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Quotes About Caution

Now you be careful in the real world said Armpit Not everyone is as nice as us.
~ Louis Sachar
So remember," said Mr. Kidswatter. "And please be careful! Always check to see if a door is open before going through it. And if it's not open, open it.
~ Louis Sachar
Never laugh at a shoelace!
~ Louis Sachar
Finish it if you choose only remember, my girl, that one may read at forty what is unsafe at twenty, and that we never can be too careful what food we give that precious yet perilous thing called imagination.
~ Louisa May Alcott
Io sono una strega e, un giorno, il mio travestimento cadrà e voi mi vedrete quale sono realmente: vecchia, brutta, cattiva e perduta. Guardatevi da me, finché siete in tempo. Vi ho avvertito. Ora amatemi a vostro rischio e pericolo.
~ Louisa May Alcott
Sometimes owls came near to warn of death. Sometimes they just asked people to be careful. Sometimes they were just owls.
~ Louise Erdrich
My suggestion is to err in getting what seems at present too much room rather than not enough.
~ Ron Chernow
What he said, what he thought, and what he felt, came from his mother, but what he did came from his father, with the addition of a great caution generated by early unpleasantness.
~ Ron Chernow
I always find that I have to guard myself because of a fear that I will sound soft and foolish
~ Ron Chernow
where there is no occasion for expressing an opinion, it is best to be silent, for there is nothing more certain than that it is at all times more easy to make enemies than friends.
~ Ron Chernow
Somewhat paranoid to begin with, he assumed every tradesman was an extortion artist
~ Ron Chernow
Rockefeller was notably suspicious when it came to the medical profession.
~ Ron Chernow
Perhaps out of a self-protective instinct, Bill taught his children to be wary of strangers and even of himself.
~ Ron Chernow
He valued money too highly to dispense it lightly and wanted to investigate all requests before acting upon them.
~ Ron Chernow
When playing checkers or chess, he showed exceptional caution, studying each move at length, working out every possible countermove in his head. "I'll move just as soon as I get it figured out," he told opponents who tried to rush him. "You don't think I'm playing to get beaten, do you?"12 To ensure that he won, he submitted to games only where he could dictate the rules.
~ Ron Chernow
Yet he was extremely selective about the business he did and had learned the need for caution.
~ Ron Chernow
Never under any circumstances do an action which could be called in question if known to the world.
~ Ron Chernow
We made sure that we were right and had planned for every contingency before we went ahead.
~ Ron Chernow
Never lend your name, or your money, or your books or your umbrella, or anything, to anybody - if you're wise.
~ Ronald Firbank
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~ Ronald Reagan
The following morning, when I met for breakfast with the staff, we kept noisy music playing loudly on a tape recorder as a precaution against hidden microphones. It was a good thing we did: Later, we found five listening devices hidden in our rooms in the guesthouse. One staffer unscrewed a plate over the light switch in his room, discovered a bug, removed it, and took it home as a souvenir.
~ Ronald Reagan
There is sorrow enough in the natural way From men and woman to fill our day; But when we are certain of sorrow in store, Why do we always arrange for more? Brothers & Sisters, I bid you beware Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.
~ Rudyard Kipling
ye kill before midnight, be silent, and wake not the woods with
~ Rudyard Kipling
Brothers and sisters, I bid you beware Of giving your heart to a dog to tear
~ Rudyard Kipling