Surprise Tactics Quotes

Never tell anyone what you are going to do till you've done it.

I think the Occupy movement will, or at least should, become a protean movement of ideas, as well as action, where the element of surprise remains with the protesters. We need to preserve the element of an intellectual ambush and a physical manifestation that takes the government and the police by surprise. It has to keep re-imagining itself, because holding territory may not be something the movement will be allowed to do in a state as powerful and violent as the United States.

Always zig when people expect you to zag. Confound them!

In war the chief incalculable is the human will, which manifests itself in resistance, which in turn lies in the province of tactics. Strategy has not to overcome resistance, except from nature. Its purpose is to diminish the possibility of resistance, and it seeks to fulfil this purpose by exploiting the elements of movement and surprise.

Is that how you're going to take me? Scare me into voluntarily coming aboard, then steal my Ice Cube?" "It's always cubes with you," noted Foaly, somewhat randomly. "What's wrong with a nice sphere?

President Lyndon Johnson was very, very unpredictable. We never knew for sure what he is going to do next, and he preferred to have it that way; if he could do something as a complete surprise, that was his preference.

In order to grow your audience, you must betray their expectations.

When you have beaten guys a few times, you don't want them to think they know how you are going to play them. You have to try and find different ways of beating them. You have to do things they don't expect sometimes, put something unpredictable into your game.

I like to keep teams off balance.

How much intelligence does it take to sneak up on a leaf?

If you're trying to take a roomful of people by surprise, it's a lot easier to hit your targets if you don't yell going through the door.

All the decisive blows are struck left-handed.

I like to surprise people. I try to take risks.

I just wanted to do something that would freak people out. That's the best thing to do.

I train with Marta every single day, and I still have no idea what she's going to throw at me. She's one of those players - anything can happen at any given moment.