Quotes About Caution

Don't bait the cougars.

Remember, losing one pint of blood's an accident. Losing two is carelessness.

We've worshipped lots of gods in our history," she said. "We've killed most of them. You might want to be wary.

Another thing I don't want on my tombstone, Shane said. You have others? Claire asked. He held up one finger. I thought it wasn't loaded, Shane said. Second finger. Hand me a match so I can check the gas tank. Third finger. Killed over ice cream. Basically, any death that requires me to be stupid first.

The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster.

Be afraid in proportion to the threat.

Imagination was so powerful that you had to be careful because you could imagine things into existence that you might regret.

When balancing a bottle of nitroglycerin on the point of a sword, never complicate the task by trying to tap dance.

Proceeding with caution and proceeding slowly are sometimes two different things. In certain circumstances, momentum could be more important than caution, though it was never wise to dispense with wariness.

death is frequently the reward for the reckless and the timid alike

There will be something very wrong with any place we go.

I guess I need to get my paranoid on.

You play everything so close to your vest, it's like your entire life is one long poker hand.

The stairs creaked. They always creaked when creaking could lead to your death, and they never creaked when creaking didn't matter.

My pity was quickly exceeded by a kind of righteous rage, which is a dangerous emotion, clouding judgment, precluding caution. In this condition, which I do not seek, which frightens me, which comes over me as though I have been possessed, I can't turn away from what must be done. I plunge. My friends, those few who know my secrets, think my compulsion has a divine inspiration. Maybe it's just temporary insanity.

perhaps a warning.

He drops the pistol into the right-hand pocket of his raincoat. He is not expecting trouble. Nevertheless, he goes nowhere unarmed. One can never be too careful. Besides, opportunities often arise unexpectedly. In

if he had been foolish enough to trust the media to help him blow the whistle, he would be dead by now.

She does not always carry a concealed weapon when outside.

Hark, dumbass, the error is not to fall but to fall from no height. Don't fall off a curb, fall off a cliff.

Lo hice. Me quedé de rodillas mientras los polis se me acercaban con cautela, el aire amargo la tomaba con mis pies descalzos y mi fina camisa y los médicos subían a Angie a la ambulancia y se la llevaban.

Qualsiasi cosa tu abbia intenzione di fare, Teddy, non prendere quelle pillole.

The medical Power of Attorney is legally enforceable, whereas the Living Will is not. It may seem like a man using both a belt and braces to keep his trousers up, but experience shows that if you care about a good death you cannot be too careful.

Like plumbing, medicine is a profession where you learn early on not to put your fingers in your mouth.