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Quotes About Caution

Well, be careful," she said, her words deliberate. She quickly twisted her head, as if making certain no one was behind her. When she turned back around, her green eyes were hard and filled with hate. "Because wouldn't it be terrible if you slipped and hurt yourself?
~ Kate White
The boys ate warily, trying not to be seen or heard, the cornbread sticking, the buttermilk gurgling, as it went down their gullets.
~ Katherine Anne Porter
The Mouser sighed. The moment had come, he knew, as it always did, when outward circumstances and inner urges commanded an act, when curiosity and fascination tipped the scale of caution, when the lure of a vision and an adventure became so great and deep-hooking that he must respond to it or have his inmost self-respect eaten away.
~ Fritz Leiber
Cu cât mai mare este fragilitatea cuiva,cu atat mai mare va fi si precau?ia lui ?i cu atât mai crâncen? ?i de neclintit severitatea pe care o va arbora în fa?a avansurilor celuilalt.
~ Gabriel Liiceanu
Move forward with the proper balance of caution and panicked haste.
~ Gabriel Mesta
Sorry but nothing of much importance ever happened to me...I'm just a girl who forgot to look both ways before crossing the street.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
But now, at this moment, you can't hook your boat to mine, 'cause I'm liable to sink us both.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
Love me? You don't even know me," A.J. says. "Little girl, you shouldn't go throwing around your love so easily.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
If someone tells you there will be trouble, believe them.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
Alice would only have to be in the hospital for two nights this time, and it was only out of, according to her mother, "an abundance of caution." It reminded her of a murder of crows, a flock of seagulls, a pack of wolves. She imagined that "caution" was a creature of some kind -- maybe, a cross between a Saint Bernard and an elephant. A large, intelligent, friendly animal that could be counted on to defend the Green sisters from threats, existential and otherwise.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
He had said it would be trouble if she came to his apartment, and still she had gone. If someone tells you there will be trouble, believe them.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
Of course, a wandering mind is not always advisable for the recently deceased and is nearly never advisable for the beginning driver.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
you shouldn't go throwing around your love so easily.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and understand about them, the more positively they attempt to argue concerning them, while on the other hand to know and understand a multitude of things renders men cautious in passing judgment upon anything new.
~ Galileo Galilei
Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and understand about them, the more positively they attempt to argue concerning them, while on the other hand to know and understand a multitude of things renders men cautious in passing judgement upon anything new.
~ Galileo Galilei, The Assayer
Knowledge, like all things, is best in moderation," intoned the Will. "Knowing everything means you don't need to think, and that is very dangerous.
~ Garth Nix
Very gently. Like there are eggshells on your pedals, and you don't want to break them. That's how you drive in the rain.
~ Garth Stein
Know who is driving next to you. Any problems that may occur have ultimately been caused by you, because you are responsible for where you are and what you are doing there.
~ Garth Stein
Just because the light is green doesn't mean you shouldn't look both ways before stepping into the street.
~ Garth Stein
A little fear is good for a fellow, it keeps him from getting over-confident.
~ Gary Blackwood
you should be," she said. "Look what happened to Julius Caesar when he underestimated those around him." So we went out to the
~ Gary D. Schmidt
Remember, people who peek through keyholes have to expect an occasional poke in the eye.
~ Gary K. Wolf
people who peek through keyholes have to expect an occasional poke in the eye.
~ Gary K. Wolf
When you gamble with your time, you may be placing a bet you can't cover. Even if you're sure you can win, be careful that you can live with what you lose.
~ Gary Keller