Quotes About Cautious

Trustworthy, industrious, faithful, charitable, strong, wise, cautious, compassionate, generous, kind ... that's the scriptural definition of a good wife - a creative counterpart. A creative counterpart is a woman, who, having chosen the vocation of wife and mother, decides to learn and grow in all of areas of this role and work as though she were aiming for the presidency of a corporation.

Society is an organism which obeys the immutable law of progress; and change, judicious and cautious change, is necessary for the well being, and indeed the preservation of the social system.

I counted to three, then popped up and shot four times into the darkness. "now that our sniper knows we can fight back, he'll have to be more cautious about approaching the truck. That'll slow him down, which might make the difference for us." "So your solution is to play Whac-a-Mole with a murderer?

She guarded herself like a secret.

If it sounds too good to be true, it is.

I'm very protective of how much I let people see.

I don't think I'm fearless at all. I think anybody who says they're fearless doesn't last very long. I think I'm pretty cautious, actually.

I am a fiscal conservative.

I tend to be cautious and rational, prone to keep everything under control.

My tendency has always been to lean more conservative, for sure.

No, I'm not at all adventurous. I'm terribly cowardly.

Let us be cautious in making assertions and critical in examining them, but tolerant in permitting linguistic forms. [Carnap's famous plea for tolerance to which W.V. Quine took exception.]

I]f you happen to have any money, lock it up quickly; if you happen to have any jewels, hide them directly; if you happen to have any debtors, make them pay you, or any creditors, don't pay them.

Drinking and driving: there are stupider things, but it's a very short list.

Winnow not with every wind, and go not into every way.

Guarded curiosity.

the cautious Octavius felt that he was too inexperienced to carry off a bold action of this kind.

I have great respect for people who live out their beliefs. For example, Ed Begley Jr. is an environmentalist, but he really lives his lives, and is he very prudent in the way he lives. He's cautious. He's not like an Al Gore that flies around in a private jet and burns 20,000 gallons a day on his jet.

It's fair to say that I have a side that is prudent and a side that is not.

I don't get in a position to be frightened. I don't do anything dangerous, and I always pay my bills.

I am the last person on the dance floor at a wedding, I am the person that awkwardly hangs around the edge and says no unless they've had a few glasses of wine.

The modern spirit is a hesitant one. Spontaneity has given way to cautious legalisms, and the age of heroes has been superseded by a cult of specialization. We have no more giants; only obedient ants.

It reminded me of what Pollux said once about owls. That when you are approached by an owl, when you don't seek it out but it flies to you or perches on your fence, say, the owl is telling you to prepare yourself. Prepare yourself for what? That sort of warning can drive you crazy. Impossible to know how to avoid something when you don't know what it is.

A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street.