Quotes About Precaution

I'm not a huge fan of South Africa. I always feel a bit worried security-wise.

Air travel survived decades of terrorism, including attacks which resulted in the deaths of everyone on the plane. It survived 9/11. It'll survive the next successful attack. The only real worry is that we'll scare ourselves into making air travel so onerous that we won't fly anymore.

Our ancestors always thought of the worst thing that could happen, and that's why we're alive.

We shouldn't just live for today; we should prepare for tomorrow.

We must ensure that decisions we make today do not come back to haunt us tomorrow.

I don't think us going out in the crowd would be a good idea. I think that we'd be torn apart limb from limb.

Lack of vigilance will get you killed. A McCloud creed that he seemed to have internalized.

He'd just retrieved the stash of condoms from the bedside drawer and tossed them in the duffel because he'd be damned if he'd facilitate her sleeping with some other guy in the future, when Emma walked in.

However deep you dig a well it affords no refuge in the time of flood.

I don't think traveling back in time on an empty stomach is a good idea.

The superior person gathers his weapons together in order to provide against the unforeseen.

Watch out!" warned Annie.

For most of the past century, your odds of being killed by a cougar were about the same as your odds of being killed by a filing cabinet. Snowplows kill twice as many Canadians as grizzly bears do.

I took every precaution to defend my person, in case the fiend should openly attack me. I carried pistols and a dagger constantly about me, and was ever on the watch to prevent artifice; and by these means gained a greater degree of tranquillity.

Beware the camel's nose—for its whole body will soon follow.

They say you thatched your roof and now you must not run out of your house if it rains.

My stenographer would say, 'Fairly warned is fair afeared.

Porta-Potty Tip: Breathe through your mouth. AND DON'T LOOK DOWN.

Because we never know whether our next breath may be our last, being prepared for the immediate unknown becomes as practical as applying for a passport while still uncertain of our destination or time of departure.

you don't need a parachute to skydive. You need a parachute to skydive twice.

The man who knows not, but knows not that he knows not, is a fool. Shun him. A wise precaution. The man who knows not, and knows that he knows not, is a student. Teach him. Definitely. The man who knows, but knows not that he knows, is asleep. Awaken him. That was where he currently found himself. But the man who knows, and knows that he knows, is a teacher. Learn from him. Absolutely.

You should at least wear a life jacket, she scolded. If I do go over and watch my boat sail off into the sunset, I told her, I don't relish the idea of hanging about for several days while my flesh is slowly picked by fish, like some kind of oceanic bird feeder.

People die from typewriters falling on their heads.

Safety warning: never divide by zero unless a licensed mathematician is present.