Quotes by Poor Planning But amid much elegance and precision, the details of life and the Universe also exhibit haphazard, jury-rigged arrangements and much poor planning. What shall we make of this: an edifice abandoned early in construction by the architect? Carl Sagan poor-planning details-of-life atheism Proper preparation prevents poor performance. Charlie Batch poor-planning performances preparation He who fails to plan, plans to fail. Emily Giffin future-planning poor-planning failing Planning is bringing the future into the present. Mike Vance poor-planning time-management preparation Poor planning or poor execution of plans is simply to let some force other than reason shape reality. Robert McNamara poor-planning shapes reality