Quotes About Strategy

We've demonstrated a strong track record of being very disciplined with the use of our cash. We don't let it burn a hole in our pocket, we don't allow it to motivate us to do stupid acquisitions. And so I think that we'd like to continue to keep our powder dry, because we do feel that there are one or more strategic opportunities in the future.

Innovation has nothing to do with how many R amp& D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R &amp D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.

You know, I've got a plan that could rescue Apple. I can't say any more than that it's the perfect product and the perfect strategy for Apple. But nobody there will listen to me.

In reality, though, most of the time we don't choose the best option—we choose the first reasonable option, a strategy known as satisficing.

The big optimizations come from refining the high-level design, not the individual routines.

Choose your battles. If rapid development is truly top priority, don't shackle your developers by insisting on too many priorities at once.

Thinking outside-of-the-box is a tactical skill that should be practiced daily by everyone. A truly great 'strategic' skill is when someone is able to get others to think outside-of-the-box.

There is nothing so disastrous as a rational investment policy in an irrational world.

Look at a football field. It looks like a big movie screen. This is theatre. Football combines the strategy of chess. It's part ballet. It's part battleground, part playground. We clarify, amplify and glorify the game with our footage, the narration and that music, and in the end create an inspirational piece of footage.

I think in the NFL knowledge is power, and you try to get the knowledge by whatever means.

Google Adwords, Long Tail Pro and Market Samurai. 

I know I'm committing heresy here…  But I honestly think the best SEO strategy is not to 'do' SEO.

When you fail to plan, you plan to fail.

What you need (and what the following book provides) is a strategy for identifying your worst habits and learning how to overcome them.

a goal without a plan is no more than a cloud,

What's the point of having weak enemies? They just waste your time.

But we're assassins: when we make mistakes, people live

Boss, she's a _Dragon_. They don't _believe_ in assassination. They consider it a _crime_. If you go up to her and--" "Kragar," I interrupted, "I never said that I was going to go up to her and say, 'Aliera, I'm trying to assassinate this guy, how would you like to help set him up?' Give me credit for a little finesse, all right?

Well," she said, "if I were the enemy commander, and our assault had failed three times, and I wanted to make a fourth, I don't think I'd attack with fewer men. But that's just me." "Shut up, Loiosh." "I beg your pardon?" "Never mind. Private joke.

I have a clever and devious plan.

Or more like them," said Lucifer. "He won't want to leave himself undefended. After all, one of us could break in and kick him in the knee.

It is well known…that the military historian is at his best when giving the names of field officers who fell in battle, and at his worst when attempting to explain the reason for the general officer to have made a certain decision at a certain time.

One reason I'm still around to tell you these stories is because when I'm doing big things that are crazy, I try to play it safe with as much of the little stuff as I can. It's worked so far, right? Of course, "It's worked so far, right?" do pretty well as last words, so let's not get cocky about it.

True heroics must be carefully planned - and strenuously avoided.