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Quotes About Alertness

You will have to be on your guard, and when your guard slips, you must recover." My fencing master used to say something eerily similar to that. And then she'd add that making a recover was much more difficult than simply doing the thing right the first time.
~ Sharon Lee
You easy-living boys had better get set, they said. There's johnnies out there thicker than fleas on a billy goat in a barnlot
~ Shelby Foote
Never take your eyes off your opponent. And never think you don't have to work for a victory. Even now, you could surprise me. (Takeshi)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Settle down, pup. I ain't had my caffeine yet." – Sundown
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Turn down the thermostat. Let the air be a touch cold rather than a touch hot. Others can choose to wear extra clothing if desired. This also improves alertness and saves money.
~ John Durant
Do not fall asleep in your enemy's dream.
~ John Edgar Wideman
Will]'d barely been asleep a few minutes when Halt's voice woke him. 'Will? Are you asleep?'... 'I was,' he said, a little indignantly. 'I'm not now.' 'Good,' Halt replied, a trifle smugly. 'Serves you right.
~ John Flanagan
Never take your eyes off them," Horace said to Gilan, in an admonishing tone. "Didn't MacNeil ever tell you that?
~ John Flanagan
Better to suspect something and find nothing than to suspect nothing and find something.
~ John Flanagan
As he said, being careful had helped him stay alive all these years and he was looking forward to maintaining that record.
~ John Flanagan
If you look at life one way, there is always cause for alarm.
~ Elizabeth Bowen
the benefits that subsequent stages of sleep would bring him, such as an increase in alertness, improved motor skills, a boost to his immune system, regulation of his appetite, release of tension, restoration of energy, and a stabilizing effect on his behavior and mood.
~ Elizabeth Pantley
To tell the truth, they wake me every morning. And
~ Arthur Scott Bailey
México es un perpetuo sobresalto.
~ Arturo Pérez-Reverte
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.
~ B.J. Daniels
You watch yourself from the inside. It is a full silence. Maintain a detached attitude toward the body and, at the same time, do not neglect any part of the body or show haste but remain alert while doing the asana.
~ B.K.S. Iyengar
One of the happy consequences of my brain is that I rarely sleep.
~ Robert Rinder
I'll be ready. I'm ready right now.
~ Jeff Garcia
You have to be ready to pounce when a rare chance comes.
~ Susie Wolff
A mom has to be ready for anything.
~ Lara Spencer
Theatre is something that keeps me very alert, and I am actively creating whether I am on stage or directing. In films, I feel I become more of an introvert, going deeper in the realism of a character.
~ Kalki Koechlin
My grandfather taught me how important it is to have your eyes open, because you never know what's going to come your way.
~ Bobbi Brown
If you are going to lower me into the grave, and I feel something is wrong, I will get up.
~ Lee Kuan Yew
Lack of sleep greatly impairs your ability to make good decisions.
~ Amy Morin