Quotes About Caution

The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.

The first thing I've learned is to trust nobody.

People are smarter now. That's one thing we taught them. Don't trust anybody. Don't trust your government. Don't trust the media. Don't trust anybody over thirty.

What had he been Thinking? If a fella was looking for love, I was the wrong road to go down. I was the road, in fact, that was crawling with barbed wire and bears and dynamite, marked with huge signs that said THERE IS NOTHING FOR YOU HERE.

They sat quietly, both thinking of Marty Gray, and of all the bad things that can happen to young girls who are shy and good and obedient. The secret keepers. The easily led.

Word of caution: try not to get so caught up in the action that you shoot the idiot who keeps knocking on your front door! "He should have waited until the commercial break," won't earn you an acquittal for justifiable homicide.

He may be friendly, but he's not your friend.

Es más fácil no hacerse mucho daño haciéndose un poquito de daño.

Cuando un trato parece demasiado bueno para ser verdad, adivina el resto».

I always pet a dog with my left hand because if he bit me I'd still have my right hand to paint with.

I'm always assuming things are going to crash and I'm trying to figure out what could go wrong before it happens. It's helpful for work. But it's a terrible way to live your life.

One wouldn't wish to tempt fate

There was something in front of her, perhaps happiness: Mary hesitated, like someone in a fairy-tale being offered a tempting dish that might be poisoned. Was that it? Again she didn't know. She disapproved of fairy-tale. They were not rational.

Just as with fire and knives, spirits must always be treated with respect and caution. A combination of common sense and knowing how to work with them ensures safety.

You shouldn't be told you're completely irresponsible and be left alone with too much medication. It's too easy to forget. You take a couple of sleeping pills and you wake up in twenty minutes and forget you've taken them. So you take a couple more, and the next thing you know you've taken too many.

If you're going to hit a car, try to be sure that it's not a cop car

When it comes to love, there is the timeworn caution that the very qualities you fall hardest for may be those you grow to despise. With Stavros, she wonders if the opposite might hold true: that this quality she nearly fears - his aversion to sanctifying the past - is something for which she will someday be grateful.

Be careful what you wish for,her mind thundered.

tumbling to the ground. "Didja…didja hafta open it so…so fast?" he mumbled.

There were a thousand ways to make an idiot of oneself, with new opportunities arising every day. It was exhausting trying to avoid them all.

I'm sure you're already aware that you should never trust a gentleman who says you can trust him.

How in the hell am I supposed to watch my back if I have no idea what I'm watching for?

Don't be silly. I don't even know the man. And if I did, I would probably run in the opposite direction. He is exactly the sort of man the two of us should avoid at all costs. He could probably seduce an iceberg.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained." "Yes, but it is a wise man who understands his limits.