Contents
-AUTHOR INDEX -KEYWORD INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| |
|
NUMBER:
|
1784 |
|
AUTHOR:
|
Chester William Nimitz (1885–1966) |
|
QUOTATION:
|
Is the proposed operation likely to succeed? What might be the consequences of failure? Is it in the realm of practicability in terms of matériel and supplies? |
|
ATTRIBUTION:
|
Admiral CHESTER W. NIMITZ.—Life, July 10, 1944, p. 84, describes these as “three favorite rules of thumb which … he has printed on a card he keeps on his desk.” |
|
SUBJECTS:
|
Success |
| |
