Quotes About Alertness

Always be ready; always live in such a way that death can never find you unprepared.

One should be ever booted and spurred and ready to depart.

Sleep, when deep enough, is indistinguishable from vigilance.

Did he just say--? Yes, Claire said, smiling. Yes, he did. Whoa. Guess I'd better stay alive, then.

When things seem calmest, that is the time you should fear the most, it's when you have the most to lose.

Be afraid in proportion to the threat.

Anyway, in those years, I was happy, as to one extent or another I have always been happy. The forest was not a wilderness to me, but served instead as my private garden, comforting in spite of its vastness, and endlessly mysterious. The more familiar a place becomes, the more mysterious it becomes, as well, if you are alert to the truth of things. I have found this to be the case all of my life.

I guess I need to get my paranoid on.

taut. She looked out of the windows, left and right—and her tail began to swish.

He drops the pistol into the right-hand pocket of his raincoat. He is not expecting trouble. Nevertheless, he goes nowhere unarmed. One can never be too careful. Besides, opportunities often arise unexpectedly. In

pistol holstered, he pulls on his sport coat and drops a spare magazine in one pocket, the radio-wave jammer in another.

black coffee so strong that its smell alone was sufficient to wake anyone in a coma.

prepared to

I drained my cup and sat still, waiting for the men to come out.

I'm always ready to be attacked.

I want people to be awake. I want them to be aware.

To be awake is everything.

I think it is a very important thing in football to keep each other awake and alert.

It's a dangerous world, man. You've gotta keep your eyes and ears peeled and be on the alert all the time.

I tend to wake up before my alarm, and I'm not one to ease into my morning with a snooze.

You really need to be on the edge and you have to keep your eyes open.

If I'm called on, I want to be ready and efficient.

I don't think you need to go looking for the enemy. He's going to look for you.

wake up and pay attention.