Quotes About Strategy

Hope for the best, plan for the worst. Reacher

The best defense against knives was distance. The best countermove was entanglement.

The tall one sets the strategy, and the fat one works the angles. In

si vis pacem para bellum.

Sanderson walked to her starting position, and Reacher went with her. He wanted to know she was still chewing. Or if not, whether that was a good thing or bad. She was still chewing. Doing OK. He hoped she wasn't peaking too early. She had the Ruger Standard. The .22. Two rounds in it. It was all she would take. Bramall had the Colt .45. Three rounds in it. Mackenzie had the empty Springfield. Better than nothing. Like the man said, ninety percent of everything was striking a pose.

Second conclusion: If you can see a bandwagon, it's too late to get on. I

if you can't attack at one end you have to defend at the other.

He said, "We need to find a way of getting you guys home before you get hurt. You want to work with me on that?

That's your call. My philosophy is hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

I hadn't figured that out yet. When you're stuck with a plan full of holes, more have a habit of appearing.

realpolitik

The shorter the time, the cooler you have got to be. If you've got only one shot, you've got to make it count. You can't afford to miss because you screwed up the planning.

Something we used to say in the MPs. Everyone has a plan till they get punched in the mouth.

Where would the American feel dominant? This is a negotiation, we assume. He'd want a psychological advantage. He would want to be comfortable, and he would want the other guy to be uncomfortable.

The way to take out a gang is to hit the leader first.

Get your retaliation in first.

She crawled on. She wanted to get closer. She knew the numbers. A thirty-round magazine would be gone in two seconds. She wanted to make both of them count. She wanted to get lucky. If she hit one and he hit one, that was two less for later. Which was good.

Better to hit her now. She thinks her job is done. She's coming down off a high. Her adrenaline is low. She'll be braver in the morning." Bishop

Reacher defaulted to his instinctive position, which was to hope for the best, but plan for the worst.

Reacher said, "Our nearest tanks are a thousand miles from Yemen or Afghanistan, and they take weeks and weeks and thousands of people to move. It would be easier to bring Yemen or Afghanistan to them. Also faster and less obtrusive.

Like they say in England, why buy a dog and bark yourself?' Back

From the Latin motto si vis pacem para bellum. If you wish for peace, prepare for war.

I'm saying a scattergun approach will always look good, as long as you put the spotlight on the successes and sweep the failures under the rug.

Everyone has a plan till they get punched in the mouth.