Emma Roberts Quotes

My safety and my family's safety are not guaranteed even now.

In 2000, I got stuck in the sea off Cyprus after I fell off a boat. I was out there for over an hour. I am not a strong swimmer, but adrenaline kicked in, and I swam back.

And, I know the sense of helplessness that people feel. I know the urge to arm yourself because that's what I did. I was trained in firearms. I'd walk to the hospital when my husband was sick. I carried a concealed weapon. I made the determination that if somebody was going to try to take me out, I was going to take them with me.

So you’ll just kill anyone who frightens you. Who could hurt you.” “Well…yes.

I should probably be afraid. But instead a hysterical laugh bubbles inside me, because I just remembered something: Maybe I can’t hold a gun. But I have a knife in my back pocket.

I believe my first duty is to survive. And I'm not just talking about criminals coming into my home. I once seriously considered getting a gun to protect myself from the police. If I need a weapon to continue living, I'll get one. And I'll use it.

The brain works fast when it thinks it’s about to be cut in half.

I have no problem with the security... It's something that must be done for the times in which we live. Safety first.

Nerves are good. They keep you alive.

Only in time of fear is government thrown back to its primitive and sole function of self-defense and the many interests of which it is the guardian become subordinated to that.

In extreme danger, fear feels no pity.

Do every single thing you can to protect yourself, your family, and your country.

If people are shooting at you, it's human nature to be afraid. I was afraid. I'll be quite blunt about that.

If I'm ever concerned about something, I'll have security deal with it.

I tend to panic and fear on a low-grade level every day, but when something really disastrous happens, I kick into super high gear; a kind of transcendent, save-everybody mind-set.

As a human, if you're in a scary situation, you pretty much forget about everything else! You just try and survive.

People who weren't there can say it was idiotic or shortsighted, but when you're in a moment where horrible things are happening in front of you, sometimes you just need to act on what's best.

We need to be on a war footing. We need to understand that our nation is in grave danger.

Please don't kill me!

Be prepared to do whatever you have to do. If you get put in a situation where your back is up against the wall let your gun go off.

I carry a weapon. I got a death threat a few years ago and was really scared. But I don't want bodyguards. I am my own security.

One of the things is that in times of severe disorder, you can't worry about the dead, only the living.

It's better for one to die than for all of us to be killed in a shooting affray. Anyway, we've practically no ammunition.

We are in a code orange. Homeland Security said earlier today that everyone should have a roll of duct tape and plastic sheeting to protect your house in event of terrorist attacks. Who came up with this idea? MacGyver?

As time went on, we learned to arm ourselves in our different ways. Some of us with real guns, some of us with more ephemeral weapons, an idea or improbable plan or some sort of formulation about how best to move through the world. An idea that will let us be. Protect us and keep us safe. But a weapon nonetheless.