Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles de Lint

The trouble with advice is that it's usually something you don't want to hear.

Alan Alda

I have a final word of advice to our students. If you work very, very hard, this is the kind of actor, writer and director you may turn out to be, and if you work extra hard, this is the kind of person you may turn out to be.

David Puttnam

There's always a miasma of misinformation emerging from the higher education sector as to which are the 'best' courses to take. My advice would always be to ignore the perceived wisdom and look for the most reliable evidence on the ground.

Byron Katie

all the advice you ever gave your partner is for you to hear

Bryce Courtenay

Never take advice from a donkey.

Cary Grant

If you want to be an actor, my advice is to learn your lines and don't bump into the other actors.

Simon Woodroffe

There are bound to be viewers wondering how she can dish out advice, ... But I think she is very ballsy and will come back. You learn very little from success, but you learn a great deal from failure. If I had a small business and wanted some advice, I would ask Rachel.

Gregg Laskoski

We strongly advise everyone to make sure they have a well-charged cell phone when they evacuate. But you should make sure that all the regular maintenance, all the stuff you tend to put off, is taken care of. You don't want to be calling for emergency road service during an evacuation because of a tire.

Jamie Dixon

We stressed getting off to a good start and being ready to go, but my advice didn't go very far.

Robin Cook

We want to stop the breaches in the cease-fire and we want to avoid the potential of future atrocities,

Fabio Capello

We lacked focus when giving away the second goal and we could have really avoided conceding the third.

Robert Clarke

Walk around the office, avoid taking the lift or drop something on the floor and stretch to pick it up. The body loves movement, we are born to move and when you're static you feel terrible. Movement and flexibility are key.

Cesare Pavese

We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.

James Baker

The only reason why I negotiated with these guys was simply because they didn't try to avoid the issue, they got hold of us right way, ... They clearly didn't understand when they went out of bounds the risk that was involved to other people. I think in looking backward, they understand they put other people at risk with their behavior and this was a way to settle this thing.

Susan Reeves

The potential changes to the (net-profits) bill must be considered carefully to avoid upsetting the balance contained within the bill.

J. Giertz

The performance of the index suggests that Illinois avoided the slowdown of the national economy that occurred in the last quarter of 2005.

John Whiting

Unmarried couples should get married - that's an excellent tax avoidance measure, if a bit drastic.

Roy Jackson

We've always been able to avoid publicity. We don't even have our name on the front of our building.

Jeff Lemire

We want to take our time with 'Descender' and let the story unfold at its own pace. But we have carefully planned each world and worked to give each its own look and feel. And each of the 9 core worlds will play a role in the series.

Steve Squyres

There are cliffs the rover could fall over and die if we aren't careful. We are gong to proceed carefully and methodically.

Lee Byung-hun

Hollywood has a longer pre-production period and they juggle shooting schedules more carefully for each cast. In Korea, we shoot day and night without much break.

Steve Struzyk

When you stress the weight room, you have to be careful about your message.

Rob Friedman

We have not always been as careful as we could have been. The current ratings system provides a solid foundation for helping parents guide their children and the enhancements that we propose today offer substantial potential for improvement.

Rob Friedman

We have not always been as careful as we could have been, ... The current ratings system provides a solid foundation for helping parents guide their children and the enhancements that we propose today offer substantial potential for improvement.

Kevin Kinel

We've still got to be careful to get things done at sectional. Once he's at the state meet, he'll be at home. That says a lot for a freshman, but that's sort of the way he is. He loves to race and loves a challenge.

Amy Tan

I write because I know that one day I will die, and thus I should experience as many deliberate observations, careful thoughts, wild ideas, and deep emotions as I can before that day occurs.

Nic Pizzolatto

If there was one overarching theme to 'True Detective,' I would say it was that, as human beings, we are nothing but the stories we live and die by - so you'd better be careful what stories you tell yourself.

Martin Ackley

We are going to sit down with our legal counsel and sort out the ramifications of this ruling.

Pam Walker

We guarantee that we are going to sit with each of our students, and the counselors at Escondido High School have 500-plus students each that we're responsible for.

Chris Rupkey

Unfortunately, I think they tried to fight the inflation dragon a little too long, and rejected the counsel of the markets which urged them to cut rates as early as November that year.

Jules Verne

It is said that the night brings counsel, but it is not said that the counsel is necessarily good.

James Manning

She did it the right way. That's what counselors are for,

Mike Harper

Most of these students' records are underwater, gone forever. We will make adjustments where appropriate to meet whatever needs they have. They've got good teachers and counselors to take them in. We expect them to join us and do really well.

