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Quotes About Alertness

My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.
~ Judy Blume
Mr. Bridgerton?" she asked softly. "Mr. Bridgerton!" Benedict's head jerked up violently. "What? What?" "You fell asleep." He blinked confusedly. "Is there a reason that's bad?" "You can't fall asleep in your clothing.
~ Julia Quinn
Criticism is not a circumscription or a set of prohibitions. It provides fixed points of departure. It may startle a dull reader into alertness.
~ Ezra Pound
You need me," Pen explained. "I'm your lookout. If I see the coppers coming, I'll make a sound like an owl.
~ Frances Hardinge
here, to make sure she didn't move. Then whoever it was
~ Blair Howard
My fear is that I/we have fallen asleep in the comfort of our freedom.
~ Bono
Stay down!" I shouted to the passing crowd, and then because you think of weird things even at times like this, I wondered how you'd say that in French or if they would be able to translate or if, hey, the machine-gun fire would clue them in. Keeping
~ Harlan Coben
It ain't time to worry yet. I'll let you know when.
~ Harper Lee
A dense, artistic kind of imperfection stimulates your consciousness, keeps you alert. If I listen to some utterly perfect performance of an utterly perfect piece while I'm driving, I might want to close my eyes and die right then and there. But listening to the D major, I can feel the limits of what humans are capable of-- that a certain type of perfection can only be realised through a limitless accumulation of imperfect.
~ Haruki Mukarami
Moderating a debate means spending more time with briefing books than with your children. It means writing and rewriting and rephrasing. It means finding a way to be alert enough to notice when your question goes unanswered and nimble enough to decide what you will do about that on the spot.
~ Gwen Ifill
Yeah, I'm not really a morning person.
~ Sophie Ellis-Bextor
In light of the attacks on mass transit systems in other countries, shouldn't we be beefing up?... Clearly more could be done.
~ Susan Collins
It is better to live ready than to get ready!
~ Smith Wigglesworth
Depth of understanding involves something which is more than merely a matter of deconstructive alertness; it involves a measure of interpretative charity and at least the beginnings of a wide responsiveness.
~ Stefan Collini
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~ Stefan Zweig
I thought, Holy shit, who is paying attention?" Thus
~ Michael Lewis
coffee helped disperse Europe's alcoholic fog, fostering a heightened alertness and attention to detail, and, as employers soon discovered, dramatically improving productivity.
~ Michael Pollan
When Daniel Boone is uneasy, you know it's time to watch your step.
~ Bill Bryson
BE CAREFUL, OR BE ROADKILL!
~ Bill Watterson
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
Paranoia might be annoying, but a healthy dose of it served to keep you alive. No one ever got killed by being too vigilant.
~ Brad Thor
Water sleeps, and the enemy is sleepless.
~ Bram Stoker
You've got five minutes to get your ass up and in the shower, or the shower's coming to you.
~ Sylvia Day
I am aware, sure, I am aware. Catastrophically aware.
~ Sylvia Plath