“They say no plan survives first contact with implementation. I’d have to agree.” — Andy Weir Copy Share Image
“First contact comes not by hand of man, but by metal of machine.” — Ryan Sean O'Reilly Copy Share Image
I like to go into the box and score goals, maybe from first contact or two touches. — Kai Havertz Copy Share Image
“Kagan's law of first contact,'You'll surprise you more than they will.” — Janet Kagan Copy Share Image
I wanted to write a first contact thing and I vaguely knew I wanted it to be in a beating the beast… — Lindsay Ellis Copy Share Image
Guys who aren't going to be brought down on first contact, they'll get you fired up. When you see guys spinning away… — Zac Taylor Copy Share Image
Someone once said "Don't try to be a great man. Just be a man, and let history make its own judgements." — Jonathan Frakes Copy Share Image
“No plan survives first contact with the enemy. What matters is how quickly the leader is able to adapt.” — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
“Rule No. 5: No Business Plan Survives First Contact with Customers So Use a Business Model Canvas” — Steven Gary Blank Copy Share Image
“The only reason we were here was because nobody had yet optimized software for First Contact.” — Peter Watts Copy Share Image
No plan of operations extends with any certainty beyond the first contact with the main hostile force, — Helmuth von Moltke the Elder Copy Share Image
It's true that no policy fully survives first contact. But if you don't spend time anticipating the shots you are likely to… — Antony Blinken Copy Share Image
“Police Officer Angry Aggression Theory (POAAT) is why you need to video record the police before they shoot you. Always start the… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Peter Watts has taken the core myths of the First Contact story and shaken them to pieces. The result is a shocking… — Karl Schroeder Copy Share Image
“Greatest among us are those who can deploy “my friend” to total strangers in a way that is not hollow, but somehow… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
We've made too many compromises already; too many retreats. They invade our space and we fall back. They assimilate entire worlds and… — Patrick Stewart Copy Share Image
The World's Smallest Political Quiz is responsible for many Americans' first contact with libertarian ideas. While traveling around the country, I have… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Most people have a passive relationship with music and clothes, with culture. But music was my first contact with anything creative. Music… — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image
So in the sense that we were all dealing with that freer approach, yes, it was certainly one of the first contacts,… — Evan Parker Copy Share Image
[Nietzsche] attributes to himself an extremely vivid and sensitive instinct of cleanliness. At the first contact the filth lying at the base… — Georg Brandes Copy Share Image
Even if we never reach the stars by our own efforts, in the millions of years that lie ahead it is almost… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“The first contact of brush on canvas is a heady thing. I think it's the promise of something wonderful, beautiful. You can… — S. Walden Copy Share Image
I think everyone agrees First Contact was our best film, and even at that, they're kind of... I don't know, they're sort… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
It is a written fact that our people had warned of all these consequences of wrongful environmental behavior since our very first… — Leonard Peltier Copy Share Image
“She had seen Holden on the newsfeeds and reports. At the beginning of the war between Mars and the Belt, he had… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
“ I was on one of my world 'walkabouts.' It had taken me once more through Hong Kong, to Japan, Australia, and… — Timothy James Dean Copy Share Image
“Now that we are all properly introduced,” I continue, “Back to business. Why are you here?” “Earthers need help, yes?” Janis asks.… — Sally Ember Ed.D Copy Share Image
“[The intellect of fallen man] may be compared to a buzz-saw that is sharp and shining, ready to cut the boards that… — Cornelius Van Til Copy Share Image
“Look, without our stories, without the true nature and reality of who we are as People of Color, nothing about fanboy or… — Junot Díaz Copy Share Image
“ Meeting and Greeting 1. Use eye contact and smiling as your first contact with others. In doing so, you can scout… — Jonathan Berent Copy Share Image
“ The Resume Your resume is like an advertisement for you as a job candidate. It should present you in the best… — Jonathan Berent Copy Share Image
“...a small part of me that worried that Tori wouldn’t be here when I arrived, that I pushed her too far, too… — D.L. Hess Copy Share Image
No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy. Not when the enemy is me. — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“Achieving real, lasting change is much harder than firing weapons at a defined enemy,’ she said.” — Fay Abernethy Copy Share Image
“Eve: She told me last! Shane: Boyfriend! Michael: Landlord! Eve: Crap. Right. Next time you sell your soul to the devil, I… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
I always like to start with a great pair of shoes. It's your first contact with the ground, and it can really… — Luke Macfarlane Copy Share Image