#schemes

The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, Gang aft agley. An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promis'd joy! (To A Mouse) ↗

— Robert Burns

#fate #men #mice #planning #plans

In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#devise #irish #nation #now #old

Films like 'Bond' fund training schemes for film technicians of the future, and working on films themselves provides a great training ground for budding directors and cinematographers. If there's no money there for films to be made, it's like a house of cards, it all comes tumbling down. ↗

— Callum McDougall

#budding #cards #comes #directors #down

My father was the first to see through the schemes of the white man. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#first #man #schemes #see #through

On the other hand, all kinds of adventurous schemes to add security checkpoints to subway and bus systems have been circulating since the London attacks. This is nonsense. No one can guaranty 100 percent security. ↗

— Otto Schily

#adventurous #attacks #been #bus #circulating

We want to develop innovative ways to promote savings so more Americans can save for their future, but first we need to reject privatization schemes and work together to strengthen Social Security. ↗

— Debbie Stabenow

#first #future #innovative #more #need

A veritable incubator of short cuts, schemes and devices to overcome the truth. ↗

— David A. Stockman

#devices #incubator #overcome #schemes #short

I can remember trying to coach, trying to figure out schemes, and it just wasn't coming to me. ↗

— Pat Summitt

#coming #figure #i #i can #just