#prepared

My father is the most genial Midwestern guy imaginable, but for him, disaster lurks around every corner—financial ruin, squandered health, pyramid schemes, airbags failing to deploy—so he tends to use fear as a parenting tool to try to goad his daughters into being more prepared.When he retired, he reached new levels of preparedness, so his car contained bottled water, hand wipes, a roadside emergency kit with flares, books on tape, a coin dispenser, and two hand towels to use as makeshift bibs so he and my mother could drive and eat without making a mess. ↗

— Jancee Dunn

#prepared #imagination

I don't mean that if you're a Christian, walking close to God, you will immediately gain celebrity. you may fail as an artist, because you may not have what the public want at that time, and you have to be prepared for that. ↗

— Cliff Richard

#be prepared #because #celebrity #christian #close

If you fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail. ↗

— Mark Spitz

#prepare #prepared #you

Things come to you in life when you're prepared for them, when you're ready for them. ↗

— Martha Plimpton

#life #prepared #ready #them #things

Some things are so unexpected that no one is prepared for them. ↗

— Leo Rosten

#some #some things #them #things #unexpected

That's what I've been always saying, that I was always using the mixed doubles especially to improve my net game and being able to return a guy's serve, 'cause then when you play someone like Serena, you are little bit more prepared for that. ↗

— Daniela Hantuchova

#always #been #being #bit #cause

I am prepared to go anywhere, provided it be forward. ↗

— David Livingstone

#anywhere #forward #go #i #i am

I have no memories I'm prepared to share with you. ↗

— Peter O'Toole

#memories #prepared #share #you

You must be in tune with the times and prepared to break with tradition. ↗

— James Agee

#must #prepared #times #tradition #tune

I always carry a spoon in my pocket. You know, just in case it rains.
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— Jarod Kintz

#humor #pocket #preparation #prepared #rain