Proper Planning Prevents

Famous quotes containing the words proper, planning and/or prevents:

    In England if something goes wrong—say, if one finds a skunk in the garden—he writes to the family solicitor, who proceeds to take the proper measures; whereas in America, you telephone the fire department. Each satisfies a characteristic need; in the English, love of order and legalistic procedure; and here in America, what you like is something vivid, and red, and swift.
    Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947)

    Judge Bedford: Planning on having children?
    David: Naturally.
    Judge Bedford: Good, then I know what to get you for a wedding present.
    David: Yeah? What’s that?
    Judge Bedford: A vasectomy.
    Dale Launer (b. 1953)

    The fishermen say that the “thundering of the pond” scares the fishes and prevents their biting.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)