Quotes About Caution

I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.

I have learned to use the world 'impossible' with the greatest caution.

Be careful not to trip over yourself.

Where only angels tread, he would be a fool to rush in; though perhaps the wise may preserve their dignity if, aware of their presumption, they enter cautiously.

All a poet can do today is warn.

A few alligators are naturally of the vicious type and inclined to resent it when you prod them with a stick. You can find out which ones these are by prodding them.

traffic deaths.

do not simply trust intuitive judgment—your own or that of others—but do not dismiss it, either.

Survival prospects are poor for an animal that is not suspicious of novelty. However, it is also adaptive for the initial caution

I'm in a very good mood today, and my System 2 is weaker than usual. I should be extra careful.

The best thing I've learned is, if you're going out, never go out alone - you leave yourself vulnerable. If you've got someone else there you trust, they can say, be wary of that person. I probably used to be too trusting of people.

He would be painstaking in his approach, meticulous. For there was nothing more dangerous, he thought, than a patient man.

one needed to be careful what one wished for.

No había nada más peligroso, pensó, que un hombre paciente.

Complacency, he had warned her, was an illegal's greatest enemy

the further we are from our last disaster, the closer we are to our next.

Sabiam que andavam a ser caçados e tentavam não se manter muito tempo no mesmo sítio. Mas o medo tornava-os descuidados. O medo tornava-os alvos fáceis.

the Passat and provide perimeter security, with what, he did not know. Alistair Hughes, MI6's Vienna Head of Station, had expressly forbidden him to carry a weapon. Keller had a well-deserved reputation for violence; Hughes, for caution. He had a nice life in Vienna—a productive network, long lunches, decent relations with the local service. The last thing he wanted was a problem that would result in him being recalled to a desk at Vauxhall Cross. Just then

The further we are from the last disaster, the closer we are to the next.

there was nothing more dangerous, he thought, than a patient man.

fearful. Send no more troops here. We will endeavor to prevent

The thought crossed my mind that I should have been a bit more wary before climbing into a helicopter and flying to God knows where without an escape route.

Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry.

All hope abandon, ye who enter here!