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“In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.”
“It's the fricking reality that destroys plans.”
“An exceedingly well-informed report,' said the General. 'You have given yourself the trouble to go into matters thoroughly, I see. That is one of the secrets of success in life.”
“ON PROBLEMSOur choicest planshave fallen through,our airiest castlestumbled over,because of lineswe neatly drewand later neatlystumbled over.”
“Annual planning cycles doom you to short term fixes for long term problems”
“The speaker instructs his audience to cheer wildly at the word tomorrow -- then forgot. When he used the word building toward the climax of his presentation, he was so started he fell off the stage.”
“You want leaders driven by mission not by adrenaline. No one wants to work with people who need to be heroes more than they need to be catalysts.”
“No matter how thoroughly you plan, no matter how much you think you know, you've never thought of everything.”
“Estate planning is an important and everlasting gift you can give your family. And setting up a smooth inheritance isn't as hard as you might think.”
“We believe in funding family planning because it helps to prevent unintended pregnancy. We believe that a woman considering an abortion should not be forced to have an ultrasound against her will.”
“I feel however, that we architects have a special duty and mission... (to contribute) to the socio-cultural development of architecture and urban planning.”
“I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up. Acting was right next to it, so I signed up for acting instead.”
“The intellectual force of the West is still dominant, but other cultures are getting stronger. I expect that we will develop a new way of thinking in architecture and urban planning, and that less ...”
“Modernist architecture and town planning is inimical to human beings... based on the Darwinian concept that evolution is open ended, that there must always be something new and better.”
“The more time you spend contemplating what you should have done... you lose valuable time planning what you can and will do.”
“One of the things we often miss in succession planning is that it should be gradual and thoughtful, with lots of sharing of information and knowledge and perspective, so that it's almost a non-even...”
“I think by planning an exercise regime, your diet follows to some extent.”
“Under capitalism each individual engages in economic planning.”
“If budget planning requires gathering information from people who may not always have the incentive to disclose that information, then the principles of mechanism design can definitely be of use in...”
“I don't believe in planning for things. I just want them to fall in place, unfold as they like. I never design things. I want films to choose me; I don't choose films.”
