Quotes About Vigilance

NICOLE CULLEN Long Tom Lookout

Casey doesn't trust him." "Casey doesn't trust anyone," I replied. "He's paranoid like that. I mean, come on, he's a werewolf who installed a nanny cam in his kids' room." I pointed my spoon at Ali for emphasis. "A nanny cam.

You do what you can," he said, after seconds of silence had stretched to a minute, "to make sure your kids are safe. From the second they're born..." He stared at the lines of Nightshade's face, the ordinariness of it. "You want to protect them. From every skinned knee, from hurt feelings and punk kids who push smaller ones into the dirt, form the worst parts of yourself and the worst parts of this world.

Evie," Grayson murmured. "We need to be careful." Evie?

I need you to recover your senses and let your poor bodyguard onto that roof.

This time will be different. This time, I will stay awake.

But here's the thing- even if there aren't any aneurysms in there, these facts won't change: I will still be someone who watches; I will still be someone who is prepared and on the lookout, because at any moment the earth could stop spinning. I've lived through the worst thing that can ever happen to me, and I know firsthand what the world can do.

Raylan got ready.

Prends garde, mon garçon, on en meurt.

We, who pay dearly for every breath of pure, fresh air, must guard against the tendency to fetter the future.

I am unarmed. But Butler here, my ...ah...butler, has a Sig Saucer in his shoulder holster, two shrike-throwing knives in his boots, aderringer two-shot up his sleeve, garrotte wire in his watch, and three stun greanades concealed in variouse pockets. Anything else, Butler?

Butler shot one of the half dozen diners a fierce glare, just in case she might be planning something. The woman must have been at least eighty.

Holly, I wish you wouldn't appear like that. I'm a bodyguard. I get jumpy.

He was the point dog, sent in to check for hostiles. His orders were simple. Bite everything. If it screamed, it was hostile.

something no good security man would permit.

Maak je geen zorgen, Modderjongen,' zei Holly. 'Ik hou je goed in de gaten, om te zorgen dat je op het rechte pad blijft.

One did not become one of the world's deadliest men by dropping one's guard.

Take care not to hurt the ruling faculty of your mind. If you were to guard against this in every action, you should enter upon those actions more safely.

The reason why I lost my lamp was that the thief was superior to me in vigilance. He paid however this price for the lamp, that in exchange for it he consented to become a thief: in exchange for it, to become faithless.

It is a measure of the effort we are prepared to expend to guard against deception when accuracy is at a premium.

Do not trust the Afghans. Do not trust your friends. Do not trust anyone except your enemies.

While freedom can be achieved, it may also be reduced or rescinded, It can never be taken for granted.

Lack of concentration makes one tired, while concentration wakes one up.

At school I was careful not to look like I watched everything, but I did.