Quotes About Vigilance

And they always slept better with blades beneath their beds.

If someone grabs you in the street, hit hard and fast, because you may not get a second chance.

Be careful in the company of monsters that you don't become one.

Is woede mijn diepste verzet tegen het mens-zijn? Mens-zijn mat me af. En ik ben woedend om het voelen van zoveel liefde. Soms leef ik van de woede tegen het leven. Want de woede wekt me tot leven: ik heb me nooit zo waakzaam gevoeld. Ik weet best dat dit overgaat en dat het noodzakelijke ontberen terugkeert.

Quanto a mim, estou +- O.K. Não consegui no entanto soltar minhas rédeas. Planos, programas, consciência, vigilância. O que vale é que misturada a tudo isso, está a vida que não pára.

Genius is nothing but continued attention.

Life was an ongoing war against unseen and usually undefined enemies. Your own naiveté was one of those enemies. You had to battle it, and improvise, and guard your back. See

It is not appropriate to act and speak like men asleep.

One ought not to act and speak like people asleep.

Or a pigeon, or a rat, or . . . I always double-check the leash.

I'm never gonna stand by... and watch anybody get killed again.

But if you didn't believe in monsters, then how were you going to be able to keep safe from them?

Great. Lookout. I'm a lookout. Another thing to put on my college applications. What do I do if I see someone?" Val looked back. "I'm not sure, actually.

I could probably fake setting someone on fire... After last year I figured I'd better be prepared. - Sam

A councilor ought not to sleep the whole night through, a man to whom the populace is entrusted, and who has many responsibilities.

Of course, a minute was enough. Never take your eyes off them. Never look away. It happens so fast. It happens without a sound. All those stories in the news. All those parents. All those mistakes she'd read about. ... Children with stupid, foolish, neglectful parents. Children who died while surrounded by so-called responsible adults. And each time she would pretend to be non-judgmental, but really, deep down she was thinking: Not me. That could never really happen to me.

Good for you. Never forgive. Never forget. That's my motto.

Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.

And everybody watch your back when youre in the front.

Tristan. The killspell is meant for him. Protect him, just as he would protect you.

"Well, Rush, look what happened? 9/11 happened, and we didn't know it in advance. That's right, we got hit, we got hit big time. We need a new agency to make sure it doesn't happen again, Rush." And that was the excuse for starting Department of Homeland Security. The government grows and grows and grows and grows, and what do we get? Little old ladies wanded, scanned for bombs and weapons under their skirts next to the incontinence diapers. A bunch safer.

We mothers have to be part sleuth, I realized.

In my experience, men who sit in corners are the ones to watch.

You Know What They Say " Forewarned is Forearmed " - Anna Maria