To ... not prepare is the greatest of crimes; to be prepared beforehand for any contingency is the greatest of virtues.

Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.

Victory comes from finding opportunities in problems.

It is more important to outhink your enemy, than to outfight him

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.

Those who are victorious plan effectively and change decisively. They are like a great river that maintains its course but adjusts its flow.

Swift as the wind. Quiet as the forest. Conquer like the fire. Steady as the mountain

A leader leads by example not by force.

Wintertime is the best time of the year to get really fat.

Honey does not lose its sweetness because it is made by bees that sting.

When I could find something to laugh about for 30 minutes, my grief lightened just enough to make the day bearable.

Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.

Win small, win early, win often.

Everything is both simpler than we can imagine and more entangled than we can conceive.

Justice as fairness provides what we want.

I much prefer to watch actors and writers create "humanizing" moments for characters. In a drama, "humanizing" is far more impactful and powerful than "redeeming."

I come from suburban America. It was a very safe environment and it was a good place to come from in that it was a good place to leave.

That's the trouble with you sad-city types: a place has to be miserable and dull as ditchwater before you believe it's real.