Planning Quotes - Page 20

• But the delights of solitude don't only consist of dreaming. Next in enjoyment, I think, comes planning.

  Anna Neagle

  Dream, Thinking, Solitude

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• That food has always been, and will continue to be, the basis for one of our greater snobbism does not explain the fact that the attitude toward the food choice of others is becoming more and more heatedly exclusive until it may well turn into one of those forms of bigotry against which gallant little committees are constantly planning campaigns in the cause of justice and decency.

  Cornelia Otis Skinner

  Attitude, Food, Justice

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• This most dangerous enemy is the American counterpart of the British Fabian Socialist, who denies that he is a Socialist and operates behind a mask which he calls National Planning.

  John T. Flynn

  Enemy, Mask, Deny

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• The ultimate starting point for planning any adventure or expeditionby far and away the greatest book on earth

  Ranulph Fiennes

  Book, Adventure, Earth

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• Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.

  Alan Dean Foster

  Joy, Spontaneity, Existence

  Alan Dean Foster (1982). “Nor crystal tears”, Del Rey

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• Let me say that I think the economic history of the last 150 years clearly shows that if you want to industrialize a country in a short period, let us say 20 years, and you don't have a well-developed private sector, entrepreneurial class, then central planning is important.

  Manmohan Singh

  Country, Thinking, Years

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• Now, a lot of what we are doing right now, quite frankly, is because of what happened on Christmas. Many of the things were kind of in the works. We were already planning, for example, the purchase and deployment of advanced imaging technology. You call them body scanners. We call them AITs (Advanced Imaging Technologies).

  Janet Napolitano

  Christmas, Technology, Deployment

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• Plans are worthless, but planning is invaluable.

  Peter Drucker

  Project Management, Plans, Invaluable

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• The great thing is to be found at one's post as a child of God, living each day as though it were our last, but planning as though the world might last a hundred years.

  C. S. Lewis

  Christian, Children, Years

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• Is the leadership of the worldwide church in the hands of men and women who know how to lead others one by one to Jesus Christ? We are so concerned with planning and administration that there is a danger lest we allow these things to serve as an excuse for not doing the one thing on which all else depends.

  Stephen Neill

  Leadership, Jesus, Men

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• Proper preparation prevents poor performance.

  Charlie Batch

  Preparation, Poor Planning, Performances

  Twitter post from Feb 21, 2013

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• The planning stage of a cruise is often just as enjoyable as the voyage itself, letting one's imagination loose on all kinds of possibilities. Yet translating dreams into reality means a lot of practical questions have to be answered.

  Jimmy Cornell

  Dream, Mean, Reality

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• Adventures happen only to those incapable of planning an expedition.

  Richard Evans Schultes

  Adventure, Expeditions, Incapable

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• If plan A doesn't work, the alphabet has 25 more letters - 204 if you're in Japan.

  Claire Cook

  Determination, Japan, Letters

  Claire Cook (2015). “Seven Year Switch”, p.222, Marshbury Beach Books

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• Today's water institutions-the policies and laws, government agencies and planning and engineering practices that shape patterns of water use-are steeped in a supply-side management philosophy no longer appropriate to solving today's water problems.

  Sandra Postel

  Philosophy, Science, Agency

  Sandra Postel (1985). “Conserving water: the untapped alternative”, Worldwatch Inst

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• "I've always been a proponent of "if you're going to do something, do it right." I applied that across all aspects of my shooting - planning, setting up shoots, getting up early, working with athletes and models, working with clients etc. Just being a pro about it.

  Jimmy Chin

  Photography, Athlete, Up Early

  "How to Capture Creative Gold When You’re at the End of Your Rope — Literally". Interview with Chase Jarvis, www.chasejarvis.com.

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• If men can be made to understand that society, with its rigid codes and stratifications, is in its confused infancy rather than in the apex of its development; if they can be made to understand that the conflicts and contradictions of society can only be resolved by scientific long-range planning-then we will succeed in maintaining what civilization we have and drive onward to greater culture.

  Joost Meerloo

  Confused, Men, Civilization

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• But [in bureaucracies], too, decision making takes place in a world full of unceratinties. Any actual system of information processing, planning and control will never be optimal but merely practical, applying rote responses to recurrent problems and employing a variety of contingency tactics to deal with unforeseen events.

  Manuel De Landa

  Information Processing, Decision, Events

  Manuel De Landa (1997). “A thousand years of nonlinear history”, Zone Books (NY)

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• Businesses, like babies and books, need nurturing, time, energy, love, planning and, yes, money to develop, grow and prosper.

  Rachael Bermingham

  Baby, Business, Book

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• It is sound planning that invariably earns us the outcome we want; without it, even the gods are unlikely to look with favour on our designs.

  Herodotus

  Design, Outcomes, Favour

  Herodotus (2008). “The Histories”, p.508, OUP Oxford

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• He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.

  Herodotus

  Men, Action, Plans

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• Even the best planning is not so omniscient as to get it right the first time.

  Fred Brooks

  Firsts, Programming, First Time

  "The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering". Book by Fred Brooks, 1975.

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• Don't spend too much time planning, release early and often, some things will work, others won't, refine and move forward and above all forget the money, just make sure you love what you're doing.

  Kevin Rose

  Moving, Design, Too Much

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• Ooh! Jesus Christ had dreads, so shake 'em.
  I ain't got none, but I'm planning on growing some.
  Imagine all the Hebrews going dumb...
  Dancing on top of chariots and turning tight ones.

  E-40

  Jesus, Rap, Dancing

  Song: Tell Me When To Go, Album: My Ghetto Report Card, 2006

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• Valentine cards and birthday wishes?
  Please...be on another level of planning, of understanding
  The bond between man and woman and child.
  The highest elevation, cause we above
  All that romance crap, just show your love.

  Method Man

  Children, Rap, Valentine

  Song: You're All I Need

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