Quotes About Caution

When Newt walked in the barn to get a rope, the Captain turned and handed him a holstered pistol and a gun belt. "Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it," he added, a little solemnly.

Then you can go home to the puppeteer worlds and tell them that mucking with human breeding habits is a chancy business. Tell them that enough Teela Browns could make a hash of all the laws of probability. Even basic physics is nothing more than probability at the atomic level. Tell them the universe is too complicated a toy for a sensibly cautious being to play with.

He was sure now. Teela Brown had never been hurt; had never learned caution; did not understand fear. Her first pain would come as a horrifying surprise. It might destroy her entirely. The gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more capable fools. She'd be hurt over Louis Wu's dead body.

I'm the fine print; read closely. -Kristina Grish

Be careful what you give up.

If you're not careful, you run out of time.

it's perhaps better for a prince to learn young that looking before one steps is basic self-preservation.

San Francisco, September 13, 1915 Don't buy the horse unless you are sure it is gentle. I do not want you hurt while I am gone or any other time for that matter.

Grace sat up, too frightened to make a sound, and even Laura was horrified, for the stool lay in two pieces. Then Pa laughed. "Never mind, Grace," he said. "You only unscrewed it all the way. But," he said sternly, "you stay off this stool, after this.

wolves would eat little girls.

Never bet your money on another man's game.

El amor era un potente estimulante [...] que uno tenía que saborear con extrema prudencia, con sorbos pequeños y refinados, igual que el licor de cerezar.

Never throw stones if you think they're going to come back and hit you.

Better to assume the worst and be wrong than assume the best and be wrong.

Assuming the worst was always safer. And usually truer.

Violence has to become a part of your thinking. It makes you cautious, suspicious as hell, and lengthens your life expectancy.

I decided not to answer on the grounds that I might piss someone off.

Important safety tip - never look a vampire in the eye.

Too much fear will paralyze you, but too little fear will make you careless.

Ronnie, telefonun diÄŸer ucunda sessizdi. ''Tamam ama dikkatli ol.'' ''DüÄŸün gecesindeki bir bakire gibi.'' Güldü.''Sen yola gelmezsin.'' ''Herkes öyle diyor,''dedim.

Never believe that a vampire will only take a little. That it won't hurt. That's like believing your date will pull out in time. Just trust him. Yeah, right.

They say, be careful what you wish for. Well, be even more cautious with your prayers. Make sure, very sure, it's what you want. You never know when a deity may give you exactly what you asked for.

Suspicion is healthy. It'll keep you alive.

My dear Mrs. Grimstone, sometimes cowardice is merely another word for common sense.