Quotes About Caution

The trick was to assume the worst and act accordingly.

We're cautious. How many people do you know whose crying out is for intimacy? They want to be known. They want to be touched. But they can't make that intimate connection without being vulnerable. You have to be vulnerable in order to achieve this exchange of intimacy. And you can't be vulnerable unless you can trust the situation. And what we're learning, many of us, is the world is not trustworthy enough for you to be vulnerable to it and gain that intimacy.

people tend to avoid taking risks—they are "risk averse"—when they are deciding among potential gains, potential positive outcomes.

Porta-Potty Tip: Breathe through your mouth. AND DON'T LOOK DOWN.

UR LOCAL's under construction. Better watch out, traffic fines double.

Never whistle for the wind unless you want it to blow,' Ã¢â'¬Â she said.

I wish I had looked longer, but I don't blame myself. You never know where the trapdoors are in your life, do you?

while I love each and every item, I'm happy to sell them, because I made them especially for you. Feel free to examine them, but please be careful. The best of them have teeth.

Marry in haste, repent in leisure.

And watch out for the blade, Constant Reader. It is a Stephen King story, after all.

Let me close with a word of caution: when you're on the turnpikes and freeways of America, watch out for those Winnebagos and Bounders. You never know who might be inside. Or what.

Point out the potential failure paths, what not to do, but don't tell them what to do.

Believing the world is calm because we have never seen it otherwise is like taking the attitude of a man who jumps off the top of a tall building and figures that, since 29 of the 30 floors have passed without incident, he is going to be okay.

Rash thinking always resulted in unsatisfying results.

Speed lacks careful thought and generates too much risk.

What was the maxim? If you try to kill the king, make sure you do.

If history has taught us nothing else, we have learned that we must defend ourselves against extremism Ã¢â'¬Â¦ from the beginning.

I learned a long time ago that people's actions ar nearly always less tidy than their minds. So I decided to be cautious. - Cotton Malone

She decided not to ready her gun until she saw who was there.

When your enemy is in the process of destroying himself, stay out of the way.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

it's better to strive for a good solution and avoid disaster rather than trying to find the best solution

Make sure you've always got one foot on his brakes and another on yours.

Never throw caution to the wind. It could whip back into your eyes and blind you.