Quotes About Caution

Never step back unless you've looked over your shoulder first. And don't step forward until you've tested the ground.

saw this associate she spoke of?" Fine gave the dog a wary look when he sniffed at

When in uncharted territory, he thought, take one careful step at a time.

Maybe we should always assume the worst.

The girls you meet are never very far from their worst-case scenario.

You take a 98-percent concentration of fuming nitric acid and add the acid to three times that amount of sulfuric acid. Do this in an ice bath. Then add glycerin drop-by-drop with an eye dropper. You have nitroglycerin.

Now this is a chemical burn.

Where there's smoke, there's usually fire," Solo says before adding quietly, "Usually an electrical fire near the hyperspace drive, which Chewie always warns me about…

It's a trap!

A good life lesson is not to take strange meat from strange people. "You're

Shooting yourself in the leg is healthier than in the heart, too. Doesn't mean I would recommend doing it.

You start to grow up and you learn from all the stories around you what the world is like, and yous tart to lose freedoms. Not because anybody actually tells you that you've lost them, but because you know you need to take care...Beware darkness, isolation, the outdoors, unlocked windows, men you don't know. And then you realize too that even men you know, or thought you knew, might not be okay.

Shakespeare say? Discretion is the better part of valor?

Don't worry, my pearl. I'll be careful, not to ruin your face when I kill you!

Canoeing, per se, isn't dangerous, but some canoeists are.

Walk with care in dark places, and do not put your faith in anyone who promises you the forgiveness of the Lord or a certain place in Paradise.

Discretion's the better part of valor

During the course of an ordinary day, we are constrained by a kind of natural caution, an anticipation of possible difficulties and problems, which tint our consciousness a shade of grey. Talking and thinking about peak experiences makes us realize how lucky we are, and that we can dispense with the caution and constraint. It is like realizing that you have more money in the bank than you thought.

Words can be like tiny doses of arsenic: they are swallowed unnoticed, appear to have no effect, and then after a little time the toxic reaction sets in after all.

She remembered how her parents had warned her about Malloy, and she remembered how Malloy warned her about Malloy. Too many things to remember.

Lonely people could make terrible mistakes if they weren't careful. She'd been careful for too long to risk it now.

I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts.

There's a snake hidden in the grass. Virgil. Ecologues,no. 3.1.1o8

Yo temo al Griego, aunque presente dones.