Mark Caine Quotes

I usually go in ahead of time, like at a rehearsal, or a meeting, and tell them, "It may appear that I'm going to go haywire, but I'm not." I always map out what I'm going to do. Still, a lot of it is improvised.

If I always appear prepared, it is because before entering an undertaking, I have meditated long and have foreseen what might occur. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly and secretly what I should do in circumstances unexpected by others; it is thought and preparation

I don't do anything unless I think about it six months in advance.

I am courageous at the decisive moment. But I need a good deal of start-up time, and I try to take as much as possible into consideration beforehand.

It doesn't always happen according to the way you have planned things out but I feel if you have covered most of the aspects, it does help out there in the middle.

He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things.

You can't rely on luck. I've had some stages in my career where I've said we're going to wing it, and we've always ended up in trouble.

We can't cross that bridge until we come to it, but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead of time.

I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation.

Foreknowledge is power.

Any plan is better than no plan.

I like to plan. I like to see the future.

I see the game differently than some guys. I'm always reading the next move.

The preparation is what allows the success to happen naturally.

I don't like to practice ahead of time what I'm going to say.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

Some actors actually think about what they're going to talk about during the interview - they read up and meditate and plan quotes and get all inspired. It's very smart, but it's so planned. I never think to do that.

The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.

Always have a plan, and believe in it. Nothing happens by accident.

Luck is the residue of design.

Speed is often confused with insight. When I start running earlier than the others, I appear faster.

The very best impromptu speeches are the ones written well in advance.

Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming.