One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.

I'm William Wallace, and the rest of you will be spared. Go back to England and tell them... Scotland is free!

I don't mind being compared to Whitney, there are people miles worse to be compared to.

I am prepared to oppose a Jim Crow army till I rot in jail.

As governor when I visited our troops in Kuwait and Iraq I served them Thanksgiving dinner. It was a small gesture compared to their sacrifice.

All I do really is go to work and try to be professional be on time and be prepared.

In order to excel you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication you won't be able to do this.

The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women.

When you're used to being prepared to reject conventional wisdom it leaves you open to learn more.

One nuclear war is going to be the last nuclear - the last war frankly if it really gets out of hand. And I just don't think we ought to be prepared to accept that sort of thing.

Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers.

The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared with a child who doesn't know what war is except from television.

War is a blessing compared with national degradation.

A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared for modern war unless it is governed by a tyrant at the head of a highly trained and perfectly obedient bureaucracy.

The truth is I don't have any problem with journalists - I count some of them as friends - also some of my heroes are journalists I'm a big fan of Robert Fisk - great people or crazy people who are prepared to stand up for what's right.

When I meet a couple I'm always interested to know if they have been together for a long time or how loyal they are because I know that will impact on how much I'm prepared to trust them.

Trust cannot be commanded and yet it is also correct that the only one who earns trust is the one who is prepared to grant trust.

I was always just into my music and maybe into trying to save the world a little bit. I never really thought I'd have a hit record or anything like that. I was prepared to travel around all over the country kind of like a Johnny Appleseed and sing.

If you set out to be liked you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time and you would achieve nothing.

If you just set out to be liked you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time and you would achieve nothing.

I don't like being compared to anyone or being in a class with someone. I'm a teen actress and therefore I'm competing against Hilary Duff. We're different people like everyone else.

The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher America entrusts her most precious resource her children and asks that they be prepared... to face the rigors of individual participation in a democratic society.

California must be all American or all Chinese. We are resolved that it shall be American and are prepared to make it so. May we not rely upon your sympathy and assistance?

I believe success is preparation because opportunity is going to knock on your door sooner or later but are you prepared to answer that?