“Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.”
Vol. II, p. 406
Letters to and from Dr. Samuel Johnson
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“Plan for the worst, expect the best.”
David Gemmell book The Swords of Night and Day
Source: Drenai series, The Swords of Night and Day, Ch. 19
“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”
Zig Ziglar (1926–2012) American motivational speaker
As quoted in Trigger Events – How To Find Your Next Customer (2007) by Alen Majer, p. 22
“Hope for the best. Expect the worst.
The world's a stage. We're unrehearsed.”
Mel Brooks (1926) American director, writer, actor, and producer
Chorus
12 Chairs
“Our judgments, like our watches, none
go just alike, yet each believes his own”
Alexander Pope An Essay on Criticism
Source: An Essay on Criticism
J.C. Ryle (1816–1900) Anglican bishop
Mark XIV: 53–65, p. 329
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: St. Mark (1857)
Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013) British stateswoman and politician
TV Interview for Central TV (18 June 1986) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/106426 <br class="br">Second term as Prime Minister
Zakir Hussain (politician) (1897–1969) 3rd President of India
In Hindustan Times during the time of his election to the post of President of India, on his secular claims in: p. 331.
About Zakir Hussain, Quest for Truth (1999)