Plans Quotes - Page 33

• Talking about the future, like we had a clue. Never plans that one day, I'd be losing you

  Katy Perry

  Talking, One Day, Losing

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• When you're young and healthy you can plan on Monday to commit suicide, and by Wednesday you're laughing again.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Suicide, Monday, Suicidal

  Marilyn Monroe, Ben Hecht (2006). “My Story”, p.80, Rowman & Littlefield

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• In the ill-judged execution of the well-judged plan of things the call seldom produces the comer, the man to love rarely coincides with the hour for loving

  Thomas Hardy

  Men, Execution, Hours

  Thomas Hardy (2008). “Tess of the d'Urbervilles”, p.48, OUP Oxford

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• My dreams are worthless, my plans are dust, my goals are impossible. All are of no value unless they are followed by action.

  Og Mandino

  Dream, Dust, Goal

  Og Mandino (2009). “The Greatest Secret in the World”, p.129, Bantam

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• Jack and Jill ran up the hill, both for a little fun. Jack's plan was deception while Jill sought affection. And Jack wouldn't quit till he won.

  Laurie Faria Stolarz

  Fun, Deception, Littles

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• The universe is deterministic all right, just like Newton said, I mean it's trying to be, but the only thing going wrong is people fancying people who aren't supposed to be in that part of the plan.

  Tom Stoppard

  Mean, People, Trying

  Tom Stoppard (2013). “Arcadia”, p.94, Faber & Faber

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• Any plan where you lose your hat is a bad plan.

  Phil Foglio

  Hats, Loses

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• I have important business to get to. I plan to sulk all afternoon, followed, perhaps, by an evening of Byronic brooding and a nighttime of dissipation.

  Cassandra Clare

  Important, Afternoon, Evening

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Clockwork Prince”, p.333, Simon and Schuster

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• While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things, The fate of empires and the fall of kings; While quacks of State must each produce his plan, And even children lisp the Rights of Man; Amid this mighty fuss just let me mention, The Rights of Woman merit some attention.

  Robert Burns

  Kings, Children, Humorous

  Robert Burns, Robert Chambers (1838). “The Poetical Works of Robert Burns. To which are Now Added, Notes Illustrating Historical, Personal, and Local Allusions. [The Editor's Preface Signed: R. C., I.e. Robert Chambers.]”, p.85

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• A backup plan means somewhere in my head, I think I might fail and that word is not in my vocabulary. Plus I'm too talented to fail.

  Malorie Blackman

  Mean, Thinking, Vocabulary

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• You know what the difference is between a dream and a goal?... A plan.

  Jodi Picoult

  Motivational, Dream, Differences

  Jodi Picoult (2012). “Lone Wolf: A Novel”, p.410, Simon and Schuster

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• Never depend on those luck moments – they are gifts – but instead always build your own back-up plan.

  Bear Grylls

  Luck, Moments, Depends

  Bear Grylls (2012). “Mud, Sweat, and Tears: The Autobiography”, p.30, Harper Collins

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• Plans are invitation to disappointment.

  Derek Landy

  Disappointment, Invitations

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• I never see these things coming. They happen too fast. One second you're proposing an escape plan and the next...

  Suzanne Collins

  Next, Happens

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.97, Scholastic Inc.

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• When a man plans, a woman laughs.

  David Wong

  Men, Laughing

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• Plots behind plots, plans behind plans. There was always another secret.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Secret, Plot, Behinds

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• I look coolly in to the blue eyes of the person who is now my greatest opponent, the person who would keep me alive at his own expense. And I promise myself I will defeat his plan.

  Suzanne Collins

  Eye, Blue, Promise

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• The truth has a way of changing people's plans.

  Veronica Roth

  People, Way, Insurgent

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• Watching my father plan and strategize for the resistance has taught me about trust.” She leaned forward. “Personal trust is very different from political trust, my lady. The first thrives on faith. The second requires proof, whether it be upfront or covert.” Awkwardly, she patted my hand. “His Majesty has always been a powerful man. Perhaps he has never had to distinguish between the two.

  Alison Goodman

  Powerful, Father, Men

  Alison Goodman (2011). “Eona”, p.143, Penguin

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• This was good, except that now I had two crazed, burning zombies standing between me and the exit, plus another one that wasn’t on fire. I had not thought this plan through at all.

  Amanda Hocking

  Fire, Two, Zombie

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• One of the hardest lessons in young Sam's life had been finding out that the people in charge weren't in charge. It had been finding out that governments were not, on the whole, staffed by people who had a grip, and that plans were what people made instead of thinking.

  Terry Pratchett

  Thinking, Government, People

  Terry Pratchett (2002). “Night watch”, Doubleday UK

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• Actually, Katniss isn’t complaining because she has no intention of staying with the “Star Squad,” but she recognizes the necessity of getting to the Capitol before carrying out any plan.

  Suzanne Collins

  Stars, Squad, Katniss

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.257, Scholastic Inc.

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• You’re too visible, Albert,” Hadrian explained. “Can’t afford to have our favorite noble hauled to some dungeon where they cut off your eyelids or pull off your fingernails until you tell them what we’re up to.” “But if they torture me, and I don’t know the plan, how will I save myself?” “I’m sure they’ll believe you after the fourth nail or so,” Royce said with a wicked grin.

  Michael J. Sullivan

  Believe, Cutting, Wicked

  Michael J. Sullivan (2009). “The Crown Conspiracy”, p.25, Ridan Publishing

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• So,” Royce said, “you want us to escape from this prison, kidnap the king, cross the countryside with him in tow while dodging soldiers who I assume might not accept our side of the story, and go to another secret prison so that he can visit an inmate?” Arista did not appear amused. “Either that, or you can be tortured to death in four hours.” “Sounds like a really good plan to me,” Hadrian declared.“Royce?” “I like any plan where I don’t die a horrible death.

  Michael J. Sullivan

  Kings, Soldier, Secret

  Michael J. Sullivan (2009). “The Crown Conspiracy”, p.58, Ridan Publishing

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• Been meddling, have you?” Royce asked, looking around at the hive of activity. “You must admit they didn’t have much in the way of a defense plan,” Hadrian said, pausing to wipe the sweat from his forehead. Royce smiled at him. “You just can’t help yourself, can you?

  Michael J. Sullivan

  Sweat, Hadrian, Defense

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