“Preparation and planning are everything - ask any chef.”

“In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless but planning is indispensable.”

“You plan, you prepare, and you’ll do just fine.”

“If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that’s exactly what I did.”

“I train my chefs with a blindfold. I’ll get my sous chef and myself to cook a dish. The young chef would have to sit down and eat it with a blindfold. If they can’t identify the flavor, they shouldn’t be cooking the dish.”

“[Irene] hated trusting to luck. It was no substitute for good planning and careful preparation.”

“If one asks for success and prepares for failure, he will get the situation he has prepared for.”

“Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!”

“Oh my soul, be prepared for the coming of the Stranger.
Be prepared for him who knows how to ask questions.”

“1st. Saving of time, trouble, and money in the preparation of plans by the module system, and the standardization of parts and methods.”