"Being on the run, having to change the way that you do business, being unable to plan in a safe and secure environment, always looking over your shoulder, knowing that some day somebody's going to knock on your door and it's going to be your last"
- John Abizaid
About this Quote
This quote by John Abizaid talks with the experience of living in a state of continuous concern and also insecurity. It paints a dazzling image of the life of someone that is regularly on the run, not able to plan for the future or really feel safe in their setting. The quote suggests that this person is constantly looking into their shoulder, recognizing that day, somebody will certainly come knocking on their door and it will be the end of their life. This quote speaks to the fact of living in a world where one is continuously in danger and also unable to count on any individual or anything. It is a pointer of the fragility of life and also the value of valuing every minute.
This quote is written / told by John Abizaid somewhere between April 1, 1951 and today. He/she was a famous Soldier from USA.
The author also have 26 other quotes.
"Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made"
"Architects are pretty much high-class whores. We can turn down projects the way they can turn down some clients, but we've both got to say yes to someone if we want to stay in business"
"My sorrow, when she's here with me, thinks these dark days of autumn rain are beautiful as days can be; she loves the bare, the withered tree; she walks the sodden pasture lane"
"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time"
