Quotes About Being Prepared For The Worst

#1. I read a lot of books. Here are the books I'm using for my 9/11 project. [Wright gestures to three six-foot-long shelves of books.] As I read them I highlight certain passages. Then I have an assistant write down each quote on an index card and note where it came from.

Lawrence Wright

#2. Even the loveliest shoulders can bear but so much.

Jill Alexander Essbaum

#3. Beauty is a radiance that orginates from within.

Jane Seymour

#4. I try to stay as private as possible; I know that's difficult, especially playing here in New York, but I make an attempt at it.

Derek Jeter

#5. It's a great privilege to dream.

Danielle LaPorte

#6. Tranq'd by your own gun,"Lev says."How pathetic.

Neal Shusterman

#7. She was miserable because she kept hoping things would change. If she could eradicate the hope, she could eradicate the sadness.

Tommy Wallach

#8. Forward momentum. That's my new motto. No regrets. And no going back.

Gayle Forman

#9. When I'm on the red carpet, I'm prepared for [the attention.] But the worst thing is on planes, when you're asleep and you're woken up by a camera flashing. That's a little bit much. But what do you do? It's a part of [being famous]. Unfortunately.

Beyonce Knowles

#10. Protect those who protect you.

Evangelos Venizelos

#11. I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.

Michel De Montaigne