The worst of being sacked is you can never find your car.
The more the planners, the worse the plans.
If you've broken the eggs, you should make the omelette.
All prejudices are equally fatal to good government.
Responding to the question "If Mr. Stalin dies, what will be the effect on international affairs?" That is a good question for you to ask, not a wise question for me to answer.
It is a common happening that those in power, as their tenure of office continues, find themselves less and less able to contemplate relinquishing it.