Quotes About Planning

When I run, I think about everything: physics, family problems, plans for the weekend. I haven't made any big discoveries on a run, but it does give me time to think through problems. Some solutions are obvious, but they are only obvious when you are relaxed enough to find them.

For me, meal prep is about doing the work when you have the time, which is usually on the weekend.

I think you have to plan ahead. When I go to the market on a Saturday, and I'm buying for family and friends, I'm thinking about what I'm going to eat on the weekend but also about what I'm going to make for the following week.

Playing chess can make you a better poker player because it forces you to think several moves ahead. That kind of intense mental exercise develops a deeper level of thinking than is typically encountered when playing poker.

I always keep a plane on the pole at the airport.

The best policymakers know that in start-ups, as in politics, not everything works out exactly as planned.

I worry policymakers are not putting enough attention on what we should be planning for 10 years down the road. In general, governments aren't necessarily that good at looking down the road when it is a difficult issue.

As a nation, we are not good at long-term planning, and no wonder: Our political system insists that every president be allowed to appoint thousands of new officials, including the kinds of officials who think about pandemics. Why is that necessary?

Building a rainy-day fund during good times may not be politically popular, but it can pay off during the bad times.

No politician has a 50-year horizon.

I wasn't planning on becoming a politician. I was incredibly fulfilled in my role at PATH.

A lot of folks feel like my brother and me or other politicians chart out their careers from Day 1 until the end. I've never been like that.

I can't let important policy decisions hinge on the fact that an election is coming up every 90 days.

Gentrification is a problem of poor planning.

There's a bit of debate about that; some say it was really Matthew, but the popular consensus is that Mark was the first one, so that's why I did that one first. And I was planning on doing all four.

Some restrictions should be imposed on population. First of all, each city should have certain population, certain limit.

I wish I knew what was next. I got this movie without planning to. I'm really excited to be continuing in film because it's a great job but I have my portfolio and resume for any other opportunity.

The role of my job is I'm always trying to figure out where I need to be. Do I need to be at a college game, at an international game, with the team, at practice, with my coaches, with a few of the players, up in Portland, Maine? I mean, where do I need to be?

New highways, ports, and runways appear economically foolish if we don't understand the economic growth that flows from such investments.

I look at goals, like, what do I want to do and where do I want to see myself. What position to I want to be in going forward.

We're trying to put ourselves in the best position to win, period, if not this year, next year.

To think about attacking is also to think about positioning.

We've certainly learned a lot of lessons from Katrina, from Rita. Rita was better than Katrina. We're doing a better job planning. We're closer - more closely aligned with the Department of Defense. These things would be positive things if we were to have another attack.

I am kept awake by the list of possibilities for shooting more photos and deciding what I must prioritise next.