Quotes About Caution

If there's one thing I know, it's that the minute someone feels obligated to tell you not to be afraid of them, that's the time to start being afraid of them.

You may kiss me and eat one bite of my apple," she told him. "One bite, no more." He was frightened, and shook his head. "One bite will let you understand everything." Her voice was music. "Two bites would let you understand more than everything, and more than everything is too much." He backed away. The

Opta por el no antes que por el sí cuando puedas hacer algo de lo que luego te arrepentirás.

As Petrus Alphonsus says, 'If you have the ability to do a thing of which you must later repent, "Nay" is better than "Yea.

My sone, God, of his endelees goodnesse, Walled a tonge with teeth and lippes eke, For man sholde him avise what he speeke.

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a little is as much as our biggest heads can hold.

Science becomes dangerous only when it imagines that it has reached its goal.

A good motto to live by: 'Always try not to get killed.

You can prick your finger ... Just don't finger your prick.

One good reason to only maintain a small circle of friends is that three out of four murders are committed by people who know the victim.

Never approach a crying woman entering a sports bar carrying a harpoon gun.

No one lends his entire fortune, not even to his best friend

A small return and a safe one is far more desirable than risk

But let the wise be warned against too great readiness at explanation: it multiplies the sources of mistake, lengthening the sum for reckoners sure to go wrong.

Notions and scruples were like spilt needles, making one afraid of treading, or sitting down, or even eating.

But at present this caution against a too hasty judgment interests me more in relation to Mr. Casaubon than to his young cousin. If

Never live with someone that won the Heisman.

We are all frightened now. No one says anything public without looking over their shoulder and wondering, Have I said something wrong? Am I going to get in trouble?

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

A word to the wise is enough.

One of the downsides of being famous is that folks pay far more attention to you than they should. American celebrities are constantly under surveillance, and every word they say is subject to scrutiny. So, be careful what you wish for if you desire fame. No human being should be a goldfish.

It is very humbling to receive the Fields Medal. The words of a Fields Medallist carry a lot of weight within mathematics - for instance, in framing future directions of research - which means that I have to watch what I say more carefully now!

I haven't much opinion of words. They're apt to set fire to a dry tongue, that's what I say.

Be extra careful in the work environment with those who like to maintain their position through charm and being political, rather than getting things done. They are very prone to envying and hating those who work hard and get results. They will slander and sabotage you without any warning.