Quotes About Strategy

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

tactical advantages of low margins and low prices, in order to win points of market share

You know, people can complain about that, but complaining is not a strategy.

We are genuinely customer-centric, we are genuinely long-term oriented and we genuinely like to invent. Most companies are not those things. They are focused on the competitor, rather than the customer.

You can work long, hard, and smart, but at Amazon.com you can pick only two out of three.

have a smile for everyone you meet and a plan to kill them.

Have a smile on your face for everyone you meet, and a plan to kill them.

It had to be tonight and it had to be moonless, because that was the only way a dangerous, borderline-psychotic insertion like this could ever possibly work.

Every time you take a step, even when you don't want to ... when it hurts, when it means you rub chins with death, or even if it means dying, that's good. Anything that moves ahead, wins. No chess game was ever won by the player who sat for a lifetime thinking over his next move.

The ability to make good decisions regarding people represents one of the last reliable sources of competitive advantage, since very few organizations are very good at it. —Peter Drucker

Despite my emphasis on technology, I do not view laws as inherently evil. My goals are political ones, even if my techniques are not. The only way to fundamentally succeed is by changing existing laws. If I rejected all help from the political arena I would inevitably fail.

Buying a lambo is stupid if you don't know how to use to make you money.

the dumber that people think you are, the more surprised they will be when you kill them..."

When survival was in question, you fought hard and you seized every advantage, because your enemy was sure to do the same.

If we're attacked by corn dogs," Jeanine said with a straight face, "our enemies will be doomed.

Never throw the first punch. If you have to throw the second, try to make sure they don't get up for a third.

Plots behind plots, plans behind plans. There was always another secret.

How do you fight someone smarter than yourself?' Rand Whispered. 'The answer is simple. You make her think that you are sitting down across the table from her, ready to play her game. Then you punch her in the face as hard as you can.

The problem with being clever, Serene thought with a sigh, is that everyone assumes you're always planning something.

Plan every battle as if you will inevitably retreat, but fight every battle like there is no backing down.

The entire point of life is to find ways to get others to do your work for you. Don't you know anything about basic economics?

There are two ways to stay safe, Reen's voice whispered to her. Either be so quiet and harmless that people ignore you, or be so dangerous that they're terrified of you.

I need something, Wax. A place to look. You always did the thinking." "Yes, having a brain helps with that, surprisingly.

THE BEST WAY TO FOOL SOMEONE, in Vin's estimation, was to give them what they wanted. Or, at the very least, what they expected. As long as they assumed that they were one step ahead, they wouldn't look back to see if there were any steps that they'd completely missed.