Quotes About Vigilance

Every time I think I have something under control, it changes and I don't have it under control. I think it takes several years to get there. Jade is 19 months old, so right now I'm on alert all the time. And as a mom I think you're constantly worrying about things.

The careful driver is not actually imagining or planning for all of the countless contingencies that might crop up; nor is he merely competent to recognise and cope with any one of them, if it should arise. He has not foreseen the runaway donkey, yet he is not unprepared for it.

wakefulness

Water sleeps, but Enemy never rests.

And so this government of the United States was brilliantly designed to keep that weakness of human nature in check, but it required the people to participate daily, to be vigilant, and they have not. It demanded that they behave as though their government was their servant, but they have not. In their silence the people of the United States have spoken. While they slept the servant has become their master.

The persons to be inspected should always feel themselves as if under inspection, at least as standing a great chance of being so." They would thus act as if they were always being watched, even if they weren't.

In the words of one security expert, Johannes Beck, "There are always cracks in a suit of armor. A terrorist only has to succeed once but security or counter-terrorist agencies whose task it is to prevent the terrorists have to succeed all the time.

The first rule of knife fighting," said Nick, "is—don't.

Living with an addict is a 24/7 business. It's a bit like having a baby. You're joined at the hip, and every five minutes you're hit with that paranoia: where is he? What's he doing? What's he up to? If he was going somewhere, we made him call us as soon as he arrived; if a journey was supposed to take ten minutes, and he took twenty, we'd be going: why are you late?

Keep an eye on the cat and another on the frying pan.

Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.

Don't let your dreams go up in smoke — practice fire safety.

Practice fire safety — watch what you heat.

If you put out the fire, you won't have to jump out the window!

Diseases come a horsebacke, and returne on foot.

Kill, don't mourn.

Let the dreamers and the seers keep watch. It is what we do.

It went well enough at first. One need not be able to name a danger to sense and avoid it.

She locked the cupboard, took her place in the driver's seat and slipped the pistol into her shoulder bag—if she carried a bag, it would always have enough room to conceal a weapon.

sometimes, it is not about guarding something of value that is important, but rather, being a valuable guard, so that when that thing comes along that needs guarding, there is no question.

A wise man prepares for treachery.

My uncle was almost hit by a sniper while dropping his son at basketball practice.

You can never make the mistake of underestimating an opponent, especially in the Champions League.

We will not stand idly by while any entity - be it a foreign power or corporation - seeks to criminally or unfairly undermine our country's place in the world.