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“The American experience stirred mankind from discovery to exploration. From the cautious quest for what they knew (or thought they knew) was out there, into an enthusiastic reaching to the unknown. These are two substantially different kinds of human enterprise.”

Humans Kind Two Different Mankind Discovery Enterprise Reaching Exploration Different Kinds Quests Enthusiastic Cautious

Author:Daniel J. Boorstin

“[on the screenplay for "When Harry Met Sally"] It struck me that the movies had spent more than half a century saying, "They lived happily ever after" and the following quarter century warning that they'll be lucky to make it through the weekend. Possibly now we are now entering a third era in which the movies will be sounding a note of cautious optimism: You know, it just might work.”

Knows Might Half Century Lucky Optimism Thirds Notes Following Eras Movie Warning Quarters Weekend Entering Cautious Happily Ever After Ever After Half A Century

Author:Nora Ephron

“When a man feels the difficulty of doing, can he be other than cautious and slow in speaking?”

Men Feels Difficulty Cautious

Book:Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean

Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean

“It is better to fear a little. One is cautious then.”

Littles Fear Cautious

Author:Louis L'Amour

“When we are in the company of sensible men, we ought to be doubly cautious of talking too much, lest we lose two good things, their good opinion and our own improvement; for what we have to say we know, but what they have to say we know not.”

Knows Men Two Loses Company Talking Opinion Too Much Ought Conversation Good Things Improvement Sensible Cautious Talking Too Much

Book:Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think

Source: Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think

“When younger, I thought one of the particulars of being "Homo sapiens" was to communicate. I have not learned not to, though I am cautious when I try.”

Trying Communication Communicate Cautious Homo Sapiens

Book:Racism 101

Source: Racism 101

“There are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely petty men.”

Men Successful Scholar Petty Cautious Spirited

Book:Xunzi: A Translation and Study of the Complete Works

Source: Xunzi: A Translation and Study of the Complete Works

“I prefer to be alive, so I'm cautious about taking risks.”

Alive Risk Cautious Taking Risks

Author:Werner Herzog

“I'm always cautious about overstepping any boundaries. At the end of the day, it's a director's medium, and if they don't want to hear from me I just step back.”

Ifs Want Ends Steps Directors Boundaries Mediums The End Of The Day Cautious Overstepping

Author:Matt Damon

“I used to be such a daredevil but now I'm much more cautious.”

Used Used To Be Cautious Be Cautious Daredevil

Author:Jennifer Ellison

“I guess you could say I'm cautious, or a coward.”

Coward Cautious Be Cautious

Author:Namie Amuro

“And I'm the biggest country fan there is, but I'm always a little cautious of a slower song or just a song with subject matter.”

Littles Country Matter Song Fans Subjects Cautious Subject Matter

Author:Dierks Bentley

“I will always be an advocate in terms of wars of necessity. I am just much more cautious on wars of choice.”

War Choices Term Cautious

Author:Robert M. Gates