"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
— John Lennon

"Ester asked why people are sad.
"That’s simple," says the old man. "They are the prisoners of their personal history. Everyone believes that the main aim in life is to follow a plan. They never ask if that plan is theirs or if it was created by another person. They accumulate experiences, memories, things, other people's ideas, and it is more than they can possibly cope with. And that is why they forget their dreams."
— Paulo Coelho (The Zahir)

"In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable."
— Dwight D. Eisenhower

"The best things are never arrived at in haste. God is in no hurry; His plans are never rushed."
— Michael R. Phillips

""The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.""
— Robert Frost (Swinger of Birches: Poems of Robert Frost for Young People)

"On the back of a motor bike, With your arms outstretched trying to take flight. Leaving everything behind. But even at our swiftest speed we couldn't break from the concrete. In the city where we still reside. And I have learned that even landlocked lovers yearn for the sea like navy men. Cause now we say goodnight from our own separate sides. Like brothers on a hotel bed."
— Death Cab for Cutie

"Sorrow drips into your heart through a pinhole. Just like a faucet that leaks and there is comfort in the sound. But while you debate half empty or half full. It slowly rises, your love is gonna drown."
— Death Cab for Cutie

"Doing the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about His plans."
— George MacDonald

""We declare you the new mayor!" declares the crowd.

"what about the old mayor?" I'll ask.

"I'm not the one with the big plans!" he'll say."
— Bob Shea

""WHAT? Maybe you didn't hear exactly how big my plans are? Big enough to be PRESIDENT president!" I'll say.

"But that's my job!" he'll say.
"Look, are you a naysayer?" I'll say.
"Do you say 'NAY'? I say."
"Uh . . . no?" he'll say.

"Then it's settled," I'll say.
"You're third in charge, reporting directly to the mynah bird!""
— Bob Shea

""Listen up, BIG SHOTS, BIGWIGS, and MUCKETY-MUCKS! What am I dressed for?" I'll ask.
"Success!" they'll yell.
"And what do clothes make?" I'll ask.
"The man!" they'll answer.

Then it should come as no surprise when I say,
"I GOT BIG PLANS! BIG PLANS, I SAY!"

"I'm in!" says the mynah bird."
— Bob Shea

" "You can pay our depts to the past by putting the future in dept to ourselves""
— Mark Twain

"Book your life choices in advance the same way you would book flights, car rentals, hotels, and excursions. Figure out early on in your career whether you intend to be financially independent or marry a rich man, join the ranks of the professional elite or be the stay-at- home type, postpone having children or find part-time employment. Then fasten your seat belt and sit tight as you watch your trajectory veer off course."
— Veronique Vienne (The Art of Being a Woman: A Simple Guide to Everyday Love and Laughter)