Wary Quotes
149 Wary quotes by 139 unique authors
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I'm wary of a certain human nature. More than anything, I fear treason.
— Unknown Author
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Perhaps it's just me, but I am wary of any persons whose belief system is the only thing standing between them and repulsive behavior.
— Frans de Waal
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It is the simple hypotheses of which one must be most wary; because these are the ones that have the most chances of passing unnoticed.
— Henri Poincare
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Most remarks made by children consist of correct ideas very badly expressed. A good teacher will be very wary of saying 'No, that's wrong.' Rather,…
— W. W. Sawyer
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Wary, as if surrounded by strangers.
— Laozi
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Cyborgs are not reverent; they do not re-member the cosmos. They are wary of holism, but needy for connection- they seem to have a natural…
— Donna J. Haraway
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I'm very wary of large groups of people getting together and trying to believe the same thing. It never seems to end well, whether it's…
— Peter Krause
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One should always be wary of anyone who promises that their love will last longer than a weekend.
— Quentin Crisp
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Be wary of the arrogant intellectual who comments from the stands without having played on the field.
— Ray Dalio
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If you say someone is thrilled, it implies talk of an exciting project. I'm wary of such talk.
— Frank Dobson
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A judgmental attitude helps neither ourselves nor others. Arguing or preaching rarely changes other people. Even if our opinions are justified, criticizing others usually makes…
— Diane Dreher
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Be wary of those who seek to steal your dream. Be even more wary of those who seek to tell you what your dream should…
— Ralph Marston
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Be vary wary of people who declare that they're going to create heaven on earth, they almost invariably create hell.
— François Lelord
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Be wary of too much calm, particularly in your mid-fifties.
— Ian Mcewan
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All of the great patriots now engaged in edging and squirming their way toward the Presidency of the Republic run true to form. That is…
— H. L. Mencken
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Habit, of which passion must be wary, may all the same be the sweetest part of love.
— Elizabeth Bowen
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Those people who are always improving never become great. Greatness is an eminence, the ascent to which is steep and lofty, and which a man…
— William Hazlitt
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No past to make us sentimental, no future to embarrass us...a difficult moment when you are out of practice - a moment that makes you…
— Jean Rhys
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Write. Start writing today. Start writing right now. Don’t write it right, just write it -and then make it right later. Give yourself the mental…
— Tara Moss
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One must be wary of the view that these loose and diverse coalitions represent a new form of globalized participatory democracy. The dissent industry is…
— Sylvia Ostry
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Throughout evolutionary history, anxiety and fear have helped every species to be wary and to survive. Fear can signal us to act, or, alternatively, to…
— Harriet Lerner
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A western buckaroo, I share his scorn for people who go camping by the book, relying on the authority of some half-assed assistant scoutmaster whose…
— Wallace Stegner
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Not only do we cheat ourselves and those around us if we are only glum or always wary when it comes time to respond to…
— Martin E. Marty
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O mortal men, be wary of how ye judge.
— Dante Alighieri
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Let us be wary of ready-made ideas about cowardice and courage: the same burden weighs infinitely more heavily on some shoulders than on others.
— Francois Mauriac
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