“Since I only prepare for what ought to happen to me, I am never prepared for what does. Never.”

“I am prepared to believe that a dry martini slightly impairs the palate, but think what it does for the soul.”

“We are never prepared for what we expect.”

“Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.”

“I spend my days preparing for life, not preparing for death… They haven't stopped me from doing what I want every day. I believe in life, I believe in freedom, so my mind is not consumed with death. It's with love, life and those things. In many ways, on many days, only my body is here, because I am thinking about what's happening around the world.”

“Say what you will, but you’re never prepared for the surprise attack.”

“It’s a lifelong failing: she has never been prepared. But how can you have a sense of wonder if you’re prepared for everything? Prepared for the sunset. Prepared for the moonrise. Prepared for the ice storm. What a flat existence that would be.”

“Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death. Should I never return, all is in order.”

“I think Donald just criticized me for preparing for this debate. And, yes, I did. And you know what else I prepared for? I prepared to be president. And I think that's a good thing.”

“I’m one of the few MPs who never has a prepared text for everything I do, because I don’t have a bunch of people telling me what I have to say”