Quotes About Caution

People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.

When a man ain't got no ideas of his own, he'd ought to be kind o' careful who he borrows 'em from.

Providence makes use of instruments I'd not touch with a ten-foot pole.

You can't be too careful how you stir up a policeman.

Morrigan Don't worry I'm following my instincts. Birkita Perhaps you could find a way to prudently follow your instincts Morrigan I'm eighteen, nothing I do is prudent

Perhaps you could find a way to prudently follow your instincts? Morrigan put her arm around Birkita and squeezed. I'm eighteen. Nothing I do is prudent. Birkita sighed. That is what worries me.

Well, the natives seemed fairly friendly, so I decided to stay the night. I made a mental note never to seem fairly friendly to an explorer. If you do, he always decides to stay the night.

One more toot--just one single, solitary suggestion of the faintest shadow or suspicion of anything remotely approaching a toot--and may the Lord have mercy on your soul.

There's no getting away from the fact that, if ever a man required watching, it's Steggles. Machiavelli could have taken his correspondence course.

the hand that counteth its chickens ere they be hatched oft-times doth but step on the banana-skin.

It is a disturbing thought that we suffer in this world just as much by being prudent and taking precautions as we do by being rash and impulsive and acting as the spirit moves us.

have to decide on the spur of the moment. I was reading in the paper the other day about those birds who are trying to split the atom, the nub being that they haven't the foggiest as to what will happen if they do. It may be all right. On the other hand, it may not be all right. And pretty silly a chap would feel, no doubt, if, having split the atom, he suddenly found

in the event that armed men of any sort enter the building, watch their feet closely.

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you." —Matthew 7:6 (Bible).

I need you." "You must be careful," he whispered. "You must be so careful. Every need is a path to her.

My mistake was in telling a stranger my private business.

Desconfíe de su primera impresión instintiva. Nuestra primera reacción natural en una situación desagradable es ponernos a la defensiva. Puede ser para peor, no para mejor.

The cautious faith that never saws off a limb on which it is sitting, never learns that unattached limbs may find strange unaccountable ways of not falling.

Wealth is commonplace but wisdom is rare. I beg you to remember that wealth without wisdom can often end in disaster.

I beg you to remember that wealth without wisdom can often end in disaster.

permanent state of high alert.

Nietzsche: "Los que luchan contra monstruos deben cuidarse de no acabar convertidos en uno de ellos".

L'ennemi le plus dangereux est celui que personne ne craint.

Los que luchan contra monstruos deben cuidarse de no acabar convertidos en uno de ellos".