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Quotes About Warning

looks like trouble coming in on greased skids
~ Dorothy Allison
Since I hear you are leaving, I have come to put certain matters before you. They are important. If I were a different manner of person, no doubt I should do more than this; I should plead, and I should cajole. I mean you to understand that if I cannot do that, it is not because I don't think them worthy. I wish you to listen to them and I will accept the answer you give me. I should only warn you, Francis, that on these matters, I will not brook lightness or insolence.
~ Dorothy Dunnett
I wished to warn you about the scimitar cut, and also that your men may find it disconcerting when the Janissaries scream.' No more than amused at the tact, 'I scream too,' said Lymond gravely. 'And louder. But it is kind of you to advise.
~ Dorothy Dunnett
Of course. You have always tried to escape.' 'And I have always harmed the friends who have tried to stop me,' Lymond said. His voice was uninflected. He added, 'I have tried many times to warn you not to come too close to me.
~ Dorothy Dunnett
I give you a friendly warning. You think M. de Sevigny is drunk. He is not.' 'You might not think so,' said Lymond amiably. 'But in ten minutes or so, I am going to slip under the table and lie there.
~ Dorothy Dunnett
You had good reason to hate me. I always understood that. I don't know why you should think differently now, but take care. Don't build up another false image. I may be the picturesque sufferer now, but when I have the whip-hold, I shall behave quite as crudely, or worse. I have no pretty faults. Only, sometimes, a purpose.
~ Dorothy Dunnett
Anxiously, Lymond called. 'If she undresses, I pray you do not restrain her! It can cause untold injury!
~ Dorothy Dunnett
One of these days you'll go too far, and somebody will murder you.' 'I shouldn't be in the least surprised,' said Lord Peter, pleasantly.
~ Dorothy L. Sayers
That was the second time within five minutes that he had warned her off his private ground. His mood had changed since the early hours of the afternoon and all his defences were up once more. She could not again disregard the 'No Thoroughfare' sign; so she left it to him to start a fresh subject.
~ Dorothy L. Sayers
Herein fail not at your peril.
~ Dorothy L. Sayers
Arthur Dent: What happens if I press this button? Ford Prefect: I wouldn't- Arthur Dent: Oh. Ford Prefect: What happened? Arthur Dent: A sign lit up, saying 'Please do not press this button again.
~ Douglas Adams
Curiously enough, the dolphins had long known of the impending destruction of the planet Earth and had made attempts to alert mankind to the danger; but most of their communications were misinterpreted as amusing attempts to punch footballs or whistle for titbits, so they eventually gave up and left the Earth by their own means shortly before the Vogons arrived.
~ Douglas Adams
NO ADMITTANCE. NOT EVEN TO AUTHORISED PERSONNEL. YOU ARE WASTING YOUR TIME HERE. GO AWAY.
~ Douglas Adams
On no account allow a Vogon to read poetry at you.
~ Douglas Adams
Never throw the letter Q into a privet bush.
~ Douglas Adams
The arkleseizure cometh!
~ Douglas Adams
began to let his mind wander, trailing his fingers along the edge of an incomprehensible computer bank. He reached out and pressed an invitingly large red button on a nearby panel. The panel lit up with the words Please do not press this button again.
~ Douglas Adams
Come,' called the old man, 'come now or you will be late.' 'Late?' said Arthur. 'What for?' 'What is your name, human?' 'Dent. Arthur Dent,' said Arthur. 'Late, as in the late Dentarthurdent,' said the old man, sternly. 'It's a sort of threat you see.
~ Douglas Adams
NO ADMITTANCE. NOT EVEN TO AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL. YOU ARE WASTING YOUR TIME HERE. GO AWAY.
~ Douglas Adams
Gore is nature's way of saying, There are too many human beings on the planet, and I'm trying to rectify this any way I can. SARS didn't work, but trust me, I'm cooking up something better. In the interim, please kill lots of yourselves.
~ Douglas Coupland
Brennan remembers a Nortel recruiting truck showing up at a Newbridge mass termination meeting at the local hockey arena and offers this practical advice: "If all the meeting rooms are booked at the same time, it means something's up." By "something," he means firings.
~ Douglas Coupland
Sometimes, a society can see its end approaching from afar and still not be able to adapt, like the Maya; at other times, the curtain drops without warning and the show is over.
~ Douglas Preston
No Trespassing Violators Will Be Prosecuted With the Utmost Rigor of the Law
~ Douglas Preston
He reminds me of Paul Revere's ride," the waitress said from behind the counter. "A little light in the belfry.
~ Douglas Preston