Quotes tagged ‘strategy’

“If there's one thing I taught her, it was to play all sides.”

— Meredith Glynn, Stan Edgar, Giancarlo Esposito, imdb.com

“Never turn your back on your enemy.”

— Melissa Rosenberg, Jasper Hale, Jackson Rathbone, imdb.com

“You play what's best for you.”

— Allan Scott, Benny Watts, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, imdb.com

“But today, Bocanegra and his team have had to reconfigure their strategies with COVID-19 looming and an uncertain future after the virus. They’ve started to implement educational tools and programs online, via Zoom, text, email, and more, in order to dispel myths around the virus circulating in thes…”

— Brooke Bobb, Vogue, vogue.com

“You're playing each piece like losing it hurts. This ain't checkers. You want my king, you got to come get my king. All these other pieces are just the means to do it.”

— Boaz Yakin, Sam, Samuel L Jackson, imdb.com

“Abner DoubleDay: Let's play ball. Welcome, my friends, to the first ever playing of a new sport. A sport of my own devising. On this field, two ten-person teams will engage in a battle of... Yes, Qi? Qi: Only 18 people here. Abner DoubleDay: Two nine-person teams will engage in a battle of strength,…”

— Tim Herlihy, Adam Sandler, Abner Doubleday, John Turturro, imdb.com

“Never assume that the person you are dealing with is weaker or less important than you are. Some people are slow to take offense, which may make you misjudge the thickness of their skin, and fail to worry about insulting them. But should you offend their honor and their pride, they will overwhelm yo…”

— Robert Greene, amazon.com

“In the game of chess you can never let your adversary see your pieces.”

— Brian Kelley, Zapp Brannigan, Billy West, imdb.com

“I wanna be a lot of things, so much pent up inside of me. I wanna be stronger, too long I’ve sat here undecidedly. Planning strategy, half of me know it’s all just a fallacy, failing miserably, drastically, and then I crash dramatically.”

— Future Of The Purple, Tyler Joseph, open.spotify.com

“Milhouse, knock him down if he's in your way! Jimbo, Jimbo, go for the face! Ralph Wiggum lost his shin guard! Hack the bone! Hack the bone.”

— Mike Scully, Lisa Simpson, Yeardley Smith, imdb.com

“A good captain keeps his best weapons hidden from his enemies.”

— Anderson MacKenzie, Phil Klemmer, Rip Hunter, Arthur Darvill, imdb.com

“If you can’t kill your enemy, weaken him. If you can’t cut off his head, take his heart.”

— Chris Fedak, Marc Guggenheim, Sara Lance / White Canary, Caity Lotz, imdb.com

“The first rule of war and business is to know your enemy.”

— Scott Buck, Harold Meachum, David Wenham, imdb.com

“Sometimes you have to kill to preserve.”

— Hawk Ostby, Mark Fergus, Captain Theresa Yao, Jean Yoon, imdb.com

“Sometimes you need to exert pressure where it’s most effective, especially in times of war.”

— Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, Sadavir Errinwright, Shawn Doyle, imdb.com

“Individuals can be divided and conquered, but symbols… Symbols endure.”

— Hallie Lambert, Commander Klaes Ashford, David Strathairn, imdb.com

“You strike when your enemy is weak.”

— Steven Knight, Tommy Shelby, Cillian Murphy, imdb.com

“It’s one thing to make a plan. It’s another altogether to execute it.”

— Ruby Rae Spiegel, Prairie Johnson, Brit Marling, imdb.com

“At some point the word ‘strategy’ becomes a euphemism for procrastination.”

— Peter Theil, amazon.com

“Higgins: You have to get into the safe first, Magnum. Magnum: [wiggles eyebrows] I know.”

— Donald P. Bellisario, Thomas Magnum, Tom Selleck, imdb.com