Aaron Klug Quotes

We know not of the future and cannot plan for it much.

What is certain about the future is that even the best efforts to predict the conditions of future war will prove erroneous. What is important, however, is to not be so far off the mark that visions of the future run counter to the very nature of war and render American forces unable to adapt to unforeseen challenges.

If there's one thing that's certain in business, it's uncertainty.

It doesn't always happen according to the way you have planned things out but I feel if you have covered most of the aspects, it does help out there in the middle.

We certainly will prepare consciously and professionally, but still you cannot predict the future.

I've been taught in my life that you can have plans, but you can't count on them.

You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.

Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes.

I always say expect the unexpected!

It's hard to plan for what comes next when what comes next is not something you planned for.

One never knows what life may have in store for us, and it's always good to know where the emergency exit is.

But the wild is unpredictable, stuff does happen, and it's always when you're least expecting it.

You can never plan the future by the past.

We must become more comfortable with probability and uncertainty.

I always leave room for serendipity and chance.

One should expect that the expected can be prevented, but the unexpected should have been expected.

Life is something that happens to you while you're making other plans.

Expect the best, Prepare for the worst.

Security... it's simply the recognition that changes will take place and the knowledge that you're willing to deal with whatever happens.

No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.

You can plan events, but if they go according to your plan they are not events.

In the military we plan for the worst case, because we have learned that if you do not, you will be surprised.

We can't continue to always base our strategy on the fact that the other guy is going to mess up all the time.

The challenge of our times is to leave nothing to chance.

A government must always be prepared for the unexpected.