Quotes About Planning

A client once said: "Long-range, strategic planning is a great tool, but we need to get some things done before lunch!

A man shrewd enough and clever enough to amass such a fortune in ten years does not throw together

know for sure that a crime is being planned. He said some things any father would say, and I'm sure he's having thoughts any father would have. But as far as actually planning a crime, I don't think so. Secondly

Writers are generally split into two camps: those who carefully outline their stories and know the ending before they begin, and those who refuse to do so upon the theory that once a character is created he or she will do something interesting.

But, Lucien, he was not insane, and there's no way I can find some bogus psychiatrist to say he was. He planned it meticulously, every detail.

Robbie ran through the plans for the week. Duties were defined, tasks distributed, responsibilities clarified. He tried to appear upbeat, hopeful, confident that a miracle was on the way.

shakes his head as if he hates to do what he's about to do, and says, "Your Honor, I have another bit of video that I think might help us here. It's the end of the fight five years ago with Corliss Beane." I stand and say, "Your Honor, I know nothing about this. It was not disclosed to me." Max is ready because he's been planning

are generally split into two camps: those who carefully outline their stories and know the ending before they begin, and those who refuse to do so upon the theory that once a character is created he or she will do something interesting

He loved the gamesmanship. He was a sociopath who killed for revenge, but he tried on the planning and execution, and the perfection of his crimes.

For example, more baggage animals were needed because Mary's bed often arrived late at its destination.

epic scale without choosing the ground or the moment carefully enough.

Doing is at a far greater distance from intending to do than you at first sight imagine. Join

Know the story before you fall in love with your first sentence. If you don't know the story before you begin the story, what kind of a storyteller are you? Just an ordinary kind, just a mediocre kind – making it up as you go along, like a common liar.

Ruth Cole was a novelist; novelists are not at their best when they go off half-cocked. She believed that she would prepare what she was going to tell the police - preferably in writing.

As a novelist, he was always looking ahead, too.)

You oughta carry a calculator," Emma told him, "or at least write everything down.

Richard Rumelt's Good Strategy/Bad Strategy

Je suggère que tu mettes de côté une partie des sommes que tu investis à fonds perdus dans l'industrie des boissons alcooliques.

Someone made a long speech listing every infraction of the rules we were committing that night. Someone else made a speech showing how by careful planning we could break all the others before dawn.

Life is what is happening today while you were planning tomorrow

es la diferencia, fundamental en el campo de la estrategia, entre respetar las limitaciones y negar su existencia.

Xerxes tinha razão. Se tentarmos prever tudo, arriscamo-nos a não fazer nada. Mas também a tinha Artabano. Se não nos prepararmos para tudo o que pode acontecer, garantimos que alguma parte disso acontecerá.

Los grandes ejércitos transportan consigo lo necesario para asegurarse de que lo que pudiera ir mal no vaya

If at first you don't succeed - you haven't planned properly!