Quotes About Vigilance

Don't do anything quickly, Tag had told him. And whatever you do, don't hit your brakes. You'll end up in the ditch. He caught something in his headlights. It took him a moment to realize what he was seeing before his heart took off at a gallop. A car was upside down in the middle of the highway, its headlights shooting out through the falling snow toward the river, the taillights a dim red against the steep canyon wall. The overturned car had the highway completely blocked.

Ya got to watch them bears, Lillie Girl," her father said, looking worried, " 'specially the renegade ones. They'll turn you every way but loose.

True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.

Kings have to deal with their neighbors, their wives, their children, their prelates or clergy, their nobles, their second-nobles or gentlemen, their merchants, their commons, and their men of war; and from all these arise dangers, if care and circumspection be not used.

It's important not to lose a ball. It's rare for the team to lose the ball. You have to be careful.

I learned quickly in the NBA that you keep one eye open at all times and one ear closed. You can't react to everything you hear or see.

I directed the men in our barque to approach near the savages, and hold their arms in readiness to do their duty in case they notice any movement of these people against us.

I'll be ready. I'm ready right now.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

I think you cannot be too complacent. I think that's dangerous, and you cannot take anything for granted.

You don't want to get complacent and just accept things - just because we've had those moments and we have come so far, you don't want to ever take that for granted, because the moment you do, it can all go away.

If you are going to lower me into the grave, and I feel something is wrong, I will get up.

One is not exposed to danger who, even when in safety is always on their guard.

There are ogres and black beasts out there; you have to be constantly on guard.

You say you're a comedian, you always have to be on guard.

Guarding and defending is not easy.

You need to be able to defend. It's massively important, and at Arsenal, we've sometimes been guilty of forgetting that.

There's no way I'm not gonna have a gun, 'cause you just never know what'll go down in Atlanta. But I'd rather be able to protect myself and have the right, and not have to think about the consequences if I'm just trying to protect myself.

Any show that includes guns or machinery or stuff like that, you need to trust who's around you because blanks are flying.

We need to do whatever we can to defend ourselves against hacking.

Wake me when whatever terrible thing is about to happen happens, or if it appears I might get wet.

He watches, and waits, and steps in when He needs to. Because we're precious to Him.

Never assume anything, expect the unexpected, be ready for everything all the time. And

There's no such thing as a minor lapse of awareness. You're either present with what is--right here, right now--or you're someplace else.