Batman Gambit/Quotes: Difference between revisions

{{quote|''"I realize that predicting what your enemy will do and then betting everything you have on the probability that your prediction is accurate is a really, really stupid thing to do. I'm not suggesting we do anything of the sort, either."''|'''Earl White Haven''', ''[[Honor Harrington (Literature)|Storm from the Shadows]]''}}

"Which were his elaborate maneuvers to draw the Manties and Graysons out of position prior to the attack," Tourville said without hesitation. "He got too clever and tried to manipulate them—to suck them out of his way so as to give himself a virtually unopposed shot at his objective. Worse, he seems to have fallen in love with his own plan. When he finally hit Yeltsin, he'd spent so much time convincing himself his preliminary operations had worked perfectly that he came in fat, dumb, and happy. ... That was a tactical failure on his part once all the pieces were in play, but, frankly, any strategist who depends on convincing his adversaries to do what he wants has made the kind of mistake even amateurs should know enough to avoid. Oh, it's always worth trying to mislead the other side, convince him you're going to hit him at Point A when you actually intend to blow hell out of Point B, but you should never—ever—set up a strategy under which the enemy has to do what you want if your own operations are going to succeed."|''[[Honor Harrington (Literature)|Echoes of Honor]]''}}

''Vimes's heart began to sink.'' Everyone ''knew how Sam Vimes would react.''|''[[Discworld (Literature)/Jingo|Jingo]]''}}

{{quote|''It wasn't the blood. It was you...and your choices. I just gave you the options, and you chose the right path every time. [[Magic Feather|You didn't need the feather to fly, you had it in you the whole time, Dumbo!]]''|'''Ruby''', ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]''}}