Quotes About Precaution

Maybe fire and kerosene don't go together for a reason.

I'd had a couple of spectacular mishaps in the magic department recently, so I didn't like to mess with actual humans anymore, not if I could help it.

Be sure not to wash your white things with red or you'll have pink underwear.

Worsely: You know what you were saying about a plastic bag. Suppose I put a plastic bag around my head and tied it tightly round the neck. What could possibly go wrong? Clegg: Some of them nowadays has safety holes. Worsely: Not all. I would have a look

Experience had taught me it's better to be wary and feel ridiculous than to get conked on the head, or abducted, or whatever the enemy plan of the day might be.

I have this mentality that I have to be prepared for everything.

Back to Microsoft days, I'm always looking for, 'OK, that's great, but what can go wrong?'

One should never eat les crustaces in months spelled without R—they may contain poison.

I was very strict on that point. No devouring classmates." Jeremy rolled his eyes. "Other parents warn their kids not to talk to strangers. I had to warn mine not to eat them.

The world is a dangerous place, full of people who don't trust each other. This is why I am staying up in this tree.

Do I believe in safe sex? Of course I do. I have a handrail around the bed.

Two boys wearing masks, the most visible symbol of the epidemic

Beware of a man's shadow and a bee's sting.

Plan for the very worst, then pray for the very best. Savor the days when the sun shines, but have your raincoat and boots ready for the storms that will always blow in from the bay.

You can thank the Tylenol killer for the fact that it now takes a blow torch to get into a bottle of Tylenol.

Irene hated trusting to luck. It was no substitute for good planning and careful preparation.

Do you know what body armor says about a guy? It says he needs body armor.

It's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

I had once read a book that said a traveler should always have one and it made a lot of sense.

As he passed me, he leaned to Curran and handed him a paper fan folded from some sort of flyer. Curran looked at the fan. "What?" "An emergency precaution, Your Majesty. In case the lady faints." Curran just stared at him. Raphael strode toward the Pit, turned, flexed a bit, and winked at me. "Give me that," I told Curran. "I need to fan myself." "No, you don't.

with about twenty-five feet of space between each to make sure nobody happened to trip and accidentally fall into a slaughter.

how much more dangerous the world was for women, how we should cross the street if a man's coming toward us and there's nobody else around and avoid them completely if they're in a group, watch our backs, look to both sides, turn invisible.

It is a good thing to learn caution by the misfortunes of others.

If I'm going to fly for more than twenty feet it's generally a good idea to get a stunt guy.