Funny-fantasy Quote by Robert Asprin

“If we have made appropriate preparations, taking into account all possible misfortunes, so that we shall not be lost immediately if they occur, we…

— Carl von Clausewitz

“There are two kinds of special events: planned and unplanned.”

— Laurie Nadel

“When the unexpected occurs have confidence that it can be handled well.”

— Steven Redhead

“You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings. I…

— Mary Shelley

“Being prepared prevents us from getting tripped up by unexpected glitches and surprises.”

— Susan C. Young

“Ah, the warm fuzzies of decisive action.”

— Charles Stross

“We make our own symbols, after the event has passed and begun to spoil.”

— Françoise Sagan

“Drama demands the reversal of expectation, but in such a way that the first surprise is followed by an immediate recognition of inevitability. And…

— Wallace Stegner

“For all to be accomplished, for me to feel less lonely, all that remained to hope was that on the day of my execution…

— Albert Camus

The events which can not be prevented, must be directed.

— Klemens von Metternich

“It was in fact the ordinary nature of everything preceding the event that prevented me from truly believing it had happened, absorbing it, incorporating…

— joan didion

“Too often, an event’s importance is not recognized until it is too late for proper recording.”

— Benoît B. Mandelbrot