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Quotes About Precautions

I am very puzzled by the fact that young people are getting infected again. They don't take precautions despite an enormous amount of information. It's like riding a race car at 200 kilometers an hour. Some people like the risk.
~ Luc Montagnier
In the hieroglyphic script, the power of the words were matched by the power of the symbols themselves. The symbols were regarded as being so powerful, precautions had to be taken to prevent them from taking on a life of their own.
~ Storm Constantine
This conception of representation appears throughout The Federalist Papers. No. 57 urges that: "The aim of every political constitution is, or ought to be, first to obtain for rulers who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue the common good of the society; and in the next place, to take the most effectual precautions for keeping them virtuous whilst they continue to hold their public trust.
~ Cass R. Sunstein
Anyone who is destined to descend into a deep pit had better set about it with all the necessary precautions rather than risk falling into the hole backwards.
~ C.G. Jung
Here I ought to add a word of warning against unintelligent or incompetent dream analysis. There are some people whose mental condition is so unbalanced that the interpretation of their dreams can be extremely risky; in such a case, a very one-sided consciousness is cut off from a correspondingly irrational or "crazy" unconscious, and the two should not be brought together without taking special precautions.
~ C.G. Jung
Los pretextos los convertimos en "explicaciones lógicas"; los miedos preferimos llamarlos "precauciones acertadas" y las pobres expectativas han pasado a ser "una manera más realista de ver la vida".
~ Camilo Cruz
Still, women's concerns about safety are frequently the subject of critical comments from the men in their lives. One woman told me of constant ridicule and sarcasm from her boyfriend whenever she discussed fear or safety. He called her precautions silly and asked, "How can you live like that?" To which she replied, "How could I not?" I
~ Gavin de Becker
As a matter of fact we have to take special precautions during a battle to post police, to prevent more unwounded men than are necessary from accompanying a wounded man back from the firing line.
~ Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
Victory awaits him, who has everything in order - luck we call it. Defeat is definitely due for him, who has neglected to take the necessary precautions - bad luck we call it
~ Roald Amundsen
We will just resent whatever cost and inconvenience the regulations impose, totally unaware that those precautions may have prevented a debt crisis or a real estate crash.
~ Charles Wheelan
Those in authority should take appropriate precautions to protect our citizens. But we will not allow this enemy to win the war by changing our way of life or restricting our freedoms.
~ George Walker Bush
In spite of all of the training you get and the precautions you take to keep yourself alive, it's largely a matter of luck that decides whether or not you get killed.
~ James Jones
The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
This guy knows his electronics, so he took basic precautions with his personal data, but—take a hike, She-Body, this is my area.
~ J.D. Robb
Apparently, Security Solutions did not want walk-in customers or drive-by shooters.
~ Nelson DeMille
Every time I go to Germany, and see the preparations the Nazis are making, I grow more doubtful. I don't think you have ever been in such danger as you are today—certainly not since the time of the Spanish Armada.
~ Upton Sinclair
In 'The Female Fear: The Social Cost of Rape', Margaret T Gordon and Stephanie Riger say that fully one-third of the women in their study reported worrying about rape once a month or more. Others said the the fear of rape is just something lives in the back of their minds at all times, even when it wasn't present in conscious thought. Another third of the participants claimed to never worry about rape but even so they took precautions to guard against it.
~ Germaine Greer
The cholera epidemic was a turning point marking the last time the disease would rage without simple precautions of public health.
~ Gina Kolata
city did take a few precautions. On September 18, its health officials began a public campaign against coughing, spitting, and sneezing. Three days later, the city
~ Gina Kolata
Victory awaits him who has everything in order—luck people call it. Defeat is certain for him who has neglected to take the necessary precautions in time; this is called bad luck." —Roald Amundsen, The South Pole
~ James C. Collins
Victory awaits him who has everything in order—luck people call it. Defeat is certain for him who has neglected to take the necessary precautions in time; this is called bad luck." —Roald Amundsen, The South Pole1
~ James C. Collins
A vitória aguarda aquele que tem tudo em ordem – ou sorte, como as pessoas costumam dizer. A derrota é certa para aquele que deixa de tomar as precauções necessárias a tempo; a isso as pessoas chamam má sorte." Roald Amundsen, Polo sula
~ James C. Collins
We grew up in an era where there was a lot of fear of HIV. Everybody worried about it and everybody took precautions, and everybody knew that it was a thing that was out there. As it slowed down, it left the spotlight, people forgot.
~ Forrest Griffin
We should stay in places which are sanitized and make sure family members are safe. Everyone should spread the right amount of information and create awareness about Coronavirus.
~ Meghana Raj