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Quotes About Caution

A FATHER'S GREATEST FEAR is usually that he won't be able to provide for his family. A mom's greatest fear is typically that something will happen to one of her children. Fear is a funny thing. It sometimes provides healthy caution, but more times than not it seems to produce undue stress and anxiety regarding things over which we have little to no control.
~ Lysa TerKeurst
Perhaps," said Jasper shyly, "you would like some Gargletine Instant Breakfast Drink?" Katie fixed him with a long, level stare. Gargletine TM caused hysteria in lab rats and took the brown off horses. "Maybe not," said Katie. "But thanks.
~ Unknown
Sleep with one eye open and one hand on the jewels.
~ Unknown
As for Hitler, they were not nearly so scared of him as they should have been.
~ Madeleine K. Albright
Ariadne's light feet crossed and recrossed the circle. Every step was perfect, like a gift she gave herself, and she smiled, receiving it. I wanted to seize her by the shoulders. Whatever you do, I wanted to say, do not be too happy. It will bring down fire on your head. I said nothing, and let her dance.
~ Madeline Miller
Whatever you do, I wanted to say, do not be too happy. It will bring down fire on your head.
~ Madeline Miller
You warned me it was not safe. I do not think being frightened will help.
~ Madeline Miller
Whatever you do, I wanted to say, do not be too happy. It will bring down fire on your head. I said nothing, and let her dance.
~ Madeline Miller
Walk very lightly and carefully, Wade. Look behind every bush.
~ John D. MacDonald
I have no stomach for surprises. I have endured too many of them. They upset me. The elimination of all removable risk is the most plausible way of staying alive.
~ John D. MacDonald
That's the way They do you. That's the way They set you up for it. There ought to be a warning bell on the happy-meter, so that every time it creeps high enough, you get that dang-dang alert. Duck, boy. That glow makes you too visible. One of Them is out there in the boonies, adjusting the windage, getting you lined up in the cross hairs of the scope.
~ John D. MacDonald
Hati-hati terhadap kemarahan orang yang penyabar.
~ John Dryden
Jesus said, "Do not throw your pearls to pigs" (Matt. 7:6). By this we don't think he was calling some people pigs. He was saying, "Look—be careful that you do not give something precious to someone who, at best, cannot recognize its beauty, or at worst, will trample on it." Consider your feminine heart and beauty your treasure, your pearls.
~ John Eldredge
Seeing her made me feel like I was catching a rarity, going up to it very careful, heart-in-mouth as they say.
~ John Fowles
not for the crocs.
~ John Grisham
Don't ever get involved in politics, Theo. It's a dirty game.
~ John Grisham
She ended with a grim warning: "Burn this letter, for it is too dangerous
~ John Guy
believing that whatever else she did, she would be surrounded by treachery and deceit.
~ John Guy
Just because you're sober, don't think you're a good driver, Cookie.
~ John Irving
History is composed of the smallest, often undetected mistakes.
~ John Irving
Ruth Cole was a novelist; novelists are not at their best when they go off half-cocked. She believed that she would prepare what she was going to tell the police - preferably in writing.
~ John Irving
Always be suspicious of easy work, Dr. Wilbur Larch once said to Homer Wells.
~ John Irving
But some rules are just rules. You just got to break them carefully.
~ John Irving
Watch out for people who call themselves religious; make sure you know what they mean-- make sure they know what they mean!
~ John Irving