Quotes: Caution
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The rest is a mere matter of detail, to be settled with judgment, discretion, and caution.
Our plants had now increased to 252: as they were all kept on shore at the tent I augmented the guard there, though from the general conduct of the natives there did not appear the least occasion for so much caution.
officer of the British Royal Navy and colonial administrator (1754-1817)
One should proceed with caution. We may simply not be wise enough to do some of the kinds of engineering things that people are talking about doing.
American academic
Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.
I cannot say to a person who suffers injustice, ‘Wait.’ Perhaps you can. I can’t. And having decided that I cannot urge caution I must stand with him.
The innocence that feels no risk and is taught no caution, is more vulnerable than guilt, and oftener assailed.
American magazine writer, editor, and publisher (1806-1867)
Choose your friends with caution; plan your future with purpose, and frame your life with faith.
Caution, not exuberance, should be our fiscal motto.
United States Senator
We exercise great caution in airing an audio- or videotape released by a terrorist organization holding a hostage. These are decisions made by CNN’s editorial staff and not by any third party.
American businessman
But I want to just caution, it is not incumbent on the United States to prove that Saddam Hussein is trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction. He’s already demonstrated that he’s trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction.