Quotes About Vigilance

Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.

Inanimate objects sometimes appear endowed with a strange power of sight. A statue notices, a tower watches, the face of an edifice contemplates.

You can't write novels without a touch of paranoia. I'm paranoid as an act of good citizenship, concerned about what the powerful people are up to.

Watch. Anyone who turns away will be considered weak. And the weak shall die. - Adrian

The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can sleep.

Be patient in trials, watchful in prayer, and never cease working.

As was said by Thomas Jefferson, "the price of freedom is eternal vigilance.

The threat is real, and we as Americans must face that threat, prepare, and know what to do to prevent it. For if we do not, "one second after," the America we know, cherish, and love will be gone forever.

Shake off this downy sleep, death's counterfeit.

Suspicion all our lives shall be stuck full of eyes;For treason is but trusted like the fox.

The law hath not been dead, though it hath slept.

We that are in the vaward of our youth.

man would when he heard the whisper of a bullet

The gent who wakes up and finds himself a success hasn't been asleep.

To cut a man with a single blow is easy. To avoid being cut by a man is difficult.

La gente celebró el final del brote, pero los más informados lo celebraron con cautela. El SARS-CoV no se había ido, solo estaba escondido. Podía volver.

Colonel Mickelson looks like he could defend Fort Hamilton by himself if Staten Island ever declared war and invaded... If Jack Nicholson looked like this when he yelled that Tom Cruise couldn't handle the truth, Cruise would have said, "Yes, you're right, I'm sorry. My bad.

It's not paranoia if everyone really is out to get you.

I have always assumed that vigilance and love would guarantee a decent life for my children, but I

Always be aware of what you are doing.

Alertness is the hidden discipline of familiarity.

Damn it! I knew she was a monster! John! Amy! Listen! Guard your buttholes.

Franky the Cop let me lead the way outside to the shed, staying a few steps back so that he could have time to shoot me in case I decided to wheel on him with fists of fury.

My dear child, it is never finished. Our enemies are cunning and careful. and they are legion.