Quotes About Caution

By naming the parshah after Korach, the Torah endorses his commendable traits of aspiring to higher goals and of seeking immediate redemption. These are timeless goals for all of us, even while retaining the caution of our limitations on the practical level.

It is not wise to meddle with D'Angelines in matters of love.

One must gauge one's trust carefully.

It went well enough at first. One need not be able to name a danger to sense and avoid it.

Ambition untempered by caution is like a river in flood. It leaps from its natural channels to forge the shortest course, and it sweeps away all in its path. Do not get swept away

It's not wise to trust a poet with one's secrets, but it's not wise to cross them, either

Wrong decisions, Jakob, are never inevitable. A wise man can always turn back from a precipice.

Giovanni," I said, helplessly, "be careful. Please be careful." He gave me an ironical smile. "Thank you," he said. "You should have given me that advice the night we met.

Giovanni', I said, helplessly, 'be careful. Please be careful'. He gave me an ironical smile. 'Thank you', he said, 'You should have given me that advice the night we met

thoughtless reliance on technology is a liability

tends to rivet our attention on the Icarus companies

A wise man prepares for treachery.

That's the first rule of survival in enemy waters: volunteer nothing.

Ghormley wary about the threat of espionage. No doubt mindful of the role that spies played in the surprise attacks at Pearl Harbor and the Philippines, Ghormley wrote his staff, "Loose talk is a stupid habit.… Some would risk the lives of their friends by a silly effort to impress others in public places.

You've made a wise choice, lad...I won't insult your intelligence with the word 'trust'.

Calculating psychopaths don't shit where they eat.

Trust wolves before you trust dashing and fawning young men.

The deer that goes too often to the lick meets the hunter at last!

One time I semi-wrecked my uncle's truck. He told me to back it up into a ditch, but my foot slipped and I gunned it a little too much. But now I use one foot, and I do not run into stuff - at least I try not to.

I think the thing I had to be careful about while writing a book was not to say anything that was revealing about other people that they would be uncomfortable with. I didn't want to make people angry - that's a real risk.

It is always dangerous to underestimate anybody.

You underestimate John Bolton at your peril.

I'm not going to underestimate any fighter.

You can never make the mistake of underestimating an opponent, especially in the Champions League.