Quotes About Tactics

A good front is half the battle in love or war.

Love is like a game of chess: One false move and you're mated.

In love, as in war, a fortress that parleys is half taken.

All fair in love and war.

In marriage, as in war, it is permitted to take every advantage of the enemy.

Sometimes winning is not only a matter of knowing the rules, but of making your opponent think he knows them better.

I perfected my craft, playing the quarterlords and merchants against one another as if I was a musician and they were crude drums rumbling beneath my hands, making one boast to another that I had never pulled anything over on him, making them all feel so very smart, even as I relieved them of items I could put to better use elsewhere.

The Romans did not concern themselves with the number of their enemies; they only asked, 'Where are they?

No one has yet figured out how to manage people effectively into battle; they must be led," wrote John Kotter

Office politics are bloody-minded, but weak on content.

The rook is my favourite piece,' she said. 'It's the one that you think you don't have to watch out for. It is straightforward. You keep your eye on the queen, and the knights, and the bishop, because they are the sneaky ones. But it's the rook that often gets you. The straightforward is never quite what it seems.

The rook is my favorite piece. It's the one that you think you don't have to watch out for. It is straightforward. You keep your eye on the queen and the knights, and the bishop because they are the sneaky ones. But it's the rook that often gets you. The straightforward is never quite what it seems.

The rook is my favorite piece.' she said. 'It's the one you think you don't have to watch out for. It is straightforward. You keep your eyes on the queen, and the knight and the bishop, because they are the sneaky ones. But is the rook that often gets you. The straightforward is never quite what it seems.

Nora pushed a pawn forward two spaces.

And Nora smiled as she stared at all the pieces she still had left in play, thinking about her next move.

Say as little as possible, hope some of the undecideds like your teeth better than the other guy's—that's usually the way this business works.

She technically apologized yesterday, but it was one of those married-people apologies, more of a tactical move than anything else, a way of moving on with things.

In fact, the name 'rook' derives from ruhk, the Persian word for chariot. Pawns were footsoldiers, bishops were elephants, knights were mounted cavalry, and speeding along at the edges of the board were the swift and deadly chariots.

taught many important lessons: to flatter one's opponent, to lay traps and to see them laid, to be bold and to restrain one's tendency to boldness, to appear naïve when in truth one is alert, to see the future many moves ahead and to discover that decisions always have consequences.

That list of yours… the enemy of my enemy doesn't have to be my friend, but it can still hurt my enemy.

Use your head; cut off theirs.

you don't have to be Sun freakin Tzu to know that real fighting isn't about killing or even hurting the other guy, it's about scaring him enough to call it a day.

in intelligence as in everything else related to conflict victory is gained not by the side that makes no mistakes, but by the one that makes fewer than the other side. By

Diplomacy without politics is ultimately impotent.