My mother taught me that it is important to be prepared for a last-minute polish.

- Aerin Lauder

I was not prepared to live as a single parent.

- Annette Funicello

Honestly, I am not trying to discourage anyone from becoming an actress, but if you want to become one be prepared to face everything that comes - along with it.

- Amber Tamblyn

To have full and multiple criteria is the best way to decide who is best prepared to be on that Olympic team.

- Ashley Wagner

I read the 'Fargo' hashtag and what people tweeted at me and every article and every comment on every article. I really just ate it up. But I wasn't prepared for hearing what everybody thought of me.

- Allison Tolman

You're never quite prepared for the inundation of stardom, or whatever you want to call it.

- Al Jourgensen

I don't think running for office is anything I'm prepared for or could even prepare myself for.

- America Ferrera

To have a basic ingredient that can be prepared a million different ways is a beautiful thing.

- Alice Waters

With solos, I don't like to be too prepared going in - I like to surprise myself.

- Alex Lifeson

Well, you know, with every character, if you're going to expose yourself, you've got to figure out every detail that you're going to play. So there's no character that you can just go put on his shirt and be fully prepared.

- Albert Brooks

I was not prepared for fame. It hit me hard, and I did not have the capacity to cope.

- Al Pacino

My aim is that every sermon series I preach is prepared as though I were teaching a college-level course.

- Adam Hamilton

I am prepared to talk with anyone. I have no personal grudge toward anybody.

- Aung San Suu Kyi

A cause may be inconvenient, but it's magnificent. It's like champagne or high heels, and one must be prepared to suffer for it.

- Arnold Bennett

Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.

- Annie Besant

I have zero tolerance for people who don't come completely prepared. I expect contribution, I expect attendance, and I expect directors to take trips and visit the company's programs.

- Anne M. Mulcahy

I am a big believer in visualization. I run through my races mentally so that I feel even more prepared.

- Allyson Felix

The nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one.

- Alexander Hamilton

Losing your job is terrifying, but being prepared makes it so much easier.

- Alexa Von Tobel

Part of being famous is offering up this blank screen upon which people can project everything, and it's a sacred act, putting yourself out there, in a way that lots of celebrities aren't steeled for; they're not prepared for the degree to which people define them.

- Alanis Morissette