Claire Denis Quotes

Thoughts are to the Desires as Scouts and Spies, to range abroad, and find the way to the things Desired.

I feel like I've got a routine with how I study the opponent and go about each week.

You have to do a lot of planning, certainly in football. We watch the opposition three or four times before we play them.

There is a lot of information to know, but I prepare for the NFL Draft by coming to work every day.

First feel sure of idea, then the execution will be easier.

Dispatch is the soul of business, and nothing contributes more to dispatch than method.

I wisely started with a map.

There's nothing wrong with a plan, but remember Von Moltke's famous dictum that no plan survives first contact with the enemy. The danger is a plan that seduces us into thinking failure is impossible and adaptation is unnecessary - a kind of ‘Titanic' plan, unsinkable (until it hits the iceberg).

There are two things to be considered with regard to any scheme. In the first place, Is it good in itself? In the second, Can it be easily put into practice?

To inform, and, therefore to reconnoitre , this is the first and constant duty of the advanced guard.

By playing at Chess then, we may learn... First: Foresight. Second: Circumspection. Third: Caution.

The idea should come first, the startup should come second.

I've always found it very important to do your homework first and then talk.

The time you want the map... is before you enter the woods

Whatever decisions I make are going to be based first on a strategy to keep us safe and then we'll figure out how to resource it.

Security isn't what the wise person looks for - it's opportunity.

The first step in making rabbit stew is catching the rabbit.

There is no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things.

Arrival at a new destination only occurs from leaving your current location.

The better your base is, and the more you know from experience, the better off you'll be when you try and make the big move.

Deliberation is a good thing when it comes to fighting wars.

Over prepare, then go with the flow.

It’s hard to come up with a scheme to thwart some other scheme you don’t even know about.

A plan without action is not a plan. It's a speech.

The future belongs to those who prepare for it.