Kim Harrison Quotes

Normally in dangerous situations I have a getaway car.

If the worst comes to the worst, gentlemen, I shall know what to do.

When all else fails, start running!

People under siege turn to us in complete frustration and I get a chance to go in when it's do or die.

Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.

My back-up plan is always to take a trip. That's never a bad option. That's always a good option.

Great teams always have a Plan B. Look at Barcelona. Their Plan B is to stick to Plan A

When one plan that you have, to get this or to get that, to advance in the world, or whatever it might be, when that seems in danger of veering off the path you have set for it, you have your emergency plan ready. And in simple language what that emergency plan is, what you put into operation, is called worry. If you can worry you are occupied, and what an incredible human situation it is!

It is necessary secretly ---and urgently---to prepare for terror. And on Tuesday we will decide whether it will be through the SNK or otherwise

Anything you say before a pandemic occurs sounds alarmist; anything you say after it occurs is inadequate.

The actions you plan to take and the actions you actually decide to take [in a crisis] are not always the same.

Emergency does not create power.

Before going into a room, make sure you can get out again.

Let’s have a moratorium on press conferences …. Get off your asses and let’s do something and fix the biggest doggone crisis in the history of this country.

Crisis management … is the worst type of policy because you will miss things.

My position is not designed to win votes. It is designed to address itself to what I think is a problem of crisis proportions. I believe that when you are facing that kind of emergency, you have to be willing to prescribe some pretty tough action.

The Nation trembled on the brink. Events moved with such speed that it was necessary to decide to act on the instant, as each successive crisis arose.

The problem is that when we speak of plan Bs, we already negate the possibility of moving on with plan A.

In politics, you've got to have a fallback in our line of work because your career can be over in an instant. Not that I would make much money playing a harmonica.

If I hadn't made it as a footballer I would have been an electrician. I studied to be an electrician even though I was progressing at football because you never know at that stage if you are going to be there for sure.

I have a team of cleaners, in case one is off sick or goes on holiday.

I have a Plan B, Plan C, but my Plan A is working, so I'll keep doing that.

The '$O$' phase, it was like, 'Save Our Souls': we didn't know how we were going to get out of our situation... It was our last chance just to go all out. 'Ten$ion' was another phase, to maintain the tension we had, just to pretend nothing had happened and stay in that same furious, hungry zone.

When things that normally work aren't working, you have to go to something else.

The odds are stacked against you becoming a footballer, so my family made sure I always had a backup plan.