#precaution

To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering. ↗

— Aldo Leopold

#every #first #intelligent #keep #precaution

Now, therefore, the Directors of the company are hereby ordered to see that precautions are taken to make travel on said railroad perfectly safe by using a screw with at least twenty-four inches diameter. ↗

— Joshua A. Norton

#diameter #directors #hereby #inches #least

Precaution is better than cure. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#cure #precaution #than

It goes without saying that the desire to accomplish the task with more confidence, to avoid wasting time and labour, and to spare our experimental animals as much as possible, made us strictly observe all the precautions taken by surgeons in respect to their patients. ↗

— Ivan Pavlov

#avoid #confidence #desire #experimental #goes

Whatever precautions you take so the photograph will look like this or that, there comes a moment when the photograph surprises you. It is the other's gaze that wins out and decides. ↗

— Jacques Derrida

#decides #gaze #like #look #moment

Of course. Because at the Gallagher Academy, "precautions" usually equals "voluntary shock therapy. ↗

— Ally Carter

#precautions #spies #equality

Most people who offer their help do it to make themselves feel better, not us. To be honest, I don't blame them. It's superstition: If you give assistance to the family in need... if you throw salt over your shoulder... if you don't step on the cracks, then maybe you'll be immune. Maybe you'll be able to convince yourself that this could never happen to you. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#help #precaution #superstition #family