Quotes About Caution

And it's not just Freddy to watch for in a place like this. Wishmaster could step into the passage between the two cells, use his drug dealer voice to ask her if she'd like to walk through these solid bars to freedom, and if Jade was tired enough, she might not remember to word this wish with utmost care, and end up being pulled like taffy through the steel bars. No thank you.

I have noticed that even those who assert that everything is predestined and that we can change nothing about it still look both ways before they cross the street.

Kantian philosophical caution is thus not actually as cautious as it pretends to be, for it rests on assumptions that it takes for granted.

If ya let hornets rest in yer outhouse, it's hard t'get pissed when they buzz down and sting yer ass.

The Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water

His mother called such people ignorant and superstitious, but his father only shook his head slowly and puffed his pipe and said that sometimes old stories had a grain or two of truth in them and it was best not to take chances. It was why, he said, he crossed himself whenever a black cat crossed his path.

He who waits for the sword to fall upon his neck will surely lose his head.

The first rule about the low hanging fruit principle is to always watch out for low hanging branches, they're the ones to take it away from you.

Sometimes your wish can become chaos ... be careful what you wish for!

I had no reason to feel wary of Huntley.There were no warning signs or anything like that. Little did I know there were allegations against Huntley going back as far as August 1995 ....

I had not learned anything about Huntley that would have alerted me to what he was. I had no reason, as an 11-year-old girl, to be wary of him. No one said, 'This guy likes to have sex with young girls.

I prefer Lee to Johnston," he explained. To his mind, General Lee was "too cautious & weak under grave responsibility . . . wanting in moral firmness when pressed by heavy responsibility & is likely to be timid & irresolute in action.

Many eyes are watching you, and many hearts are wary of your presence

You touch a safe the way you touch a woman," he

You know, you can touch a stick of dynamite, but if you touch a venomous snake it'll turn around and bite you and kill you so fast it's not even funny.

Cold allowed precision, heat threw caution aside and plunged in rampantly. Cold was the process of deliberation and planning, heat the result of unbridled passion. Passion was fine, but only when controlled and channeled properly.

Remember, a closed mouth gathers no foot.

That said, forewarned is forearmed,

One reason I'm still around to tell you these stories is because when I'm doing big things that are crazy, I try to play it safe with as much of the little stuff as I can. It's worked so far, right? Of course, "It's worked so far, right?" do pretty well as last words, so let's not get cocky about it.

I felt ready for anything, as long as it wasn't too threatening.

True heroics must be carefully planned - and strenuously avoided.

3. Be careful of Web research. Be wary of what you find on the Web. After all, it was Abraham Lincoln who said, "The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you never know if they were genuine.

Beware the ridiculous. It will one day rule you.

When one does not know what one seeks, caution is the surest armour.