“A plan is only a scenario, and almost by definition, it is optimistic... As a result, scenario planning can lead to a serious underestimate of the risk of failure.” ResultsPlansRiskSeriousDefinitionsPlanningOptimisticUnderestimateScenarios Author:Daniel Kahneman
“How can a governing party propose to its people a referendum that won't be binding? Is that a serious political programme? No it is not. It's the final option that will end up with upset, at a dead end, reflecting the last 4 years of the Ibarretxe Plan.” PeopleYearsEndsLastsPoliticalPartyPlansSeriousFinalsUpsetReflectingProposeGoverningBindingProgrammesDead EndsReferendums Author:Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
“The problems raised by a conscious direction of economic affairs on a national scale inevitably assume even greater dimensions when the same is attempted internationally. The conflict between planning and freedom cannot but become more serious as the similarity of standards and values among those submitted to a unitary plan diminishes.” ProblemValuesGreaterPlansEconomicSeriousConflictStandardsConsciousAssumingRaisedAffairScalesPlanningDimensionsDiminishSimilarityStandards And Values Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“Mediocre people often have a tinge of religion about them, but it is only a tinge. They take their religion as it comes. They may pray and worship more or less regularly, and they usually stay clear of publicly disgraceful crimes, but they are lukewarm, colorless. Seldom or never do they read a serious book about prayer or study to learn more about God and His plans, to discover how to be humble and chaste and patient. They are always too busy for the one thing necessary.” PeopleMayBookPrayerStudyClearPlansOne ThingCrimeSeriousPrayingWorshipPatientBusyHumbleMediocreToo BusyBe HumbleChasteDisgracefulLukewarmColorless Author:Thomas Dubay
“At moments of departure and a change of life, people capable of reflecting on their actions usually get into a serious state of mind. At these moments they usually take stock of the past and make plans for the future.” PeopleMindStatesMomentsActionPastPlansSeriousCapableLife ChangingState Of MindReflectingDeparture Book:War and Peace: Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky Source: War and Peace: Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky
“I was fuzzy on the details, but I knew the basic outline. I knew how I wanted to be, it was simply a question of being who I wanted to be.I thought I had had it all figured out before. I'd had the plan perfectly clear in my head. I wasn't going to cross into thirty without the triple crown in hand: serious boyfriend, career, and great friends..It was time to accept that maybe, just maybe, I didn't have to have it all figured out by the time I turned thirty. Maybe I could just work on me, and see what else fell into place.I was pretty sure that was otherwise known as living.” HandsWantedKnownAcceptingCareersClearPlansSeriousCrossesDetailsThirtyCrownsOutlinesGreat FriendFuzzy Author:Megan Crane
“I switched to my new trainer Abel Sanchez to add versatility to my game. I'm coming to fight a serious fight. If I knock him out, it will just put another feather in my cap. I'm predicting a win, but I never look for the knockout because that's not my game plan. If my punches result in a knockout, so be it.” IfsLooksFightingGamesWinningResultsPlansSeriousAddFeathersCapsTrainersPredictingGame PlanVersatilityAbelKnockouts Author:Tavoris Cloud
“Filmmaking and television series are team sports. Look for the best team for you. Plan, budget your time, money and spirit. You need all three to get serious work done. Never say no because something scares you. Never say yes because you're flattered. Stay open, but stay proud. It never gets easy. Get over that part. Get on with it.” NeedsLooksDoneSpiritThreeEasySportsPlansTeamTelevisionSeriousProudSeriesBudgetsScareFilmmakingGet OverWork DoneFlatteredBest TeamSports TeamSerious Work Author:Karen Walton
“One thing that I don’t know if people have come to grips with yet is just how serious ISIS is, just how serious militant Islamists are about Sharia. There is no compromise. There is no halfway. There is no mutual cohabitation plan.” PeopleIfsKnowsPlansOne ThingSeriousCompromiseMutualHalfwayIsisMilitantIslamistsShariaNo CompromiseCohabitationHalfway There Author:Rush Limbaugh
“My hope is that Barack Obama will make a serious long term commitment to bringing many more women, minorities and young people into leadership positions within the Democratic Party. That's the way to plan for the future. The US faces some incredibly rough challenging times ahead.” PeopleWayLongFacesYoungTermChallengesPartyPlansPositionSeriousCommitmentDemocraticBarackLong TermMinoritiesRoughDemocratic PartyChallenging Times Author:Rob Kall
“You've got to deploy serious political assets around a plan [in Darfur]. And the George W.] Bush administration has never had a plan. Ever. The Europeans don't want to do anything, saying, "The Americans are in charge of that." And in fact the Americans are in charge of naming it and bringing these resolutions every few weeks to the Security Council.” WantFactsPoliticalPlansWeekSecuritySeriousAdministrationResolutionAssetsCouncilSecurity CouncilDarfur Author:Samantha Power