Quotes About Preparedness

Oh, I'm not worried," said Serge. "I'm cookin'! I love hurricane season!

None of us live in a zero-risk world.

I believe that North Carolina is Strong, Resilient and Ready to face the challenges of the future.

When you work with kids, especially, you want to be ready to turn the camera on at a moment's notice.

I don't want to sound arrogant or cocky, but taking a fight on short notice against 'Cowboy,' you have to be mentally strong.

You've really got to stay ready 24/7. You really can't get ready because there's no telling. They'll call you short notice to fight anyone so you really have to stay ready.

It's in the nature of defence that you rarely notice it.

I would eat fruitcake if there'd been a nuclear war and I'd run out of canned goods.

I think we didn't recognize how hard it would be to care for someone with Ebola who was desperately ill in the U.S., and how much hands-on nursing care there would be, and we didn't expect two nurses to get infected.

Expect everything so that nothing comes unexpected.

Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens

Be the hunter—not the hunted. Never be caught with your guard down. Use good judgment and act in the best interest of our nation.

Peace is an inestimable jewel; but it will be soon snatched from those who are not prepared with heart and hand to defend it.

Our basic principle is that if you want to shoot rare, fast-moving elephants, you should always carry a loaded gun. p217

Duck, big brother! Here comes another day!

the shock which he undoubtedly had felt was the result of not expecting people to murder other people. "Whereas they naturally do," he said to himself. "The normal thing with an unpleasant intrusion is to try and exclude it – human or not. So silly not to be prepared for these things. Some people, as De Quincey said, have a natural aptitude for being murdered. To kill or to be killed as a perfectly reasonable thing . . .

Many promising reconciliations have broken down because, while both parties came prepared to forgive, neither party came prepared to be forgiven.

I like to pretend that I'm covering my tracks, bracing for any contingency. Ready for the worst, and all that jazz. I always feel better if there's a plan in place. And in this case, the plan was, "Leave the blind guy in charge of the juvenile delinquents and everything will be just fine. Probably.

A danger foreseen is half-avoided.

Exercise! — because zombies will eat the slow ones first.

If you need 144 rolls of toilet paper for a 14-day quarantine you probably should've been seeing a doctor long before COVID-19.

Dig the well before you are thirsty.

For safety is not a gadget but a state of mind.

Don't learn safety by accident.