Quotes About Vigilance

The surveillance, he thought, essentially should be maintained. And, if possible, by me. I should always be watching, watching and figuring out, even if I never do anything about what I see; even if I just sit there and observe silently, not seen: that is important, that I as a watcher of all that happens should be at my place.

If you thought for one moment that I would release my daughter into the care ? the care! ? of a body of men with a feverish obsession with sexuality, men with dirty fingernails, reeking of ancient sweat, men whose furtive imaginations would crawl over her body like cockroaches ? if you thought I would expose my child to that... you are more stupid than you take me for.

Malcolm was watching everything, looking around unobtrusively, and as the speaker began again, he noticed something: the armed police had quietly vanished. There'd been a man at each of the six exits. Now there were none.

Si pensó por un momento que iba a dejar a mi hija al cuidado de un grupo de hombres obsesionados con la sexualidad, unos hombres con las uñas sucias, que apestan a sudor de varios meses, unos hombres cuya enfermiza imaginación reptaría sobre el cuerpo de mi hija como un enjambre de cucarachas… Si cree que estoy dispuesta a entregarles a mi hija, es usted más estúpido de lo que supone que soy yo.

Keep your powder dry.

Evil will never be countered while good men do nothing.

Care for your men. Maintain discipline. Always set an example. You take fewer casualties attacking than retreating: "Your job is not to die for your country but to make the other son of a bitch die for his country." Once engaged, give no quarter. Drill, drill, drill. Stay alert, stay alive.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. (1 Peter 5:8–9)

But young parents, educated middle-class ones anyway, are very jumpy these days, they get so much information from the media about all the things that could be wrong with their child - autism, dyslexia, attention deficit disorder, allergies, obesity and so on - they're in a constant state of panic, watching their offspring like hawks for warning signs.

Finally he was hit by a train while walking, which is strange because trains don't generally sneak up on people. For the most part, barring a derailment, you know exactly where to find them.

Mark felt eyes on him as tight as a sniper's aim.

In this world only the paranoid survive.

The things we worry about the most are never the things that bite us. The sharpest teeth always take their nip of us when we are looking the other way.

Survival starts by paying attention to what is close at hand and immediate . To look out with idle hope is tantamount to dreaming one's life away

Nothing is absolute in security.

Unfortunately in motorsport, accidents can happen.

I like to keep my mind and physical state alert.

I'm armed and ready when my number is called.

Who can hope to be safe? who sufficiently cautious? Guard himself as he may, every moment's an ambush.

Attention is a limited resource, so pay attention to where you pay attention.

The businesses that thrive over the long haul are likely to be those that understand that cost cutting and revenue growing aren't mutually exclusive. Eternal vigilance to both the top and bottom lines is the new ticket to prosperity.

the guards at the door let us through with no more than a glance. British security guards, I've noticed, always do this; unless you happen actually to work in the building they're guarding, in which case they'll check everything from the fillings in your teeth to your trouser turn-ups to see if you're the same person who went out to get a sandwich fifteen minutes ago.

If you want a place guarded properly, hire Germans.

The Love Police, vigilant and valiant defenders of … Of what? Mediocrity? Benign Incompetence? One and a half billion people for whom nothing was more important than their own happiness?