Quotes About Caution

Often the best tool is the most dangerous. One doesn't hesitate to use it on that account; one merely makes sure to take adequate precautions.

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Not that my watching out was likely to do a lot of good, I thought; every second man on the dock looked like an assassin to me.

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Don't fart above your arsehole.

For God's sake, be careful, Sassenach!" he muttered. "Dinna go near those things!

Put not your trust in princes'?

I lost $6 in Atlantic City once and said, 'Never again.'

I believe in not attacking a country pre-emptively unless you're sure of what you're doing and you're working with allies.

Automobiles are dangerous as all get-out.

I try to avoid giving advice.

The bottom-line message of history is that if you're doubling and tripling your money in record time, you're also more likely to lose it all.

I'm not doing anything dumb; I'm not getting in trouble.

Israel cannot afford to be duped.

It's a dangerous world, man. You've gotta keep your eyes and ears peeled and be on the alert all the time.

It is much easier to drive without having an accident.

I think you've got to watch out for anybody in high school who says he wants to become an economist.

You really need to be on the edge and you have to keep your eyes open.

There's a difference between having an edge and being stupid.

I've got ambitions. I've always been very ambitious. But I think there's something nice about not saying all of my dreams, in case they don't happen and then it's just really embarrassing.

Sometimes even paranoids have enemies.

I over-scrutinize anyone new entering my life.

I told myself that I'd had life too easy, conditioned by an upbringing where fear of change was disguised as caution.

Final warning. Shut up or die.