Quotes About Planning

Time can be an ally or an enemy.

More software projects have gone awry for lack of calendar time than for all other causes combined.

You can never design the best city, but you can design the best city you know how to design at this time.

I hate to lose time on the set. On the set, you have to go at a good pace, because the clock is your master. For that reason, I have to know exactly what I'm trying to get beforehand.

Time spent in reconnaissance is seldom wasted.

Very few men, properly speaking, live at present, but are providing to live another time.

It doesn't really matter what time it is if you haven't determined what to do with your time.

The passage of time is likely to make high-speed rail more and more desirable, making it critical that politicians of today think ahead to tomorrow.

You must be able to handle a variety of move orders during the first 5-6 moves - otherwise you'll find yourself 'tricked' time and time again.

Many people assume that they can probably find many ways to save time. This is an incorrect assumption for it is only when you focus on spending time that you begin to use your time effectively.

I believe in diversification of income, because you never know what will happen. I'm a slightly paranoid person who thinks things could be ruined at any time.

Even the best planning is not so omniscient as to get it right the first time.

I believe good plans are the best way to maximize fun, avoid disaster, and possibly, save the world. I spend a lot of my time making them.

Goals help you keep in perspective what's really important so you don't spend all of your time doing what seems urgent.

I don't want to not enjoy where I am at this very moment. So, every time I plan something the exact opposite happens. I hope that I'm always satisfied and content like I am right at this very moment.

Where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incident, chaos will soon reign.

Even a two-car parade gets fouled up if you don't decide ahead of time who's going to lead.

If you don't have time to invest in a goals program is it possible that you don't have time because you don't have a goals program?

My time on the set is the least of my involvement. Most of my time is in pre-production and post-production.

I spend 60 percent of my time planning, 60 percent with people, and all other duties are completed with whatever time is left

If you do improvising, it can sometimes end up being a waste of time. And if you do that, it's more or less based on a writing process.

Strategists who don't take time to think are just planners.

Design a portfolio you are not likely to trade... akin to premarital counseling advice; try to build a portfolio that you can live with for a long, long time.

Be bold in vision and careful in planning. Dare to try something new, but be meticulous enough in your proposal to give your ideas a good chance of succeeding