Quotes About Caution

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

Put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

And until you're sure there's a cage around a tiger, it's pretty dumb to dangle meat in front of it. Right?

chart. Everything he had heard about this teacher was true—don't mess around with The Lone Granger.

There's a strength in the way she carries herself, but she never seems to relax, never lets down her guard.

Didn't anyone ever tell you that the mouth is the front gate of all misfortune?

'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems.

Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.

I've got to watch my back, so I can't put on too much weight.

Absolutely, it's a really weird stage because at the minute, I can walk down the street and be unrecognised, lead a normal life, but my label and everybody is warning me that will be changing and I'm in for a rollercoaster ride.

When I grew up in the Bronx, we always had everyone telling us, 'Watch out for the system, watch out for child welfare, watch out, they'll get you,' and I grew up with this feeling of, 'Society is over there and they're dangerous and not safe.'

Pride or ego is not important to me. What is more important is common sense, the welfare of the company, and the objective reality that we need to be cautious during difficult times. One should not make decisions based on emotions or ego.

Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that's when something snaps up and bites you.

Imagine that everything you are typing is being read by the person you are applying to for your first job. Imagine that it's all going to be seen by your parents and your grandparents and your grandchildren as well.

Celebrities might be experts when it comes to working the red carpet, but relying on them to guide your health and wellness can be a slippery slope.

We didn't have practical model rockets in the '50s. The ones we made were very dangerous and the kids that played with them didn't have all their fingers, and sometimes were blind in one eye.

Actually, most things I say in public lead more or less directly to my own compositional practice, so I should be careful about generalizing lest they come back to haunt me.

Precaution is better than cure.

When I worry about risks, I worry about the biggest ones, particularly those that are difficult to predict - the ones I call small but deep holes. While odds are you will avoid them, if you do fall in one, it's a long way down and nearly impossible to claw your way out.

I learned a long time ago not to predict elections.

Never make predictions, especially about the future.

I've ceased making predictions on things because we'll see how they turn out.

I always prepare for the worst.

It's like a blind turn on a highway: You can't see what's coming, so you don't really know how to prepare.