“A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.” — John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley
Tag: planning
Quote of the Day
“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” — E. B. White, “E. B. White: Notes and Comment by Author“, The New York Times (1969-07-11)
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“It’s only when you’re forbidden to talk about the future that you suddenly realize how much the future normally occupies the present, how much of daily life is usually spent making plans and attempting to control the future.” — Erica Jong, Fear of Flying
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“To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.” — Isaac Asimov, Foundation
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“I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations of those who were much inferior in understanding to the person who took the lead in the business.” — Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
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“The man who sticks to his plan will become what he used to want to be.” — James Richardson, Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays
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“You can’t have an adventure when everything goes to plan.” — Niall Doherty, It’s All Part Of The Adventure
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“When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances fit in with them.” — Sir William Osler, “Internal Medicine as a Vocation” Address to the New York Academy of Medicine (1897)
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“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” — E. B. White, “E. B. White: Notes and Comment by Author,” The New York Times (1969-07-11)