Textbook Tactician Pillows

"I'm not going to bother studying that section. I'm just learning to the test."

"So this is it...the first day of the new school year. I guess studying, tests and report cards are still the hot things around here."

'Looks like your cash cow just got diverted to the slaughterhouse.'

"Well I didn't see the incident myself.."

'So far, sir, we've rejected plans A,B, C, D, E, F, and right now we're evaluating'G'.'

"Works every time."

Copywriter's blank paper compared to the gridded screen of a content provider.

War never felt the same after the Great Puppy Ambush.

"That was a rumor day."

Football.

The Use of Cavalry

'With your permission sir... checkmate.'

Kosovo.

'Remember, shares can also go down...'

"The answer isn't more troops—what you need is an antibiotic."

'Thank you colonel we'll keep your strategy in mind.'

Manager. Managing a political campaign and a baseball team are alike in many ways. A campaign is launched with a "first pitch," when a candidate gives a speech selling himself or herself. I change pitchers based on the game situation. In politics and baseball, sometimes it's best to come from the right side and sometimes it's best to come from the left side. We study our competitors' weaknesses and exploit those. In politics we call that "opposition research." And I don't worry about the

"I try to get a head start on them."

Musician

"I know I told you to fool him into thinking you've got nothing left, but now you've got me convinced."

"We're fighting them in zone A, they're our allies in zone B, and we don't know what to do in zone C."

Arsene Wenger

'I don't know about you, Sam, but so far my clients aren't going for this cross between tradtional and online trading.'

"Buy on the dip, ignore the blip, and sell before the bubble bursts."

'Hurry, hurry! What's he saying?'

Kamakasi pilot instructor

"Now we have all your arrows!"

'Quick! Play dead!'

The invisible hand of the marketplace.

'He's switched from tweeting on Twitter to growling on a new social media site called Growler. Suits him better.'

"However, now, gentlemen, we see the frown has become a smile."

Napoleon with a wine bottle for a shadow

"Richard just came in - he must have had a board meeting."

'Cap'n, why's the enemy fire so accurate after we deployed the smoke screen?'

Chess Chef