Assumption Quote by James Fallows

In any problem where an opposing force exists and cannot be regulated, one must foresee and provide for alternative courses. Adaptability is the law…

— B. H. Liddell Hart

To be practical, any plan must take account of the enemy's power to frustrate it.

— Carl von Clausewitz

If you don’t have a plan, you will fail, and you can quote me.” You need a definite plan, it should be written down,…

— Napoleon Hill

We can plan, but we cannot foresee the unforeseeable. Only being able to adjust and adapt to the changes is one capable in traveling…

— Frederick A Babb

Moreover, broad plans commensurate with our national purpose and resources would bring conviction of our power to every soldier in the front line, to…

— Kelly Miller

I have found in my experience of war, that plans are useless, but planning is invaluable.

— Winston Churchill

Plans made swiftly and intuitively are likely to have flaws. Plans made carefully and comprehensively are sure to.

— Robert Grudin

A plan is an example of what could happen, not a prediction of what will happen.

— Kent Beck

“[A]s military history reveals, a bad plan is often better than no plan, especially if the people on the other side think it’s a…

— Adam Gopnik

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…

— Tim Harford

“we cannot predict with certainty the pattern of the war for which we prepare ourselves. We cannot, with reasonable certainty, forecast the time, the…

— J.C. Wylie

“The requirement is for a full bag of strategic concepts that will always provide, before and during war, not only a strategy applicable to…

— J.C. Wylie