Quotes About Alertness

A top-class striker normally plays up on his toes, so he can sprint or go for every ball that falls in his direction.

I don't like to sit still for long at all, which has probably helped me along the way, and partly why I was drawn to the heat of a restaurant kitchen. The rush of service means that you're always on your toes and keeps a chef pretty active.

You want to be comfortable, but it's also good to stay on your toes, especially in the midst of a long season.

You always need to be on your toes.

For me, it's always been to be on your toes about everything no matter what you do - my mom and dad always stressed that to me.

Flight attendants need to think on their feet and walk on their toes. An emergency landing can't be steered by a pot-bellied cabin crew that crawls or belly-walks.

Q: What dog keeps the best time? A: A watch dog.

Every time you take a train, step into your car, walk into the shopping mall, go to the airport - every single time, something could happen. That's how terrorism works.

bringing up children was]like living with a bunch of drunks...you really have to be on your toes all the time.

That's what animals do all of the time; they watch out, they watch out, and I saw, "This is us now." Us, the world, we are watching out.

Keep your weather eye open, and sing out every time.

Be wise as a serpent and wary as a dove!

there was a light behind him. He got up and stretched his neck out about a minute, listening. Then he says: Who dah? He listened some more; then he come tiptoeing down and stood right between us; we could a touched him, nearly.

we slept, if one might call such a condition by so strong a name—for it was a sleep set with a hair-trigger.

Some instinct tells me that eternal vigilance is the price of supremacy.

The price of eternal vigilance is indifference.

b.] be prepared to be prepared.

Smell The Cheese Often So You Know When It Is Getting Old

Noticing Small Changes Early Helps You Adapt To The Bigger Changes That Are To Come.

Perfect paranoia is perfect awareness.

Living by your wits is always knowing where the wasps are.

To be awake is the refreshness of being.

Life without caution is like a car without brake.

fought the waves of sleep that kept threatening to wash over me.