Unexpected Preparation

Care shouldn't start in the emergency room. - James Douglas

Never invest emergency savings in the stock market. - Suze Orman

Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs. - Ambrose Bierce

Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. - Natalie Goldberg

Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. - Mark Twain

A rich rogue is like a fat hog, who never does good 'til as dead as a log. - Benjamin Franklin

There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth. - Charles Dickens

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heal that has crushed it. - Mark Twain

If you're not paying for it through the health plan, you pay for it in the emergency room. - David Lehman

One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency. - Arnold H. Glasow

Faith is a fine invention
When Gentlemen can see -
But Microscopes are prudent
In an Emergency. - Emily Dickinson

I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting. - Ronald Reagan

The best way to meet a woman is in an emergency situation - if you're in a shipwreck, or you find yourself behind enemy lines, or in a flood. - Mark Helprin

Five frogs are sitting on a log. Four decide to jump off. How many are left?
Five, because there's a difference between deciding and doing. - Mark L. Feldman & Michael F. Spratt