Quotes About Precaution

Better to be safe than to be sorry' is a remark of value only when these are the actual alternatives.

Put your dough into the oven when it is hot: After making sure that it is in fact dough.

Every door had several large, heavy-duty dead bolts on both the inside and outside. All of the windows were bolted, and at each end of the farmhouse, large metal chains attached to huge steel rings were embedded securely into the wall. The previous owners had apparently chained very large guard dogs on both ends of the house. And they had barred the windows and put dead bolts on both sides of each door. What on earth were they afraid of? Tom wondered.

A man who does not plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.

You do not placate a tiger by feeding it your own flesh.

Ninety-nine percent of pilots that go up never have engine failure, and the 1 percent that do usually land it. But if you're up in the air and something goes wrong, you pull that parachute, and the whole plane goes down slowly.

As usual, when I slip the strap of the gas-mask container over my small daughter's shoulder, I experience a horrible sinking sensation and utter a fervent prayer that this precaution, insisted upon by the Government, may be unnecessary. My own gas mask does not trouble me in the very least and I can look it in the face without a tremor; it is only Betty's small but hideous protection which makes me feel sick.

Next time you wish to feed me poison, warn me first," Loor demanded. (The Merchant of Death)

To be prepared is half the victory.

Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.

The thing you never want your sister to be," my brother informed me, "is an unidentified woman on the news. Bad things happen to unidentified women.

five minutes later she and Keane walked out to his truck. He set the cat carrier carefully in the backseat like maybe it was a ticking bomb but made her smile when he hesitated and then locked a seatbelt around it. When he caught her watching, he shrugged. She's just ornery enough to knock herself off the seat and die and then come back to haunt me, so I'm taking all necessary precautions.

One can have only as much preparation as he has foresight.

Answer my question, Dresden,' Nicodemus growled. 'What is that?' 'A precaution against getting stuck in deep snow,' I said. 'He's training to be a Saint Bernard.' 'Excuse me?' Nicodemus said. I mimed covering one of Mouse's ears with my hand and stage-whispered, 'Don't tell him that they don't actually carry kegs of booze on their collars. Break his little heart.

Better safe than exsanguinated.

I checked my gear, my pockets, my shoelaces, and realized that I had crossed the line between making sure I was ready and trying to postpone the inevitable.

Any shoes with heels that high should come with their own safety net. Or a parachute.

Well. I'd done pretty well, in the survival department, by assuming that my paranoia was justified. Maybe taking out an insurance policy wouldn't be a bad idea.

do you fix a wheel that isn't broken, or do you wait until the cart collapses?

Do not spit into the well that you might need to drink out of.

Never take safety for granted. Always shake the bushes before you enter.

The key to success is to prepare yourself first before doing anything else.

Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite, and furthermore, always carry a small snake.

Beds are dangerous. More people die in bed than anywhere else.