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Quotes About Precaution

There have been only five burglars in the history of robbery who have specialized in rope. All five of these burglars were caught and sent to prison, which is why scarcely any people lock up their rope for safekeeping.
~ Lemony Snicket
It is true that something terrible might happen to you walking around by yourself at night, which is why I always ran instead of walking
~ Lemony Snicket
two things that should be avoided at all costs
~ Lemony Snicket
Aye! Mind the ladder! Close the hatch behind you! Don't rush! No—take your time! Don't fall! Mind your step! Aye! Don't trip! Don't make noise! Don't scare me! Don't look down! No—look where you're going! Don't bring any flammable liquids with you! Watch your feet! Aye! No—watch your back! No—watch your mouth! No—watch yourselves! Aye!
~ Lemony Snicket
Si eres alérgico a algo es mejor no ponértelo en la boca, sobretodo si ese algo son los gatos.
~ Lemony Snicket
If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats.
~ Lemony Snicket
The four cautions: Beware a woman in front of you, beware a horse behind of you, beware a cart beside of you, and beware a priest every which way.
~ Jamie O'Neill
Jemima has just told me that the butcher says there is a bad sore throat very much about. I dare say I shall catch it; and my sore throats, you know, are always worse than anybody's.
~ Jane Austen
Gotta protect the little dudes. I tried an AK-47, but it wouldn't fit under my seat. I like the Uzi better, anyway. It looks better with the dress. The AK seems too casual to me.
~ Janet Evanovich
Is that why you have hand grenades and a garrote in your nightstand? They're sleep aids.
~ Janet Evanovich
I'll give you a list of a hundred ways that I'm more likely to be injured than belting around a race track with people who know what they're doing. It's not a place where I feel I'm in unnecessary danger.
~ Eric Bana
You just always have to protect yourself. Try not to take any unnecessary hits.
~ Deshaun Watson
I think the one thing I can say is not to play through concussions. I think that's unwise.
~ Chris Borland
If I'm traveling, I'll take a film camera and a digital camera because sometimes there are moments where, if you've lost it, or if coming back and it accidentally goes through the X-ray machine and it gets overexposed, you might have had a really important moment to you and you would be really upset that you didn't have a back-up.
~ Dianna Agron
It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?
~ Ronald Reagan
To mess around with Ebola is an easy way to die. Better to work with something safer, such as anthrax.
~ Richard Preston
I don't date guys that I just meet randomly. I don't feel comfortable meeting strangers.
~ Ali Landry
We have always been told not to open the door to strangers, especially because of the terrible things that could happen these days. I never have, unless they are expected and are friends or family.
~ Vera Lynn
Do not siphon gas with your mouth.
~ Tim Hawkins
Es peor de lo que piensas, Don -, repuso Mort. - No sólo cada noche se pintan los amarraderos, sino que el momento de comenzar a hacerlo es determinado por la temperatura y la humedad, de modo que la pintura esté seca a la hora de abrir el parque a la mañana siguiente.
~ Tom Connellan
I don't do online banking.
~ Frank Abagnale
And here I must take the liberty, whatever I have to reproach myself with in my after conduct, to turn to my fellow-creatures, the young ladies of this country, and speak to them by way of precaution. If you have any regard to your future happiness, any view of living comfortably with a husband, any hope of preserving your fortunes, or restoring them after any disaster, never, ladies, marry a fool; any husband rather than a fool.
~ Daniel Defoe
Expect poison from the standing water.
~ William Blake
You don't want to be rude but you have to be careful - there are a lot of strange people out there. (Goldman attributes this quote to Cliff Robertson.)
~ William Goldman