Making plans

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Everybody has plans until they get hit for the first time.

Mike Tyson

Commonly (and more satisfyingly) rendered as "Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth."

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Making plans

Speaker

Mike Tyson

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Tyson, Mike. "Tall Man Tyrell Biggs Thinks His Height will Add New Dimension to Oct. 16 Fight." Interviewed by Rick Warner. The Times and Democrat, 19 Aug. 1987.

The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men,
Gang aft a-gley,
An' lea'e us nought but grief and pain,
For promis'd joy.

Robert Burns

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Topic

Making plans Dashed hopes Fate The unexpected

Author

Robert Burns

Source

To A Mouse, On Turning Her Up In Her Nest With the Plough.

Medium

Poem

Language

Scots

Time

1785 1780s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Original Citation

Burns, Robert. "To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest With the Plough, November, 1785." Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. Kilmarnock: John Wilson, 1786.

Current Citation

Burns, Robert. "To a Mouse." Robert Burns: Selected Poems, edited by Carol Mcguirk. Penguin Classics, 1994.

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

John Lennon

Beautiful Boy

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Topic

Living in the moment Passage of time Making plans Life

Speaker

John Lennon

Source

Beautiful Boy Double Fantasy

Medium

Song

Genre

Pop music

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Lennon, John. "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)." Double Fantasy. Geffen Records/Capitol Records, 1980.

For man proposes, but God disposes.

Thomas à Kempis

The Imitation of Christ

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God's will Free will Making plans

Author

Thomas à Kempis

Source

The Imitation of Christ

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Latin

Time

1427 1420s 15th century

Era

Middle Ages

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Original Citation

A Kempis, Thomas. De Imitatione Christi [The Imitation of Christ]. c. 1427.

Current Citation

A Kempis, Thomas. The Complete Imitation of Christ, translated by John Julian. Paraclete Press, 2012.

Follow the accident, fear the fixed plan-that is the rule.

John Fowles

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Topic

Serendipity Making plans Spontaneity

Author

John Fowles

Source

Notes on an Unfinished Novel

Medium

Essay

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Fowles, John. "Notes on an Unfinished Novel." The Novel Today: Contemporary Writers on Modern Fiction, edited by Malcolm Bradbury. Manchester University Press, 1977.