A Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

The amateurs discuss tactics: the professionals discuss logistics

Napoleon Bonaparte

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Discuss Logistics Professionals Tactics

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Napoleon Bonaparte
French - Statesman
August 15, 1769 - May 5, 1821

The tactics...no, amateurs discuss tactics,.... Professional soldiers study logistics.

Tom Clancy

Amateurs study tactics; professionals study logistics.

Omar N. Bradley

I am perfectly capable of writing things about myself that one doesn't discuss in polite company, but I was raised by people who said you don't discuss politics, you don't discuss religion, and you certainly don't discuss people's sex lives.

Kathryn Harrison

Amateurs do tactics, experts do logistics, as we learn in the military.

Joe Sestak

You know when you get into that thing where people want to discuss the relationship? I'd rather discuss what was on telly, avoid the issue, discuss anything other than the relationship.

Jarvis Cocker

I will be glad to discuss this proposition with my attorney, and that after I talk with one, we could either discuss it with him or discuss it with my attorney, if the attorney thinks it is a wise thing to do, but at the present time I have nothing more to say to you.

Lee Harvey Oswald

History is for all of us to discuss. All history is our common heritage to discuss and analyze. The founding of the state of Israel, for example, based on ethnic cleansing is there for us all to discuss.

Ken Loach

That's the one issue can't discuss.You can discuss abortion back and forth, discuss gun control back and forth. But you can't have a dissenting opinion in America (politics) on Israel.

David Duke

In both the art and the business worlds, the difference between the amateurs and the professionals is simple: The professionals know they're winging it. The amateurs pretend they're not.

Amanda Palmer

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Amateurs talk strategy. Professionals talk logistics.

Omar N. Bradley

Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss other people. Life's too short to worry about what other people do or don't do. Tend your own backyard, not theirs, because yours is the one you have to live in.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

Never discuss Scientology with the critic. Just discuss his or her crimes, known and unknown.

L. Ron Hubbard

I believe my actual job is that of a mentor. I don't just talk about bowling. I discuss batting, I discuss fielding, I discuss team selection, talking to every boy individually on and off the field, giving them confidence and if they are struggling with their cricket, talking to them about their cricket.