Quotes About Caution

Mind how ye go, hag o' hags. Ye'll be sore missed.

Yes. So what? Lots of people in history have only done their jobs and look at the trouble they caused.

It is not a good idea to spray finest brandy across the room, especially when your lighted cigar is in the way.

A pencil is a wand and a weapon. Be careful. Protect yourself. It can be glorious.

Beware of the charismatic wolf in sheep's clothing. There is evil in the world. You can be tricked.

Beware the ignorant, Lorenzo. They're the most dangerous enemy of all, because they are everywhere.

don't fall for a man who'll break your heart

Remember the woman at Sodom and Gomorrah whose husband told her not to look back, as the angel of God had instructed? And what did she do? She looked back one last time, and turned to a pillar of salt.

Watch out for the icy patch

You can't trust men with very blue eyes. That should be included in manuals for gentlewomen, right after the chapter on how to get in and out of carriages.

A clever companion—had she ever had one—would have warned her never to look a man in the eyes so steadily.

One day my left hand was holding a nail and my right hand a hammer. I was trying to hang a picture and I was not very mindful. Instead of pounding on the nail I pounded on the finger. Right away my right hand put the hammer down and took care of my left hand as if she were taking care of herself.

Something seems to happen to people when they meet a journalist, and what happens is exactly the opposite of what one would expect. One would think that extreme wariness and caution would be the order of the day, but, in fact, childish trust and impetuosity are far more common.

When you have the initial GCHQ induction course for new arrivals, they tell you... not to trust journalists, to be careful to keep everything confidential.

I won't jump two-footed into something without really thinking about it.

Jumping on something too fast can be a mistake. Tae Bo was once the latest and greatest craze, but where is it now?

I know God is watching out for me, and he's saying, 'OK, son, watch your step now. You can be in these places, but just be careful. Keep your guard up.'

It is a ship with a great deal of sail but a very shallow keel.

You know those movies where the people in the audience are screaming, 'Don't go in that door!' because you know the killer is there? Well, it is the same thing with this debt. We know how this ends.

You've got to be careful of guys trying to chop-block you. You know, running backs, the receivers. You've got to just hope that your knees are fine and you can avoid those chop blocks.

The lesson I learned from the Cung Le fight is this: What we do is very dangerous and really shouldn't be played with. I should have just knocked him out, not let him dance around and look good.

It's dangerous if you don't know what you're doing. The greatest risk of injury is knocking off a piece of ice with your pick and having it fall on your forehead.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also a dangerous thing.

We have to be careful about applying criminal labels to people until we're very sure.