98% of the people in the world are harmless and wish you well, but it only takes one person who doesn't. That's what you're constantly on guard against.
At the Grammys, you walk down the halls and everyone's got five security guards. You can't talk to anybody. You always feel out of place, like, 'Hey, the rednecks are in town!'
I think there's something in people where they often want to describe their personal experiences, but when it's regarding wealth, they're obviously very guarded.
When I was 18 years old, in a more innocent time, my first backpacking trip through Europe, I sneaked into the Temple of Saturn in the Roman Forum after nightfall and spent several hours in there avoiding the guards patrolling.
Because I'm so busy and because I think of myself as a painter, I desperately guard the time that I have to paint. And sometimes I'm irresponsible to my career in order to paint. Because painting is obsessive. I forget to eat. I forget to sleep.
[Deckard Shaw puts a grenade into a security guard's hands] Deckard Shaw: Hold this. [He shoves the man down and walks away as the grenade explodes]
John Coffey: [Just before the guards are attacked by Wild Bill while bringing him in the mile] Careful, careful...
Guard: [after lighting the signal fire] Now all of China knows you're here. Shan-Yu: [lights a flag on the fire] Perfect.
Laughing Guard: That's the trouble with ya New York dope fiends. Ya got a rotten attitude.
[a squad of archers aim at Shrek] Captain of Guards: Shall I give the order, my Lord? Lord Farquaad: No. I have a better idea...
Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Do you want to run this ship? Jayne Cobb: Yes! Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: [caught off guard] Well... you can't...
[the Terminator has promised not to kill anybody, but to get into the hospital he shoots the guard in the legs] The Terminator: He'll live.
I talked to General Downer about some of the funding about the National Guard and some of the civil defense workers, the firefighters, the police officers, and the way that FEMA is making them spend that money. We have got a problem there.
Twilight - a time of pause when nature changes her guard. All living things would fade and die from too much light or too much dark, if twilight were not.
And I am convinced that a single focus on preserving the purchasing power of the dollar, in effect, guarding against inflation or deflation, actually creates a solid foundation for the greatest job growth and the strongest economy that America can ha...
So, poetry becomes a means for useful dialogue between people who are not only unknown, but mute to each other. It produces a dialogue among people that guards all of us against manipulation by our so-called leaders.
Two things are always happening in acting. On the one hand, it's a team sport. We're all pulling together. But on the other, you have to look after your own character. Guard their interests.
Guard: Don't fight it son. Confess quickly! If you hold out too long you could jeopardize your credit rating.
Guard your roving thoughts with a jealous care, for speech is but the dialer of thoughts, and every fool can plainly read in your words what is the hour of your thoughts.
Certainly, my advice is that communicating, lobbying, fundraising and engaging the public in policy and politics is far more exciting and inexpensive via the Internet. Old guard organizations like Common Cause had to evolve to embrace this new enviro...
Roddenberry had created quite a complex and at times mysterious character. Guarded, cautious, careful in showing his feelings in expressing his ideas about many things - I found that very interesting.
