The quickest path to defeat is to overpromise seniors.

"They told us that this was the quickest path," said Antonio Ledezma, an opposition leader.

Following the rules-going by the book, if you'll excuse the cliche-is frequently the quickest path to disaster.

He jumped toward the only daylight he could see, his quickest path out of sure death.

Instead, he began calling people outside the firm, figuring the quickest path was to seek the maximum contribution, $2,000.

But it was much like a plane finding the quickest path to San Francisco, based on the pilot's experience last month, which might not apply today.

He hadn't picked the quickest path this time, but the route that would keep Andrew in sight.

Indeed, we must take the quickest path, because at this stage there is little to discuss.

If the quickest path to two points is a straight line, then John Robinson is an arrow.