Stephen Colbert Quotes

Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes.

You gotta be really careful what you bite off. Don't bite off more than you can chew. It's a dangerous world.

it is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you.

Prudence does not save us, but shows us pictures of our destroyers.

Luke, I don't want to discourage your curiosity, but I have to remind you, if something goes wrong, this is an exceptionally embarassing way to die." Mara

Playing with fire doesn't necessarily get you burned.

Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.

It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter

He that scatters thorns, let him not go barefoot.

Consult your dragon before you wager his hide.

Somebody warned me early on to be very careful about brushing up against the chocolate.

It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don't want to take any chances. You never know what could happen.

I expected to be shot at any moment and if they had done I would have understood, that they couldn't take risks with someone foolhardy or so unpredictable.

It's a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you into hot water.

Exercise caution, as I have advised many people.

Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.

If you don't have a voice that forces you back to basics, you're a dangerous person. Or to put it another way: You're at risk, and the people with you are at risk. I'm not a daredevil. I don't fly without a safety net.

Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.

Hew not too high, lest the chips fall in thine eye.

The people would think I was a fool for not having taken twice as much.

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

I don't know if it's a very smart idea to admire the living.

I think I have a big fear of things spiraling out of control. Out of control and dangerous and reckless and thoughtless scares me, because people get hurt.

I don't do crazy things - I just don't.

I've been asked a lot lately what message is there in the Lusitania for the modern day. To be honest, not much. Except that maybe hubris and overconfidence are always dangerous things.