Quotes About Vigilance

Luck is not an acceptable substitute for early detection.

The one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.

Watch for phonies, keep your enemies close nigga watch your homies

leave not a speck.that may cause a wreck...

The things you see when you're not carrying a gun

Niggas be lookin shife, so I look shife back.

Ich fühlte mich in Margas Gegenwart nicht mehr wohl, als müsste ich stets vor etwas auf der Hut sein, ein dumpfer, verschwommener Argwohn, ich könnte ihr Missfallen erregen. Kontrolliert, beinah zensiert, fühlte ich mich.

Think then act safely.

A similie: Like a duck on a June bug.

It is important not to trust people too much.

We left you there, lonely, Beauty your power, Wisdom your watchman, To hold the clay tower. from 'The Tale of the Tiger Tree

That's my problem. I'm constantly wary. I can't trust anyone.

Fear plants the whisper to beware but doesn't look to see who's there.

Carelessness on the part of revolutionaries has always been the best aid the police have.

The best practice is to follow the advice posted on every railroad crossing: Stop. Look. Listen.

If you stay half-alert, you can pick the spectacular performers right from your place of business or out of the neighborhood shopping mall, and long before Wall Street discovers them.

I don't know how many people have ever seen the National Guard break in somewhere, but they mean business.

The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it.

Even in the limo, I buckle my seatbelt. I got that seatbelt on before the car moves.

A car with a small hole in its fuel tank unattended to shall see its fuel draining little by little and it shall only be left in the middle of a long journey! So is life! Mind the small things!

Watch out for emergencies. They are your big chance.

The fish was an enemy. It had come upon the community and killed two men, a woman, and a child. The people of Amity would demand the death of the fish. They would need to see it dead before they could feel secure enough to resume their normal lives.

We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. —ATTRIBUTED TO WINSTON CHURCHILL

He watched Clint Eastwood for a while. He had never much enjoyed cop films or cop programs on television, but watching right here and now, he could identify with Dirty Harry tracking down the villains and dealing with them his own way. He had meant what he said to Blackstone. A few minutes alone with Pamela Jeffreys's attackers and they would know what police brutality was all about.