Quotes About Strategy

Social Darwinists of the day were forever on about the joys of bloody teeth and claws, but they were curiously uncelebratory of speed and deception, poison and surprise.

No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems. They are trying to solve their own problems—of which getting elected and re-elected are number one and number two. Whatever is number three is far behind.

Government "planning" is not an alternative to chaos. It is a pre-emption of other people's plans.

Affaires meant 'business.' How like the French to kill two birds with one stone.

Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do. Strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do. —Savielly Tartakover (Polish GM)

The documentation of the Blitz is particularly valuable in that it shows that Christian nationalists have self-consciously embraced a strategy of advancing their goals through deception and indirection.

Like a great athlete, we must have a very clear vision of what we want to accomplish before we make a move. Vision, in preparation for an action, is as important as the action itself. —Marianne Williamson, Healing the Soul

The game of life is not so much in holding a good hand as playing a poor hand well.

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

Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success. —Pablo Picasso artist

If you want to catch more fish, use more hooks. —George Allen

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. —Henry Ford industrialist

I used it to save the lives of my men." That

To launch a business means successfully solving problems. Solving problems means listening. - Richard Branson

Should we use code names?" Hi popped up from the steps on which he'd been sitting. "Of course we should. Inside, refer to me as Rex Condor." Hi winced in surprise as Shelton smacked the back of his head. "You?" Shelton shrugged. "Had to be done. Ben's too far away." Ben gave Shelton a thumbs-up. My eyes rolled skyward.

So what's the plan?" Ben asked. "Go inside. Look around. Improvise." "Brilliant." Hi stroked his chin. "Quick question: Is having no plan the same as having a terrible plan, or are those different categories?

Maskirovka (masquerade) is a technique developed by the Russian military in the early part of the last century that can be summarized by three words: deception, denial, and disinformation.

You do not interrupt a man when he is explaining his master plan after having been soundly defeated. Don't you watch any James Bond Movies?

If you want to stay in the business then you've got to be a bit shrewd, haven't you?

Our school design process attempts to harness strategic thinking around gaming and game design as an innovative curricular and learning

It's not luck, I'm cheating." (Allen Walker)

You have to spend a lot to make a lot. It's not like I'm sitting on top of a pile of money.

So to catch a madman, we have to think like a madman?" "I wouldn't advise it," Cassie said very quietly. "That abyss is darker and colder than you can even imagine.

To do it all we must do it too soon: shoot before the moon to shoot the moon, we learn, having shot it dead, bagged now and heavy as a head.