“Can you define "plan" as "a loose sequence of manifestly inadequate observations and conjectures, held together by panic, indecision, and ignorance"? If so, it was a very good plan.”

—  Jonathan Stroud, book The Ring of Solomon

Source: The Ring of Solomon

Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Can you define "plan" as "a loose sequence of manifestly inadequate observations and conjectures, held together by pani…" by Jonathan Stroud?
Jonathan Stroud photo
Jonathan Stroud71
British writer of fantasy fiction 1970

Related quotes

Corrie ten Boom photo

“There is no panic in Heaven! God has no problems, only plans.”

Corrie ten Boom (1892–1983) Dutch resistance hero and writer

“Pressure can also make managers act out of character. Degrees of panic will cause a normally good manager to lose self-confidence and focus. Under stress, even a good plan can be abandoned.”

Wheeler L. Baker (1938) President of Hargrave Military Academy

Source: Crisis Management: A Model For Managers (1993), p. 16

“It is all very well planning what you will do in six months, what you will do in a year, but it’s no good at all if you don’t have a plan for tomorrow.”

Hilary Mantel book Wolf Hall

Source: Wolf Hall

“Strategy can be defined as a coherent plan on how to overcome an obstacle with the limited resources that you have at hand.”

Julian Cole (1985) Strategy Consultant

https://www.irishtimes.com/advertising-feature/inside-marketing/mastering-strategy-crucial-for-business-success-1.4394295

Cecelia Ahern photo

“Their plan had been very simple: to stay together for the rest of their lives.”

Cecelia Ahern (1981) Irish novelist

Source: P.S. I Love You

Napoleon Hill photo

“First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.”

Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American author

Robert Pinsky photo

“I think what holds a poem like this together for me, if it’s held together, is largely meter; this one is in iambic pentameter and iambic pentameter whatever else it is, can be a very good glue. It is a very good way to hold things together. It’s like 4:4 you know.”

Robert Pinsky (1940) American poet, editor, literary critic, academic.

WPFW-FM inteview with Grace Cavalieri 1995/96 season

Randy Pausch photo

“Failing to plan is planning to fail. Plan Each Day, Each Week, Each Semester. You can always change your plan, but only once you have one!”

Randy Pausch (1960–2008) American professor of computer science, human-computer interaction and design

Time Management (2007)

Alastair Reynolds photo

“Anxiety is a useful tool: it forces us to make plans. But when too much anxiety freezes us into indecision, it needs checking.”

Alastair Reynolds book Century Rain

Source: Century Rain (2004), Chapter 33 (p. 506)

Carl von Clausewitz photo

“The enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan.”

Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831) German-Prussian soldier and military theorist

Related topics