Lori White

We really have the guidance counselors encourage students to take the courses that help them prepare for the SAT and to take that test,

William Gladstone

I would tell them of my own intention to keep my own counsel . . . and I will venture to recommend them, as an old Parliamentary hand, to do the same.

Gene Harris

We ... took a look at the fact that many of the counselors have been in their same roles for a very long time,

Jesse Jackson

We want the people resettled and the damages paid for lives lost and lives injured.

Tom LaSorda

Second, we need to set some reasonable and fair limits on damages in product liability cases.

Richard Berthelsen

If the arbitrator rules our way, we're looking at damages that were occurred. Things we would be looking at is the final year of his contract.

Paul Fletcher

We'll be seeking damages in the range of tens of millions of dollars.

Michael Morris

would be surprised if we couldn't prove damages north of $1 billion.

Michael Robertson

We are going into the damages phase and we feel very confident.

Donnell Barton

We did not write any punishment or punitive damages into the policy. Hopefully, we won't have to do that.

Hisashi Hieda

We will seek compensatory damages at any cost.

Roe Hye

We determined that this is a grave misconduct that damages the foundation of science.

Alan Parker

If you'd been where I'd been... if you'd seen the things I'd seen!... you... you'd be me... Or someone following me around...

Frank Lesh

We want to see whether or not the following months follow on up out of here after September gets out of the way. We could be looking at the highs right now.

Blaine Taylor

We've all had fun following George Mason. But we've got a lot of other good teams in our league.

Mark Barrowcliffe

A dog doesn't care if you're tired or it's raining. It wants to go out - and if it doesn't go out, it's going to be mournfully following you around the house for the whole evening.

Nick Woodman

Dedicating myself to actually following through was my single biggest achievement.

Daniel Handler

Blinded following the Blindfolded

The Vikings

When we were 1-2 after the Providence game, our players that following week re-dedicated themselves, ... You don't get better on Friday, you get better on Monday through Thursday, and that's what these guys have done.

Beth Moore

If we are leading but not closely following Christ, we are misleading.

Kathleen Roberts

We'll be following what was done in '31.

Charles Taylor

There is a certain way of being human that is my way. I am called upon to live my life in this way, and not in imitation of anyone else's life. But this notion gives a new importance to being true to myself. If I am not, I miss the point of my life; I miss what being human is for me.

Charles de Lint

Our lives are stories, and the stories we have to give to each other are the most important. No one has a story too small and all are of equal stature. We each tell them in different ways, through different mediums—and if we care about each other, we'll take the time to listen.

Charles Dickens

My dear if you could give me a cup of tea to clear my muddle of a head I should better understand your affairs.

Charles Dickens

Give me a moment, because I like to cry for joy. It's so delicious, John dear, to cry for joy.

Charles Caleb Colton

Where we cannot invent, we may at least improve; we may give somewhat of novelty to that which was old, condensation to that which was diffuse, perspicuity to that which was obscure, and currency to that which was recondite.

Charles Caleb Colton

If you are under obligations to many, it is prudent to postpone the recompensing of one, until it be in your power to remunerate all; otherwise you will make more enemies by what you give, than by what you withhold.

Charles Caleb Colton

Instead of exhibiting talent in the hope that the world would forgive their eccentricities, they have exhibited only their eccentricities, in the hope that the world would give them credit for talent.

Charles Caleb Colton

He that gives a portion of his time and talent to the investigation of mathematical truth, will come to all other questions with a decided advantage over his opponents.

Charles Dickens

Black are the brooding clouds and troubled the deep waters, when the Sea of Thought, first heaving from a calm, gives up its Dead

Louis Stokes

Firstly, we have personnel records of persons we hired, persons we fired, reasons we fired them and so forth. These records have nothing to do with the assassination of the president and, therefore, ought to remain in the files.

Edward Kennedy

I think the Vice-President ought to re-read the constitution.

Robert Morrison

To do what ought to be done but what would not have been done unless I did it, I thought to be my duty.

Pat Roberts

I think we ought to raze that prison,

Yvonne Johnson

I think we ought to find a way to do it.

Lady Bird Johnson

A politician ought to be born a foundling and remain a bachelor.

George Dacy

My tomatoes taste like tomatoes used to taste, ought to taste and still do taste.

Dan Miller

My view is that while you do occasionally have differences you ought to have a process where you can sit down and talk about things. How else do you solve problems?

Ruth Rendell

It doesn't matter what kind of book you write - you ought to write it well and with some kind of style and elegance.