“A man may plan as much as he wants to, but nothing of consequence is likely to come of it until the magician circumstance steps in and takes the matter off his hands.” MenWantMayMatterHandsStepsPlansCircumstancesConsequencePlanningMagician Book:Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations
“You can't plan in advance for everything - every mood swing, every mistake you might make in execution, every shift in your circumstances. But you can keep updating your plan.” MightMistakePlansCircumstancesMoodPlanningSwingsExecutionMood Swing Author:Eric Maisel
“When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances will fit in with them.” FitCircumstancesPlanningSurprisingSchemes Author:William Osler
“There is no man more pusillanimous than I when I am planning a campaign. I purposely exaggerate all the dangers and all the calamities that the circumstances make possible. I am in a thoroughly painful state of agitation. This does not keep me from looking quite serene in front of my entourage; I am like an unmarried girl laboring with child. Once I have made up my mind, everything is forgotten except what leads to success.” MenMindChildrenDoeMadeWarStatesGirlFrontsDangerCircumstancesForgottenPainfulCampaignsPlanningCalamitySereneAgitationUnmarriedEntourage Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“We are totally opposed to abortion under any circumstances. We are also opposed to abortifacient drugs and chemicals like the pill and the IUD, and we are also opposed to all forms of birth control with the exception of natural family planning (the rhythm method)” FormNaturalBirthCircumstancesDrugMethodPlanningRhythmAbortionExceptionChemicalsPillsBirth ControlFamily Planning Author:Judie Brown
“The authorization I propose would provide the flexibility to conduct ground combat operations in other more limited circumstances, such as rescue operations involving U.S. or coalition personnel or the use of special operations forces to take military action against ISIL leadership, it would also authorize the use of U.S. forces in situations where ground combat operations are not expected or intended, such as intelligence collection and sharing, missions to enable kinetic strikes or the provision of operational planning and other forms of advice and assistance to partner forces.” UseActionFormForceLeadershipSituationSpecialAdviceMilitaryCircumstancesMissionsExpectedStrikesPartnersPlanningOperationsCollectionsCombatRescueAssistanceFlexibilityProposeProvisionInvolvingCoalitionsPersonnelIsilMilitary ActionSpecial Operations Author:Barack Obama
“Technology, under all circumstances, leads to planning; in its higher manifestations it may put the problems of planning beyond the reach of the industrial firm. Technological compulsions, and not ideology or political will, will require the firm to seek the help and protection of the state.” MayStatesHelpingProblemPoliticalPoliticsTechnologyHigherCircumstancesProtectionPlanningIdeologyFirmManifestationTechnologicalCompulsionPolitical Will Author:John Kenneth Galbraith
“Childbearing, I mean, if there's no place to go to deliver your baby, then you're the one that's delivering in those unhealthy circumstances. Or if you can't get access to family planning, your chances of surviving and being able to bring your kids up if they come one right after the other, that locks you into a cycle of poverty.” IfsMeanKidsAbleChancePovertyBabyCircumstancesAccessPlanningCyclesLocksSurvivingUnhealthyDeliveringPlaces To GoFamily PlanningChildbearingCycle Of Poverty Author:Melinda Gates