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Strategy Quotes


"Creative without strategy is called 'art.' Creative with strategy is called 'advertising.'"


"Our strategy is to defend ourselves against an occupying army and against settlers and settlements."


"The method of 'postulating' what we want has many advantages , they are the same as the advantages of theft over honest toil."


"A country's strategy is always based on a fundamental philosophical outlook."


"The launch of the report coincides with the initiation by WHO of the global strategy for the prevention and control of osteoporosis, and I think a good partnership could be established in our common efforts to prevent osteoporosis."


"The Berlin Defence suited my strategy for the match. I had a defensive strategy - Actually, I had in my pocket some other sharper stuff to fall back on - but first I wanted to try the defensive strategy with Black and it worked so well."


"The company without a strategy is willing to try anything."


"A strategy delineates a territory in which a company seeks to be unique."


"The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand."


"You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless."


"When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce."


"Never keep a line of retreat: it is a wretched invention."


"That strategy of buy and hold, which is the sound and sensible one for the individual, can have very dangerous and perverse effects for the market as a whole."


"What I learned with Cecil Taylor was strategy and survival and how to resist temptations and resist getting discouraged."


"So we believed that strategic alliances and partnerships were critical, and we did that for five years."


"Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance."


"Drilling in ANWR fails to lower energy prices today and sets no long term energy strategy for tomorrow."


"Since the events of September 11, we've rightfully changed our military strategy so we're now taking the fight to those individuals who aim to do us harm, rather than waiting for another atrocious attack to happen."


"The key to triumph is the art of choosing your battles " staying focused on your vision and avoiding distraction."


"There is a wide range of opportunities for us and we see a main part of our strategy as being a company that supplies products across a range of different end applications and indeed we have quite a wide product portfolio which we enhance each year."


"The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution."



"Lure him out. Send in a 'customer' with a message from me needing to meet him. I'm not the kind of person he can ignore-well, that he used to not-never mind. Once he's out, we can get him to a place we choose."I nodded. "I can do that.""No," said Dimitri. "You can't.""Why not?" I asked, wondering if he thought it was too dangerous for me."Because they'll know you're a dhampir the instant they see you. They'll probably smell it first. No Strigoi would have a dhampir working for him-only humans."There was an uncomfortable silence in the car."No!" said Sydney. "I am not doing that!"


"There are five dangerous faults which may affect a general:(1) Recklessness, which leads to destruction;(2) cowardice, which leads to capture;(3) a hasty temper, which can be provoked by insults;(4) a delicacy of honor which is sensitive to shame;(5) over-solicitude for his men, which exposes him to worry and trouble."


"Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions."


"One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority."


"Where Joe was more vocal and emotional whereas Chuck was very reserved. But, both of them executed great strategy and both of them demanded a lot of their players."


"You don't destroy what you want toacquire in the future."


"Every battle is won before it is fought."
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