anticipating the unexpected Quotes

Provoke the unexpected. Expect it.

To truly prepare for the unexpected, you've got to position yourself to keep a couple of options open so when the door of opportunity opens, you're close enough to squeeze through.

To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated.

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.

But chance runs like a river through all our lives, and being prepared for surprise is the best we can do.

You never know what you're going to have to face, so you'd better be prepared.

We must care to think about the unthinkable things, because when things become unthinkable, thinking stops and action becomes mindless.

I always expect unexpected challenges.

At the same time, you don't want to be blindsided at some point because you've taken too much comfort from knowing nothing. So you try to keep a little store of practical knowledge. At a certain point you have to pretend that something is true in order to have a relationship with the world.

I think being prepared for anything is the way to go.