Quotes About Caution

Carelessness doesn't bounce — it shatters.

Safety never takes a holiday.

Danger never takes a vacation.

When you gamble with safety, you bet your life.

While on a ladder, never step back to admire your work.

Be alert! Accidents hurt.

Alert today, alive tomorrow.

Better dead sure than sure dead.

If you don't think it's safe, it probably isn't.

The safest risk is the one you didn't take.

He who has been stung by a scorpion is afraid of its shadow.

We know not which stone the scorpion lurks under.

Hear ye, intruders! Beware of guard dreams.

It's better to crash into a nap than to nap into a crash.

Dead folks can't hurt you none. It's the ones that are alive, you have to watch out for.

The way to avoid the tragedies of the past is not to let them happen to begin with.

I don't encourage blasting through stop signs or riding like an idiot. I want to make that clear. But given the number of riders (and idiots) out there, there are bound to be some who ride that way and, yes, anger drivers. But they also keep drivers on their toes - here comes another cyclist; I wonder if he's as oblivious and suicidal as the last one...

If you happen to be out at night on the bike path without a light, ring your bell constantly. No bell? Then sing "Hotel Yorba" on a continuous loop, loud enough to warn the unseen.

Lady in red, take my advice, you'd be better off dead.

A truth spoken before its time is dangerous.

A word out of season may mar a whole lifetime.

My mother warned me about getting into cars with strange men." "This isn't a car," he pointed out.

As for those forwards who remain on the ice for too long, we'll pass the mic to venerable blogger Tyler Dellow: "Being on the ice after a minute is sort of like being in a bar after 1:00 am—there's no guarantee that something bad will happen, it's possible that something good will happen, but the odds are slanted heavily in favor of something bad.

Trust and stupidity are close friends. Of course, no one really knows that until it's too late.