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Quotes About Precaution

Man is never watchful enough against dangers that threaten him every hour. [Lat., Quid quisque vitet nunquam homini satis Cautum est in horas.]
~ Horace
This is to think, that men are so foolish, that they take care to avoid what mischiefs may be done them by pole-cats, or foxes; but are content, nay, think it safety, to be devoured by lions.
~ John Locke
Mom, you're the one who said to never stop in case I get raped or picked up by a democrat.
~ Maggie Stiefvater
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
~ Mencius
Whatever you do, think of next morning's headlines.
~ Eric Berne
Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.
~ Edmund Burke
Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.
~ Winston Churchill
The more wary you are of danger the more likely you are to meet it.
~ Jean de La Fontaine
Always drink upstream from the herd.
~ Will Rogers
If Sade's books are the kind which the French inelegantly describe as needing to be read with one hand, it is a sensible precaution to hold a sick-bowl in the other.
~ David Coward
It's pretty obvious that when bikes and cars try to occupy the same space at the same time, the motorcyclist gets hurt a lot more seriously and more often than the driver. And when bikes and trucks collide, motorcyclists are often injured fatally.
~ David L. Hough
Avoid surgery and anesthesia after recent MI
~ David M. Gaba
I'd learned some things. I knew you weren't supposed to hold a good wine at the top - the paper bag falls off.
~ Pat Paulsen
If you have autism in the family history, you still vaccinate. Delay it a bit, space them out.
~ Temple Grandin
I've spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on the very best security and I can assure you my homes are as safe as the Bank of England.
~ Simon Cowell
Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.
~ Thucydides
Hope for the best, plan for the worst.
~ Lee Child
I think we have every reason to hope for the best but expect and prepare for the worst.
~ Van Jones
When you see a threat, you just can't hope for the best in this day and age, where terrorists are capable of inflicting damage on the homeland.
~ George W. Bush
Hope for the best but prepare for the worst.
~ English proverb
If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats.
~ Daniel Handler
They say you're not supposed to put metal in a microwave oven. They're right.
~ Steven Wright
Have you ever noticed that your ugliest friend is the most afraid of getting ruffied? It's like relax. YOU can take the coaster off your drink. There are at least three of us in line ahead of you.
~ Natasha Leggero
Never accept a drink from a urologist.
~ Erma Bombeck