Strategic Move Quotes

I will not hide from you my intention to unite Holland with France, both to complete my territory and as the deadliest blow I can inflict on England.

Well, it's always been my nature to take chances My right hand drawing back while my left hand advances

If I've got a good pinch-hitter, I hate to have him stay on the bench with men on the bases in an early inning. He may end the game right there.

IBM has had a long partnership with Siebel, JD Edwards and Peoplesoft, so from a partner perspective, this is a good move by both sides. This agreement reflects the reality of what customers expect for their investment, support and openness. Oracle really needed to do this for Websphere, but it opens up tremendous opportunities for both companies.

If the enemy opens the door, you must race in.

The next move is always the test.

I had an agenda. It was a very smooth transition.

It is often the easiest move that completes the game.

It was a big-time change, coming off the bench.

You've just got to go out there and make the right play.

When considering a career move, consider the most important assumptions that have to prove true and how you can swiftly and inexpensively test if they are valid. Also, remain realistic about the path ahead of you.

You have to be very fast-thinking, creative, and mobile. It is key to making a business move.

Weigh the situation, then move.

I'm not an idiot. Everything is calculated that I do.

For touching an adversary's man, when it cannot be captured, the offender must move his King.

The Sarah Palin choice both its timing and the fact that it was her, it was really an audacious strategic move by the McCain campaign to try to change the trajectory of the 2008 presidential race and the initial launch was very successful. She didn't withstand the scrutiny very well though and the close questioning.

When it was clear I couldn't stay in New Orleans, I went out and created what would end up being the best opportunity for myself. I asked my agent to set up a call with the Warriors. I knew they could use a big.

It was possibly the most circumspect advance in the history of military maneuvers, right down at the bottom end of the scale that things like the Charge of the Light Brigade are at the top of.

The best move you can make in negotiation is to think of an incentive the other person hasn't even thought of - and then meet it.

It had not crossed my mind, but maybe it has Mourinho's because that is what Chelsea did two seasons ago to Xabi Alonso.

If you put it on the table as a bargaining chip, it becomes a bargaining chip

I should play more quickly, more attacking.

This merger is a logical next step that creates substantial value for customers and stockholders of both AT&T and BellSouth. It will benefit customers through new services and expanded service capabilities.

If we see an opportunity in the software/hardware seam, we're going to take it.

I'm not envious of many things in the world, but I wish I would have come up with that maneuver That is a perfect way to finish off an opponent.