Quotes About Vigilance

You should be more paranoid

I stand guard," Yasha said. He got out of the SUV and pulled a sawed-off shotgun out from under his seat. "And keep our exit open," Ian told him. Yasha grinned crookedly. "Don't I always?" He looked at me and his grin broadened. "Scream if something jumps at you." I tried for a grin; it felt more like a grimace. "Don't I always?

Bodyguard work came easily to hobgoblins. When you're huge, furry, fanged, and yellow-eyed, you don't need much else as a deterrent.

Let me ask around. In the meantime, you need to keep that trinket out of sight, and you need to be careful." "I'm always careful." Garadin gave me the look. You know the one. "Whenever I can," I added.

Whatever the case, as long as she kept her feelings firmly entrenched in the "like" category, she'd be fine. Anything less than complete emotional vigilance would be dangerous; Owen was leaving in a few weeks, end of story.

I want to be vigilant not to resent, but to pursue the work of disarming resentment.

When Alani started to speak, Jackson held up a finger. In the past five minutes, he'd had more mood swings than a menopausal woman. First turned-on, then territorial, bored, aggressive and now on alert.

Discretion is the better part of not getting exsanguinated.

Better safe than exsanguinated.

If I lived through the next day or so, I needed to start keeping track of where these jokers liked to get their bloodthirsty freak on. It might give me an edge someday. Or at least a list of places that could use a nice burning down. I hadn't burned down a building in ages.

I had to maintain a fine balance between going in ready for trouble and going in asking for trouble.

Holy water, a couple cloves of garlic, vials of salt, and iron fillings filled the basket, intended to be door prizes for anything that showed up in an attempt to suck my blood, carry me off to faerieland, or sell me stale cookies.

Try not to look like that, Ascher said under breath, after we were in the elevator. Like what? I asked. Like you're expecting ninjas to leap out of the trash cans. This is a party. Everyone knows there's no such things as ninjas, I scoffed. But it will be something. Count on it.

I'm not letting anyone lick me, and I'm not looking anyone in the eyes. It's kind of like visiting New York.

Call me paranoid, but there's nothing like a murder attempt in broad daylight to make a man cautious.

Paranoid? Probably. But just because you

Complacency happens almost without notice. Check and renew your heart daily.

Policework is like having ringside seats to the greatest show on Earth! (Ringling Bro's ref.)

Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel.

do you fix a wheel that isn't broken, or do you wait until the cart collapses?

If history has a habit of repeating itself, doesn't someone have to stay behind to shout out a warning?

Its easier to guard against an enemy than a friend

The essential thing is to bear always in mind that trouble can appear at any time. Be aware. Be ready. Be alert.

No sensible person ever opens the door of his house without knowing who is knocking.