Quotes About Caution

I'm a little suspicious of using microwaves.

I'm cautious about using fire. It can become theatrical. I am interested in the heat, not the flames.

The decision to use military force should always be one made with the utmost caution, with U.S. interests at stake, and with the consent of Congress.

I sympathize with politicians who have to watch every syllable they utter for fear it will be misused by somebody with an agenda.

I would caution against fueling cheap populism. First of all, every German who has spent a vacation in Greece knows that the standard of living there isn't higher than it is in Germany. Second, Greece is paying a high price for European assistance.

Discretion is a very valuable asset.

Oh, a heart's a poor choice to follow. It's so easily hoodwinked.

Daniel Kahneman says ruminating on what went wrong makes evolutionary sense. Our ancestors survived by remembering the one poisonous berry they encountered and telling their friends about it. Describing the ten tasty ones didn't do much good at all. We

Thus, part—not all, but part—of the reason for Japan initiating World War Two against such hopeless odds was that young army leaders of the 1930's lacked the knowledge base and historical experience necessary for honest, realistic, cautious self-appraisal. The result was disastrous for Japan.

2.5.03.02.005: Generally speaking, if you fiddle with something, it will break. Don't.

There is much unexplained in the world. It behoves one to be wary at all times. Just when you think you've got the hang of it, along comes string theory, collateralised debt obligations or Björk's new album, and bam! You're as confused as you were when you first started.

Keep your head down, Edward. Those that see too much quickly find themselves seeing nothing at all.

I don't know when I am going to be back, so listen carefully. Never buy a blue car or a paddling pool, stay away from oysters and circular saws, and don't be near Oxford in June 2016. Got it?

Drowning isn't the only way water can kill you.

The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.

Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.

Beware, so long as you live, or judging men by their outwards appearance.

Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.

What you take to be hyprocrisy is sometimes a certain caution, sometimes genuine, though ponderous, childish, sometimes a mixture of both.

Quoting her mother: The trouble with a book is you never know what's in it until it's too late!

I asked my mother why we couldn't have books and she said, 'The trouble with a book is that you never know what's in it until it's too late.' I thought to myself, 'Too late for what?

I discovered from my time in the brother that men's members, if bitten off or otherwise severed, do not grow again. This seems a great mistake on the part of nature, since men are so careless with their members and will put them anywhere without thinking.

I discovered from my time in the brothel that men's members, if bitten off or otherwise severed, do not grow again. This seems a great mistake on the part of nature, since men are so careless with their members and will put them anywhere without thinking.

In giving too much weight to prudence one doesn't make enough allowance for the possibility of good luck.