A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
There are people who are so cautious that they are careful not to waste their fear.
It has always struck me as the world's great fortune that the two great superpowers were the United States and the Soviet Union, who managed the Cold War with meticulous care in retrospect. Imagine the European diplomats of 1914 or 1938 armed with nuclear weapons. It is easy to believe they would not have been as cautious.
It is all very well to be cautious, but if we are too cautious we will miss our opportunity.
I am really cautious about what I say and do.
Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and understand about them, the more positively they attempt to argue concerning them, while on the other hand to know and understand a multitude of things renders men cautious in passing judgment upon anything new.
Be very cautious about your object of love because that is going to decide your destiny
I've grown environmentally. I'm far more cautious, although I always have been; but more now. And I have grown a lot professionally by working with George Miller.
We are optimistic, but we are optimistic in a cautious fashion.
You can probably ask my husband, and he might tell you differently, but I feel very much like I'm kind of cautious in my real life.
Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom's root.
As a child I was middle-aged and cautious compared to my impulsive father.
Our cautious ancestors, when yawning, blocked the way to the entrance of evil spirits by putting their hands before their mouths. We find a reason for the gesture in the delicacy of manner which forbids an indecent exposure.
My mind is cautious but my heart is in a hurry.
Astronauts were not the impulsive daredevils so dear to the stereopticonloving public. They couldn't afford to be. The hazards of the profession required an infinite capacity for cautious, contemplative thought.
I was cautious in what I said before the young lady; for I could not be sure that she was sane; and, in fact, there was a certain restless brilliancy about her eyes that half led me to imagine she was not.
There is every reason for being cautious about founding new universities till India has digested Her newly acquired freedom.
You get into trouble if you criticize big business. The roof falls in if you criticize Congress. And we're getting increasingly cautious in criticizing the Administration. The pressures are getting worse.
If you really want to find out what you're capable of, you cannot put limits on yourself, and you definitely cannot be cautious.
I'm a really cautious person, so I don't let myself get into near-death experiences. I'm not into the idea of skydiving or anything.