Phil Foglio Quotes

People do not plan to mess up their lives. They just don't plan not to.

Look, I know this seems a little half-assed...' 'No, dude. I'd be thrilled if this plan were half-assed. This is, like, no-assed.' 'You're right. It's the most no-assed thing I've ever done in my life.

When public figures think they can open a business even though they've got no business experience, it's a bad idea.

More matches are lost through carelessness at the beginning than any other cause.

Wishing of all strategies, is the worst.

I've always been a fella who put most of my eggs in one basket and then take a dump in the basket but I really don't know.

I think it's dangerous to be optimistic. Things could go terribly wrong virtually overnight.

In retrospect there were failures enough to go around. There were failures before the storm and failures after the storm.

If we didn't do the tour, it would have been disastrous.

When you take risks and things don't go your way, you can be heavily criticised by the media.

The pressures are intense, because the rewards for success and the penalty for failure are more and more.

Hats divide generally into three classes: offensive hats, defensive hats, and shrapnel.

This I regard as a classic example of my not being properly prepared for a part I very much wanted.

Generals make plans. Plans go wrong. And soldiers die.

It serves me right for putting all my eggs in one bastard.

… you only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out..

People get up and say, 'I didn't prepare a speech because I didn't think I would win.' Well, that's dumb.

I think you cannot be too complacent. I think that's dangerous, and you cannot take anything for granted.

I don't want to carry the burden of a flop. I don't fall into that trap.

I don't prepare very well. I'm always sort of wrapped up in what I'm supposed to be doing in the moment, and then I suddenly appear someplace, and I'm really not prepared.

What's the worst that could happen? You're going to come second or lose? It's not like someone has got a gun to your head.

If you make a mistake, your opponent can punish, and you end up losing the game.

This is a game of failure, for the most part.

Sometimes when you get eager, you get sloppy. Sometimes when you get sloppy, you get knocked out.

You can't push the envelope at 10,000 RPM and expect to come out smelling like a rose and feeling like a million bucks on the other side.