Quotes About Alertness

Keep your eye on the ball.

I advise keeping four feet on the floor and all hands on deck.

I always say, if you keep your head in the sand, you don't know where the kick's coming from.

I always say, complacency is the kiss of death.

When you are a goalkeeper, you know the responsibility.

Grunts on the line, where the enemy wants them dead, still goof off - even knowing that by letting their guard down they might die.

A good fighter usually knows, to within a very few seconds, when a three-minute round is going to end.

We can handle anything when we exchange our worries and fears for alertness and spontaneity, when we focus solely on what is in front of us, and when we leap into the sheer wonder of the unplanned life.

She had a sudden insight that wherever she was, women didn't usually wear jeans. Perhaps not even trousers. His jaw tensed and his breathing quickened noticeably. He looked every inch a predator, poised in the heightened alertness that precedes the kill. "They're all I have!" she said defensively. He raised his hands in a conciliatory gesture. "I doona wish to discuss it, lass. Not now. Perhaps never.

what's generally expected, and come prepared.

Just because the light is green doesn't mean you shouldn't look both ways before stepping into the street.

Good soldiers never pass up a chance to eat or sleep. They never know how much they'll be called on to do before the next chance.

was listening out for him

I have often been asked what I think about at the moment of take-off. Of course, no pilot sits and feels his pulse as he flies. He has to be part of the machine. If he thinks of anything but the task in hand, then trouble is probably just around the corner.

One thing I learned about riding is to look for trouble before it happens.

Crokus jumped at a faint plopping sound from the stairwell. He laid his hands on his knives, tensing.

I saw that I was in danger of becoming ordinary, and I understood that from now on I would have to be vigilant.

You know how it is when you're reading a book and falling asleep, you're reading, reading... and all of a sudden you notice your eyes are closed? I'm like that all the time.

If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty

Pay attention. Be alert. Don't be in denial. Learn

Kennelijk willen veel van ons vandaag de eerste run doen,' zei Alfie op die opgewekte toon waarop een ander wellicht zou zeggen: 'Zo te zien gaat het regenen vandaag!' terwijl het al met bakken uit de hemel komt en je onder een luifel staat te schuilen met vijf anderen met een mes in hun hand, en jij voorzichtig je hand in je zak steek om je pistool te pakken.

I have slept so many times you might think I would really be awake by now

When nothing is for sure, we remain alert, perennially on our toes. It is more exciting not to know which bush the rabbit is hiding behind than to behave as though we knew everything.