No plan can prevent a stupid person from doing the wrong thing in the wrong place at the wrong time - but a good plan should keep a concentration from forming. Charles E. Wilson concentrationformgood Change image and share on social
No plan survives contact with the enemy. Tommy Franks contactenemyplan Change image and share on social
No planet is more earth-like than Earth itself, so if life really does pop up readily in earth-like conditions, then surely it should have arisen many times right here on our home planet? And how do we know it didn't? The truth is, nobody has looked. Paul Davies ariseconditionearth share on social
No player can become accustomed to New York's climate in August in a few days. The playing conditions, the courts in New York and France are very different. Helen Wills Moody accustomaugustclimate Change image and share on social
No player in baseball history worked harder, suffered more, or did it better than Andre Dawson. He's the best I've ever seen. Ryne Sandberg andrebaseballdawson Change image and share on social
No player or manager has greater respect for the umpires than I do, and I have demonstrated that over the years. Pete Rose demonstrategreatmanager Change image and share on social
No pleasure has any savor for me without communication. Michel de Montaigne communicationpleasuresavor Change image and share on social
No poem is easily grasped; so why should any reader expect fast results? John Barton easilyexpectfast Change image and share on social
No poem, not even Shakespeare or Milton or Chaucer, is ever strong enough to totally exclude every crucial precursor text or poem. Harold Bloom chaucercrucialexclude Change image and share on social
No poet is required to write in stanzas, or indeed in regular forms at all. Coleridge's 'Dejection: An Ode' has a rhyme scheme and sequence of long and short lines that goes without regular pattern, following the mood and whim of the poet. Such a form is known as an irregular ode. James Fenton coleridgedejectionform share on social
