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.”
