1 | ->"''Any time a character begins a flashback or story with 'the plan was simple,' you immediately know it won't end well. The plan is always simple.''" |
2 | -->-- '''[[@/{{Noxshade}} Noxshade]]''' |
3 | |
4 | ->''The best-laid schemes o' mice an 'men \ |
5 | Gang aft agley'' [[note]]Often go wrong.[[/note]] |
6 | -->--'''Creator/RobertBurns''', 'To A Mouse, On Turning Her Up In Her Nest With The Plough' |
7 | |
8 | ->'''Zoe:''' Captain'll come up with a plan.\ |
9 | '''Kaylee:''' That's good, right?\ |
10 | '''Zoe:''' Possibly you're not recalling some of the Captain's previous plans. |
11 | -->-- ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' |
12 | |
13 | ->''"I wanted it to go smooth. Why don't it ever go ''smooth''?"'' |
14 | -->-- '''Malcolm Reynolds''', ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' |
15 | |
16 | ->''"What you plan and what takes place ain't ever exactly been similar."'' |
17 | -->-- '''Jayne''' (to Mal), ''{{Film/Serenity}}'' |
18 | |
19 | ->''"Helix, if everything goes according to plan, the plan has been compromised."'' |
20 | -->-- '''Sam Starfall''', ''{{Webcomic/Freefall}}'' |
21 | |
22 | ->''"There are only four rules you need to remember: Make the plan. Execute the plan. Expect the plan to go off the rails. Throw away the plan."'' |
23 | -->-- '''Captain Cold''', ''Series/TheFlash2014'' |
24 | |
25 | ->''"How come everything we get into starts off simple and ends up real complicated?"'' |
26 | -->-- '''Niko Bellic''', ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' |
27 | |
28 | ->''"Nothing is simpler than to kill a man. The difficulties arise in attempting to avoid the consequences."'' |
29 | -->--'''Literature/NeroWolfe''' |
30 | |
31 | ->''"Hermione, when have any of our plans ever actually worked? We plan, we get there, all hell breaks loose."'' |
32 | -->--'''Franchise/HarryPotter''', ''[[Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2]]'' |
33 | |
34 | ->''"One... Mission... I CAME HERE FOR JUST ONE! MISSION! AND I HAVE BEEN STUCK HERE FOR ALMOST'' '''''TEN YEARS'''''! |
35 | -->-- '''Mechakara''', ''Webvideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' |
36 | |
37 | ->'''Yolanda:''' When she's in the backyard, I'll sneak in her room and wear her clothes. I'll tell my mother I'm Mindy and say you made a pass at me.\ |
38 | '''Todd:''' OK, this sounds a little complicated, but I think I can handle exactly this amount of complication. As long as things don't become ''one bit'' more complicated... |
39 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' |
40 | |
41 | ->'''Ziva:''' What did you think would happen?!\ |
42 | '''Tony:''' I didn't know! The flaw in the plan... was the plan. |
43 | -->-- ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', "[[Recap/NCISS06E14 Love & War]]" |
44 | |
45 | ->'''Geralt:''' Something went wrong.\ |
46 | '''Dandelion:''' So you've heard everything? I hope you're not mad, you can't be... My plan was perfect... until we put it in motion. |
47 | -->-- ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'' |
48 | |
49 | ->''Making plans, the kind that go awry\ |
50 | Got a full life-time supply'' |
51 | -->-- ''Music/TheyMightBeGiants'', "We Live in A Dump" |
52 | |
53 | -> ''"No plan of operations extends with certainty beyond the first encounter with the enemy's main strength"'' |
54 | -->-- '''Moltke the Elder''' |
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