First Contact Quotes

11 quotes by 11 authors

The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making… — David Brin
No plan of operations extends with any certainty beyond the first contact with the main hostile force, — Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
No Plan Survives First Contact With Customers — Steve Blank
No campaign plan survives first contact with the enemy — Carl von Clausewitz
So in the sense that we were all dealing with that freer approach, yes, it was certainly one of the first contacts, perhaps the first… — Evan Parker
First and foremost, The Quiet Invasion is a first contact story. What would we do if we actually found evidence of alien life out there?… — Sarah Zettel
Most people have a passive relationship with music and clothes, with culture. But music was my first contact with anything creative. Music is it, as… — Martin Freeman
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… — Tim Harford
Even if we never reach the stars by our own efforts, in the millions of years that lie ahead it is almost certain that the… — Arthur C. Clarke
All across Africa, the Pacific and the Americas, we find cultures that didn't know about mouth kissing until their first contact with European explorers. And… — Joshua Foer
Civilized man longs for the illusion of barbarism. Either his culture fulfills this need by adopting its outer trappings, or he will be seduced by… — C.S. Friedman

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11 authors contributed a total of 11 First Contact Quotes as follows: