Quotes About Tactics

Here comes the trout that must be caught with tickling.

I know the disciplines of wars.

Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way. —Daniele Vare, Italian diplomat We

We were succeeding. When you looked at specifics, this became a war of attrition. We were winning.

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.

The soft underbelly of the Axis.

War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.

The late M. Venizelos observed that in all her wars England—he should have said Britain, of course—always wins one battle—the last.

When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.

A politician, a man engaged in party contests, must be an opportunist. Let us give up saying that word as if it contained a slur. If you want to win in party action, I take it for granted that you want to lure the majority to your side. I never heard of any man in his senses who was fishing for a minority.

Soon now, as the Negro awakens a little more and sees the vise that he's in, sees the bag that he's in, sees the real game that he's in, then the Negro's going to develop a new tactic.

It is only for those to employ force who possess strength without judgment; but the well advised will have recourse to other means.

The Chinese view of warfare shaped China's military operations and tactics, especially how the high command made war decisions, finalized various objectives, executed battle plans, and evaluated combat effectiveness.

Istilah Tanpa Pedang tidak selalu terletak pada keharusan mengambil pedang lawan. Juga tidak berarti mempertunjukkan pedangmu sendiri dan menjadikan dirimu terkenal karenanya. Tanpa Pedang berarti tidak diserang lawan, walaupun kau sendiri tidak memiliki pedang.

Age does not count. It's what you know about football that matters.

don't antagonize the enemy, obligate him.

your enemy when he's making a mistake.

For the English player, more comfort is not required. He sits straight as a poker on his chair, keeps his thumbs in his waistcoat pockets, and does not move until he for an hour has [surveyed] the chessboard. His opponent has sighed hundreds of times when the Englishman eventually moves his piece.

Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a magician, and the endgame like a machine," Viennese player Rudolf Spielmann would later advise. Even

The commonest mistake in history is underestimating your opponent; it happens at the poker table all the time.

The dehumanization of those inside Mt. Carmel, coupled with the thoroughgoing demonization of Koresh, made it easier for those in authority to develop tactics that seemed organized for disaster.

We will maintain heading until he's committed, then I want a hard skew-turn to starboard. As hard as you can make it, Chief. I want our starboard broadside on him as he passes below us, and then I want to cut down across his stern and stick it right up his kilt. Clear? (Honor Harrington)