Quotes About Caution

Don't trust, and never verify." Roy said, "That doesn't fill me with confidence.

were going to be released, for fear of compromising Special

You have a bad habit of listing anything that can go wrong, Volger. I have always considered that a good habit

Aquel que ha atrapado al diablo, ¡que no lo suelte!; no volverá a atraparlo por segunda vez.

Mit Frauen soll man sich nie unterstehn zu scherzen." - Mephistopheles

Beware of wishing anything in youth, because you will get it in middle age.

You know,I think I'd rather freeze than continue this conversation. You've been warned.Proceed at your own risk." He smiled. "I always do,darlin'.

Every dog has one free bite. A dog cannot be presumed to be vicious until he has proved that he is by biting someone.

think that people may be more careful for a year or two, and then we may see another speculative buildup followed by another crash, and so on until God makes people less greedy.

Revolutionaries - true revolutionaries - are aggressive, ruthless, and generally seize the main chance, as William Henry Drayton did when he saw that stump-speaking was getting him nowhere. But defenders of the status quo tend toward caution and legalisms and inaction until it is too late

don't do things that kill you.

It is dangerous ... to apply to the future inductive arguments based on past experience.

Beware the Wrath of a Patient Adversary.

There is often less danger in the things we fear than in the things we desire.

There was a very cautious man Who never laughed or played He never risked, he never tried, He never sang or prayed. And when he on day passed away, His insurance was denied, For since he never really lived, They claimed he never really died. (Anonymous poem)

The fear he speaks of is that which renders us more cautious, not that which produces despondency, the fear which is felt when the mind confounded in itself resumes its equanimity in God, downcast in itself, takes courage in God, distrusting itself, breathes confidence in God.

The long-term risks of intensive farming are not yet known, for it is still in its first generation, but the BSE epidemic was a warning that caution is necessary. Perhaps in the future our industrial meat will come, like cigarettes, with a warning: FACTORY FARMED: EAT AT YOUR OWN RISK.

You must be careful where you step. And you must be ready for what you might find.

But I'm expected. Palfrey. I—" "Oh, yes, sir! Better not try to get the jeep along the street, though Mind

We've all met one or two women, I daresay, it would have been better if we hadn't met." "Now there," observed Cullingford Abbot, "we have a short history of mankind expressed with admirable terseness.

Take heed of loving me.

Wicked is not much worse than indiscreet.

Better shun the bait, than struggle in the snare.

At least half of my life's many mistakes can be safely put down to impetuosity: the other half derive from inertia.