(427 quotes found)
“The bird alighteth not on the spread net when it beholds another bird in the snare. Take warning by the misfortunes of others, that others may not take example from you.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“When I warned them (the French) that Britain would fight on alone whatever they did, their generals told their Prime Minister and his divided Cabinet, "In three weeks England will have her neck wrung like a chicken”
Winston Churchill
“Support the strong, give courage to the timid, remind the indifferent, and warn the opposed.”
Whitney M. Young Jr.
“If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to serve as a horrible warning.”
Catherine Aird
“You have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by.”
James Matthew Barrie
“I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you've probably misunderstood what I've said”
Alan Greenspan
“No longer mourn for me when I am deadThan you shall hear the surly sullen bellGive warning to the world that I am fledFrom this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell.”
William Shakespeare
“The warning message we sent the Russians was a calculated ambiguity that would be clearly understood.”
Alexander Haig
“In South Florida, we have industrial cockroaches that have to be equipped with loud warning beepers so you can get out of their way when they back up.”
Dave Barry
“You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time.”
Abraham Lincoln
