#planning

If I start planning then that's dangerous because then I have a target that I'm blinkered towards and I won't listen to the warning signs quite so much. I'd rather be in shape and then look around and say there's a race next week and jump into that than have it planned. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

#because #dangerous #i #into #jump

Architecture is a slow business, and city planning even slower. ↗

— Richard Rogers

#business #city #even #planning #slow

I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up. Acting was right next to it, so I signed up for acting instead. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#architecture #arrived #filled #go #i

Beware of the man who will not engage in idle conversation; he is planning to steal your walking stick or water your stock. ↗

— William Emerson

#conversation #engage #idle #man #planning

I wasn't planning on being a comedian; I just liked to laugh. Somebody said I should do it and that's how I started. ↗

— Jamie Kennedy

#comedian #how #i #just #laugh

I'm not planning to jump off a bridge with no bungee. ↗

— Norah Jones

#i #jump #off #planning

To talk about planning an economic system is to talk in old terms, and I find myself sometimes having to teach Westers about what the market really means. ↗

— Vaclav Klaus

#economic #economic system #find #having #i

Human decision-making is complex. On our own, our tendency to yield to short-term temptations, and even to addictions, may be too strong for our rational, long-term planning. ↗

— Peter Singer

#complex #decision-making #even #human #long-term

If you do enough planning before you start to write, there's no way you can have writer's block. I do a complete chapter by chapter outline. ↗

— R. L. Stine

#block #chapter #complete #enough #i

We know we cannot underestimate the importance of emergency planning in our region, nor can we assume we'll have ample warning time. If an earthquake or terrorist attack hits, we won't necessarily have advance alerts or opportunities to double- and triple-check our plans. ↗

— Ellen Tauscher

#alerts #ample #assume #attack #cannot