“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
“nation state as a fundamental unit of man's organized life has ceased to be the principal creative force: International banks and multinational corporations are acting and planning in terms that are far in advance of the political concepts of the nation-state.” MenStatesPoliticalForceNationsTermActingCreativeConceptsFundamentalsInternationalPlanningCorporationsOrganizedPrincipalUnitsMultinationalsMultinational CorporationsOrganized Life Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski
“Linear programming is viewed as a revolutionary development giving man the ability to state general objectives and to find, by means of the simplex method, optimal policy decisions for a broad class of practical decision problems of great complexity. In the real world, planning tends to be ad hoc because of the many special-interest groups with their multiple objectives.” MenWorldGivingMeanRealStatesProblemInterestAbilityDecisionClassGroupsSpecialPolicyHe ManDevelopmentMethodPlanningPracticalsObjectivesRevolutionaryComplexityProgrammingBroadsReal WorldAdsMultipleLinearSpecial InterestsOptimalInterest GroupsSpecial Interest Groups Author:George Dantzig