Quotes About Premeditation

If we bestow but a very little attention to the economy of the animal creation, we shall find manifest examples of premeditation, perseverance, resolution, and consumate artifice, in order to effect their purpose.

If they were shocked, then Gregor was no longer responsible.' This passage betray's Gregor's premeditation and points to the idea that Gregor wanted to change into a monstrous vermin- something incapable of working in an office.

Someday, sir," Tibbs said "I want to investigate a murder done in an English country house over the weekend with only six persons present and the outside roads impassable because of a sudden storn and flood. One where the victim is found in a locked room with an arrow through his heart and there isn't any question of multiple assault or lack of premeditation.

In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made.

At the outset Verna had not intended to kill anyone.

By definition 'winging it' is not a plan.

Every great summer party starts with a list. Throwing something together chaotically ends up being more work than taking 15 minutes to make a plan first.

Bowman immediately went to work, writing furiously in his notepad. A staff colonel asked what he was doing, and the major said, "I'm making a wish list." If he'd read the scene correctly, he said, "We are going to get called in to see General Tolson in about fifteen minutes, and we're about to get everything we need.

The reason I use the word reflex to describe these traits of selfishness is that there is zero premeditation before they happen. When these responses happen, they are coming from my fallen nature, not from reflection and resolution. I don't sin out of duty. I sin spontaneously. They are the reflexes of my original, unmortified sinfulness.

Preparation is defined as the process of getting something or someone ready for an action or a presentation. It is simply those things done before the occurrence of an event. Besides, it is usually done or made to ensure excellence and success at last. Preparation is synonymous with arrangement. -Emeasoba George

It's always good to go over the recipe beforehand, so you can easily think of the next thing that needs to be done.

I visualize things in my mind before I have to do them. It's like having a mental workshop.

When I was in my late 30s, I lit a figure on fire on Baker Beach in San Francisco. It was me, a friend, and maybe eight people, tops. There wasn't any premeditation to it at all. It was really just a product of San Franciscan bohemian milieu.

A man should ever, as much as in him lieth, be ready booted to take his journey, and above all things look he have then nothing to do but with himself.

More planning shall give greater possibility of victory while less planning, lesser possibility of victory. So how about those without planning?

advance planning. The advance in advance planning is always redundant. All planning must be done in advance.

Well, if you wake up intending to murder someone at two o'clock, you hardly think what you're going to feed the corpse for dinner.

who wishes to fight must first count the cost

When the situation demands action, know the end of the action before you start the action

Miss Brodie liked to take her leisure over the unfolding of her plans, most of her joy deriving from the preparation

William untucked the covers and stood, making a mental list of everything he'd need for the coming trip. A few blades, serrated and nonserrated. A vial of acid. A bone saw. A spiked paddle. A cat-o'-nine-tails. And a bag of Gummy Bears. Gods, but this was going to be fun.

Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.

Good luck is a residue of preparation.

I am so good when I have time to prepare.