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Quotes About Warning

Goddard conjured up a specter of attractive, feebleminded women wantonly seducing decent men. He warned that the country's reformatories were full of feebleminded girls who "do not conform to the conventions of society," who were "boy crazy" or, worst of all, "preferred the company of colored men to white.
~ Carl Zimmer
My father knew from the start what was going to happen,' Clara explained. 'He stayed close to his friends because he felt it was his duty. What killed him was his loyalty to people who, when their time came, betrayed him. Never trust anyone, Daniel, especially the people you admire. Those are the ones who will make you suffer the worst blows'. Phoenix paperback, 2005, p.19
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Nikad nikome nemoj vjerovati, Daniele, posebice ne onima kojima se diviš. Oni ?e ti prvi zabiti nož u le?a.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Like all children of that era, they had been diligently warned about strange men, but it never crossed their young minds to fear a woman.
~ Carol Ann Lee
Where there's fire, there's smoke.
~ Carol Kendall
Be sure to get her home before midnight. She turns into a rabid coyote when the clock strikes twelve. Sawyer moved on down the bar to fill a pitcher with beer. That true, darlin'? Tyrell asked. Got to take the bad with the good, Jill answered.
~ Carolyn Brown
There was only one sentence in it. 'Tell no one about the 99 steps. Monsieur Neuf'!
~ Carolyn Keene
Balthasar, his people—they're not what they seem." "Look, instead of a vague warning why can't you just tell me why you don't like them? Give me some information here." "You wouldn't believe me if I told you," he said. Exasperated, I flung my arms and shouted, "I'm a freaking werewolf! Try me!
~ Carrie Vaughn
If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.
~ Catherine Aird
He didn't want his wife to read historical romances because it might give her unrealistic expectations. [...] If I had been him, I would have been reading your books every time you laid them down to see how I could improve my skills and please you. Second warning of the night. I bought a couple. You bought a couple of what? Historical romances. I'm three-quarters through the first one. He flashed her a slow grin. All I can say is, I like the way your mind works. ~Jake Coulter and Molly Wells
~ Catherine Anderson
But there's a juicy artery in your groin, he said after a pause to regroup, his voice as slithery as a snake on a slide. Don't you talk dirty, I told him. I won't listen to that.
~ Charlaine Harris
How is Eric?' 'Very tightly wound. Plus, a lot of stuff happened that he'll tell you about.' 'Thanks for the warning. I'll go to the house now. You're my favorite breather.' 'Oh. Well ... great.' She hung up.
~ Charlaine Harris
Al parecer, era la época de abrazar a Sookie y nadie me había avisado.
~ Charlaine Harris
No threatening the cat! Mr. Snuggly said.
~ Charlaine Harris
No threatening the cat!" Mr. Snuggly said. No
~ Charlaine Harris
The best thing I have is the knife from Fatal Attraction. I hung it in my kitchen. It's my way of saying, Don't mess with me.
~ Glenn Close
Don't mess with Sergio Marchionne.
~ Toto Wolff
Our message to the Russians is stay out of the U.S. elections.
~ Robert C. O'Brien
Like the canary in the coal mine, the climate changes already evident in the Arctic are a call to action.
~ Susan Collins
Israel is the canary in the mine. What happens to Israel will eventually happen to America itself.
~ David Horowitz
I like to think I'm the canary down the mine for people.
~ Daisy May Cooper
The trees have inquisitive eyes, haven't they? -that is, seem as if they had. And the river says,-'Why do ye trouble me with your looks?' And you seem to see numbers of to-morrows just all in a line, the first of them the biggest and clearest, the others getting smaller and smaller as they stand further away; but they all seem very fierce and cruel and as if they said, 'I'm coming! Beware of me! Beware of me!
~ Thomas Hardy
How could I be expected to know? I was a child when I left this house four months ago. Why didn't you tell me there was danger? Why didn't you warn me? Ladies know what to guard against, because they read novels that tell them of these tricks; but I never had the chance of discovering in that way, and you did not help me!
~ Thomas Hardy
The trees have inquisitive eyes, haven't they?—that is, seem as if they had. And the river says,—'Why do ye trouble me with your looks?' And you seem to see numbers of to-morrows just all in a line, the first of them the biggest and clearest, the others getting smaller and smaller as they stand farther away; but they all seem very fierce and cruel and as if they said, 'I'm coming! Beware of me! Beware of me!' … But
~ Thomas Hardy