#planning

I'm never going to complain about receiving free early copies of books, because clearly there's nothing to complain about, but it does introduce a rogue element into one's otherwise carefully plotted reading schedule. ... Being a reader is sort of like being president, except reading involves fewer state dinners, usually. You have this agenda you want to get through, but you get distracted by life events, e.g., books arriving in the mail/World War III, and you are temporarly deflected from your chosen path. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#freebies #planning #president #reading #reading-lists

I need to stop getting into situations where all my options are potentially bad. ↗

— Jack Campbell

#motivation #planning #motivational

Planning a dinner party in a way that you're actually capable of getting it done without panicking is important. It's bad hospitality for the host to be freaked out. ↗

— Ted Allen

#bad #capable #dinner #dinner party #done

Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#patience #planning #revenge #uncommon #while

Planning cities is a necessary but risky business. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#cities #necessary #planning #risky

We've always had a love for other places outside the US. I would be right with him. Now that Michael's been vindicated, we all have to be careful... you never know what someone's plotting and planning. ↗

— Jermaine Jackson

#be careful #been #careful #had #him

I am planning a one-man art show of original Batman oil paintings that I will show in New York City. ↗

— Bob Kane

#art #batman #city #i #i am

We believe in funding family planning because it helps to prevent unintended pregnancy. We believe that a woman considering an abortion should not be forced to have an ultrasound against her will. ↗

— Nancy Keenan

#against #because #believe #considering #family

The intellectual force of the West is still dominant, but other cultures are getting stronger. I expect that we will develop a new way of thinking in architecture and urban planning, and that less will be based on our models. ↗

— Rem Koolhaas

#based #cultures #develop #dominant #expect

But I don't want massive layoffs of anyone - public or private. We are planning on shrinking government through attrition and reform, not through random pink slips. ↗

— Scott Walker

#attrition #government #i #layoffs #massive