Precautionary Measures Quotes

Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about reform.

One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.

One is not exposed to danger who, even when in safety is always on their guard.

We suffer more … when we fall from a better to a worse situation, than we ever enjoy when we rise from a worse to a better. Security, therefore, is the first and the principal object of prudence.

Always, Always have a plan

It pays to be prepared.

Advanced cultures are usually sophisticated enough, or have been sophisticated enough at some point in their pasts, to realize that foxes shouldn't be relied on to guard henhouses.

Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

The reality is that we can no longer sleep soundly at night thinking that if we keep the terrorists 'out there,' we are safe inside our homes and offices. That illusion is gone.

Only the paranoid survive.

Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not.

To prepare for a disaster, practice the worst case scenario. We don’t usually do that.

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of joy.

The Englishman is too apt to neglect the present good in preparing against the possible evil.

I think it would be over-exaggeration to think that there are millions of viruses ready to jump on us and bring us back to the 14th century. That would be looking over a ledge that isn't there.

Never gamble without knowing a back way out.

My only solution for the problem of habitual accidents is to stay in bed all day. Even then, there is always the chance that you will fall out.

We are ready for an unforeseen event that may or may not occur .

"Be Prepared." "Be prepared for what?" "Why, for any old thing."

Even when one is doing well, one still worries that things might go badly again in the future. This is an old observation based on human experience.

Defense comes with defensive concepts.

The expert is out to point out all the difficulties and dangers.

If there's a black cat that crosses the street in my path, I will turn around and walk 20 minutes out of my way to not cross it.

Anything can be justified by security.