?" "They know it won't be hard to find four kids tearing through the woods," Rafe said. "Daniel's right. We need to split up. Better than that, we need a target. One person to make more noise than all the others put together. That'd be me." A wry smile my way. "I'm good at causing trouble.

He had seen - clever, clever boy that he was - that she could not be won by wooing; and he had approached her sidelong, as a friend rather than a lover, meeting her in the woods and telling her stories and making her love him without her noticing.

When you're about to be turned down, go for a postponement.

Never call a meeting until the outcome is a foregone conclusion.

Our whole strategy must be to prevent the Allies from securing a beachhead, because once they achieve that, the battle is lost…perhaps even the war.

This was not a political party. It was an army.

Edgar's family believed in plans. His father had often said that you had to build the entire boat in your imagination before picking up the first piece of timber.

The worst negotiator in the world is a man who believes he's clever.

My father used to say: never call a meeting until the outcome is a foregone conclusion.