#preparations

However, even during the preparations for action, we laid our plans in such a manner that should there be progress through diplomatic negotiation, we would be well prepared to cancel operations at the latest moment that communication technology would have permitted. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

#cancel #communication #diplomatic #during #even

Week after week, the heads of Red Army Intelligence received updates on the Wehrmacht's preparations. ↗

— Leopold Trepper

#army #heads #intelligence #preparations #received

Bad seed is a robbery of the worst kind: for your pocket-book not only suffers by it, but your preparations are lost and a season passes away unimproved. ↗

— George Washington

#bad #kind #lost #only #passes

None of us suddenly becomes something overnight. The preparations have been in the making for lifetime. ↗

— Gail Godwin

#been #lifetime #making #none #overnight

Washington's defeat in 1754 was followed by active military preparations on both sides. ↗

— Albert Bushnell Hart

#both #both sides #defeat #followed #military

I make preparations both to live and to die every day, but with the emphasis on not dying, and on acting as if I was going to carry on living. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#both #carry #day #die #dying

The preparations are what they are. We're here. The storm is coming. We are as best prepared as we can be as the eye of the storm approaches. ↗

— Russel Honore

#best #coming #eye #here #preparations

I really have a great deal of humility in that department, and a great deal of respect for people who spend their lives learning how to make these amazing preparations. ↗

— Ted Allen

#deal #department #great #great deal #how

Obviously, you make preparations before you engage in any meeting. ↗

— John Bolton

#before #engage #make #meeting #obviously

An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome. ↗

— William Manchester

#awesome #behold #dress #edwardian #full