We barely have time to react in this world, let alone rehearse.
Words learned by rote a parrot may rehearse; but talking is not always to converse, not more distinct from harmony divine, the constant creaking of a country sign. - William Cowper
For Nature is accustomed to rehearse with certain large, perhaps baser, and all classes of wild (animals), and to place in the imperfect the rudiments of the perfect animals. - Marcello Malpighi
We rehearse for the big death through the little death of orgasm, through erotic living. Death as transfiguration - Peter Redgrove
Science Fiction is a safe, fertile arena in which to rehearse the potential scientific facts of tomorrow - Stewart Stafford
Just as you can’t rehearse your way to success, you can’t design your way there either. - Dale Ludwig
Many people are hurt in Life. But the problem is not the hurt. They Curse, Nurse, and Rehearse their hurt instead of Reversing it, and Live miserably. - RVM