Quotes About Vigilance

Fascinations breeds preparedness, and preparedness, survival.

I see people crossing the road without looking, because the lights say that you can. They're acting as if there's never been a police chase, never been someone looking at their phone, or a drunk driver. When I see people like that I can see that they've not got survival skills. That's where me and a few other people differ.

Only the paranoid survive.

I'm not itching for a fight. But I'm just saying when I see the other guy putting on his boxing gloves and, you know, you've got dancing around in the ring, I kind of suspect that maybe a fight's coming.

The press is a watchdog. Not an attack dog. Not a lapdog. A watchdog. Now, a watchdog can't be right all the time. He doesn't bark only when he sees or smells something that's dangerous. A good watchdog barks at things that are suspicious.

I am very suspicious of people.

If you see something suspicious, don't just walk by. Notify authorities. Get help. You could save innocent lives.

Mom's Rules for Life in New York City 1. Always have your key out before you reach the front door. 2. If a stranger is hanging out in front of the building, don't ever go in - just keep walking around the block until he's gone. 3. Look ahead. If there's someone acting strange down the block, looking drunk or dangerous, cross to the other side of the street, but don't be obvious about it. Make it look like you were planning to cross the street all along. 4. Never show your money on the street.

At the beauty of what she had stumbled onto, at the fear that something terrible would happen because she was not vigilant enough. She cried at the fear of something so good that she would not be brave enough to bear it.

I always pack too much whenever I travel," a lady said quite loudly as the windows fogged. "We're moving from New York. My son has been mugged six times. He's just eleven. We can't keep buying him new watches." She went on like that.

You can't base your actions on the theory that anyone you don't keep your eye on is apt to get killed.

She was essentially living in a fishbowl, and she would have to tread with caution

JF: Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.

If you see something, say something.

The devil hath his gunpowder plots, and mines, which may blow you up before you are aware. Not

and the best, if not heedfully used, will prove the word. The better and keener the knife is, the sooner and deeper will it cut thy fingers, if thou take not heed (647).

One of the things I've learned over my years in business is that, once you have a great product, it is essential to protect its reputation with vigilance. It's not just a question of getting it into the marketplace. As a result, every day I receive a bundle of press cuttings – everything that mentions Virgin. These – and staff letters – are the first things I read in the morning.

Watch out for dirty tricks. Complain loudly.

Iselin is a man who shall forever stand guard at the door of the mind to protect the people of this great nation from facts.

Between 2 and 3 in the morning of the 19th inst. I was aroused by the cry that the enemy was upon us.

The pleasure of being alive is brought into sharper focus when you need to pay attention to staying alive.

Their fragrances alert

was simply unable to let things be foggy. Since they always are, this kept him pretty active.

Jesus, sixty-six years old. He'd hoped that by now he wouldn't have to be so vigilant, that given enough time the madness--because that's what his spells amounted to--would ebb.