Quotes About Tactics

When you are against a guy like a Bobby Lashley, you have to be smart because he can snap a leg in one second. I treat him with that respect.

thought, Lee wants a frontal assault. I guess he'll have one. He turned to the messenger.

hope is not a strategy.

The ancient Florentines were so far from seeking to obtain any advantage over their enemies by surprise, that they always gave them a month's warning before they drew their army into the field, by the continual tolling of a bell they called Martinella.—[After St. Martin.] For

The processes of objectification originate in the very tactics of power and of the arrangement of its exercise.

Qui, au fond, a eu l'idée de retourner le principe de Clausewitz, qui a eu l'idée de dire : il se peut bien que la guerre soit la politique menée par d'autres moyens, mais la politique elle-même n'est-elle pas la guerre menée par d'autres moyens?

Military force should never be used for its own sake, but always to achieve a political objective.

Figura 3.3. Focalización en los medios con el objetivo de lograr los

Meta skills define the how-to, not the what-to.

Cuando uno ataca otro tiene que retroceder, no hay más remedio. La retirada, como todos saben, es la más difícil de las maniobras militares

Politicians should be dedicated to the welfare of the people, but sometimes politics becomes like a game of chess, in which the sole aim is to stay on board as long as possible.

I love talking about baserunning.

Why I love chess and tennis - the volleying aspect, and the fact that your competitors' reactions and motivations and bluffs come into the game itself.

A recurring problem needs nothing but a tactical head-on solution. The more you entertain your problems, the more you entertain your unhappiness

It doesn't take a genius to plan a perfect assault," Galloran said. "The trouble tends to show up during the execution.

But I'd rather work smart than hard.

A strategy is only as good as the steps you take to execute it.

Your outrageous and reckless chaos is the only reason you are able to beat me in any strategy game," Seurat said. "It certainly has nothing to do with your innate skills.

The successful executive is like a poker player, either concealing his emotions or showing false ones, so that others cannot use them against him. —AURELIUS VENPORT, The Legacy of Business

Giving the latest technology and weaponry to your military forces might seem to be enough to overwhelm the enemy, but unless you bring mental firepower to the fight, it could all be for naught. —a general of Old Earth

I am but a pawn on the Imperial chessboard.

We're not retreating. (Illyria) (Spike) It's so much easier if you just tell yourself you're strategically heading in the opposite direction of those that wish to do your harm so that you may mock them at a later time.

Subtlety and indirection are important tools, but you can't scale the highest peaks with these tools alone.

To counter this technique, when someone says that you must make a decision immediately or you will lose special terms or conditions, you reply by saying: "If I have to make a decision immediately, the answer is no. But if I have an opportunity to consider your offer carefully, the answer may be different.