Quotes About Strategy

There are but few naval powers, but there are many land powers.

I do not make decisions based on emotion, because it is my career and I would like to be more practical when it comes to career.

We Conservatives need to be practical and consistent, not to over-promise. This makes byelections more difficult, but general elections winnable.

In practical terms, Israel has become the eyes and ears of the United States in the Middle East. This arrangement has freed the United States from a heavy intelligence-gathering burden. But it has also forced the Americans to depend upon the Israelis.

The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.

I don't just play along the ground. I practice hitting the ball big, and when needed, I use it.

The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible.

You could argue that if the average golfer plays a golf course with 430-yard par 4s and they always miss the green, that's good practice. It's definitely great practice to play a course that's too long for you.

We have to define and put into practice a better, more coherent and effective policy on income security.

I save the race for the race and I don't let it all out in practice.

The last couple of practices, all we've been doing is a lot of defensive things. We've been going over some drills that make all of us have to communicate.

We practise, we know exactly what we must do and we win.

There are a lot of things you can practise to unsettle teams that defend deep.

Our words, actions, and diplomatic efforts should be aimed at trying to achieve pragmatic goals rather than creating rhetorical effect.

To score runs you have to be pragmatic.

One thing I've always liked about the military is there's a certain amount of pragmatism.

I'm well aware of the pragmatism of politics.

Our platform is crafted by Democrats but it is not about partisanship, its about pragmatism.

We like to say we pray in the church of Graham, Dodd, Buffett, and Munger.

My feeling is that when you're managing a baseball team, you have to pick the right people to play and then pray a lot.

Listen, anybody can put their head down and throw a haymaker and pray and hope it lands.

Some coaches pray for wisdom. I pray for 260-pound tackles. They'll give me plenty of wisdom.

I think the whole policy of pre-emptive war is a serious, serious mistake.

That's something you want to preach throughout the whole defense - getting the ball back to the offense.