Backup Plans Quotes

Redundancy is ambiguous because it seems like a waste if nothing unusual happens. Except that something unusual happens-usually .

Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.

nothing happens in August - except when something really happens in August. World War I began in August, Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait began in August, al Qaida was preparing to bring down the World Trade Center in August. August, in other words, is the time when all of us should prepare our backup plans, chart our reversals of course, [and] think through possible paradigm changes.

If Plan A isn't working, I have Plan B, Plan C, and even Plan D.

I've got more than one string to my bow, and I thought I'd give this one a twang.

In any aircraft you fly, you always think about what can go wrong, and you plan for it in advance. You always have back-up plans.

Success in life is defined by how well you deal with plan B.

I am often asked what I would be doing if I hadn't become a writer. I have long said I would probably be a chef or a garden designer or a decorator, but since recording my own books, there is no doubt in my mind that if the writing doesn't work out, voice work is what I would choose.

You can’t prepare for the best case; you have to prepare for the worst case.

Well, the fella I got on there is hitting pretty good and I know he can make that throw, and if he don't make it that other fella I got coming has shown me a lot, and if he can't I have my guy and I know what he can do. On the other hand, the guy's not around now. And, well, this guy may be able to do it against left-handers if my guy ain't strong enough. I know one of my guys is gonna do it.

How you handle life depends a lot on how you handle plan B, or if you have a plan B.

I think one of the things that saved me is that I never put all my eggs in one basket.

The problem is that when we speak of plan Bs, we already negate the possibility of moving on with plan A.

It's always good to have different plans.

This idea of having back-up plans is ingrained into us to make us believe that that's the smart thing to do.

I have a Plan B, Plan C, but my Plan A is working, so I'll keep doing that.

Put you energy into music. If it fails you, you can become an accountant or a dentist. And then if you become a dentist or an accountant, it's too late to become a musician afterwards.

The whole point of the game is not to stick with one thing, because when that one thing ends, then what are you going to do? For me, I have movies, '106 & Park,' music, and other things to fall back on.

As cheesy as it sounds, all my eggs were never in just one basket. I had a thousand baskets going on.

It's important to have a fallback and other activities that keep you interested. I started acting when I was about nine or 10 years old. My father was a midtown firefighter so I always wanted to be a firefighter, but then acting came along. I have to have a plan B.

Honestly, if acting never worked out, I would have done music.

I love acting and really think that's what I want to do. It's weird seeing myself up there, but I'm used to it now. But otherwise, I have backups. Doctor, lawyer.