Quotes About Caution

Like the herd animals we are, we sniff warily at the strange one among us.

"It can't happen here" is number one on the list of famous last words.

Actually, I am a coward. I say only what is safe to say, and I criticise only what is permissable to criticise.

We do have freedom of speech, but if you say the wrong word, it looks like it makes headlines. So everybody has to be very careful.

The woods are full of poison berries but you don't have to eat them.

The advice of friends must be received with a judicious reserve; we must not give ourselves up to it and follow it blindly, whether right or wrong.

Friends are to be feared, not so much for what they make us do as what they keep us from doing.

Think twice before you speak to a friend in need

Wit is a dangerous talent in friendship.

Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquaintance and without any viable reason.

He that lies down with dogs shall rise up with fleas.

A word of advice don't give it.

Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.

Check thyself before thy wreck thyself.

Be careful what you wish for, you may receive it.

Fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again.

C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows your whole leg off.

I've never worked out what the moral of Humpty Dumpty is. I can only think of: Don't sit on a wall, if you're an egg.

Trust is hard to come by. That's why my circle is small and tight. I'm kind of funny about making new friends.

There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.

Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.

Be careful of your actions. You never know when you're creating a memory...

When you are young, your whole life is about fun. Then, you grow up and learn to be cautious. You could break a bone or a heart. You look before you leap, and sometimes you don't leap at all because there's not always someone to catch you. And in life ,there is no safety net. When did it stop being fun and start being scary.?

Do not raise the head too high unless you want it to be omitted.