Quotes About Vigilance

And so every one of us in the FBI, I don't care if it's a file clerk someplace or an agent there or a computer specialist, understands that our main mission is to protect the public from another September 11, another terrorist attack.

If you think about evolution, sleep, at some time, was a dangerous undertaking. You lie down in your cave or shelter, and along comes a predator and has you for dinner. Many creatures do not sleep or sleep while standing so they can escape from dangerous situations.

A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.

I always feel the danger because you might always be subject to an unexpected or emergency event.

Looking after your ears is unfortunately something you don't think about until there's a problem.

Thinking can be done best when you're in that state of mind where nothing can slip under the radar and destroy your concentration.

The wolf pounces on the sheep when the shepherd strays.

I think it is a wise person who does not answer the door to uninvited police officers. Who knows what kind of crazy person could be standing there with a loaded gun!

Think and keep quiet among those you don't trust.

Beware! Your mind is a target!

You can't relax, even for a millisecond in this sport.

I rarely ever do anything crazy, I really like to be careful to stay in a safe spot, I don't want to do anything, like, insane. I have a lot of people around me to make sure I don't do anything crazy.

If every parent knew that the best way to prevent lice from spreading is by looking for them, cases decrease dramatically.

I can't just lie in bed and be self-obsessed if there are two children running about who could easily fall down the stairs.

I don't know if I'd want to be a Secret Service agent. In the movies, it's exciting and romantic and all that. Really, most of their job is standing in a hallway for 12 hours making sure somebody doesn't come through a doorway off of a stairwell.

For a long time, I had this constant feeling that I just wanted to look behind me. The hairs on my neck were standing up all the time, I didn't know where was safe.

I know that every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment by moment on the razor-edge of danger and must be fought for.

On every dishonest man, there are two watchmen, his possessions, and his way of living.

We live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns.

In the midst of the disguises and artifices that reign among men, it is only attention and vigilance that can save us from surprises.

I never knew any man cured of inattention.

Today, our brave military men and women, just as those who have gone before them, stand on alert, securing freedom at home and guarding the innocent abroad.

Therefore the superior man is watchful over himself, when he is alone.

If you see a man approaching you with the obvious intent of doing you good, you should run for your life.