Famous Quotes & Sayings

Abraham Lincoln

An old Dutch farmer, who remarked to a companion once that it was not best to swap horses when crossing a stream.

Steve Schmidt

Apparently disregarding his own advice that Democrats make a 'mistake' in 'looking to' the South, John Kerry is expected to talk about his plan to keep manufacturing jobs in America during his remarks in North Carolina,

Anytime I had any kind of problem, I could always ask her for advice. She would always have an answer, She loved us unconditionally.

Advise the ruler to govern the state as one cooks a small fish - that is, don't turn it so often in the pan that it disintegrates

Advice to students: The higher your education, the more income you will probably earn, with better job security, better benefits, better hours, better perks, more authority, more autonomy. You aren't given these things, you earn them by degree. It's worth it.

Advice others not what you can't advice yourself.

Lord Chesterfield

Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always want it the least.

Samuel Coleridge

Advice is like snow; the softer it falls the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.

Samuel Coleridge

Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into, the mind.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Advice is a dangerous gift, even to the wise from the wise, and all courses may run ill.

The most important thing for people to do is follow the advice of local emergency workers. We are advising people to prepare for a Category 3.

Hun Sen

A court must be set up on the advice of national and international lawyers who are currently conducting their work, ... I am one among many people who support an investigation into the genocidal regime of Pol Pot, which must be punished.

Some people feel that by conducting financial background checks, for example, the test could have a disparate impact on some minority groups. You have to be careful with those types of things. The best advice is if it has nothing to do with the job itself, then don't ask.

Now a Master's means everything. That was my little bit of advice to him. If I could do it all over again, I would get my Masters.

Major Taylor

Now a few words of advice to boys, and especially to those of my own race, my heart goes out to them as they face life's struggles.

Jim Gray

This is an appointment which is so right, and I just know that Gary will make an outstanding political editor. He's a razor sharp political journalist whose judgement and insights are utterly sure-footed, as demonstrated in his masterful handling of some of the most charged political stories of recent times - for example, our scoops on the Attorney-General's advice on Iraq, the Hutton and Butler Inquiries.

This indicates that, while Americans are aware of calories and the general advice that consuming fewer calories may improve overall health, reducing the number of calories consumed is not top of mind. What this survey tells us is that most American consumers are confused about how to use calorie information to make changes in their overall diet in order to improve their health in general or to better manage their weight.

Mark Jones

This improves the quality of the advice given and allows a holistic management of the investor's assets.

They say at least four to six weeks, they say this is the advice if you ask them to do the job.

Almost every family I meet with is unaware of all the sources of college money that may be available to them. They've either incorrectly filed the FAFSA form, or relied on the wrong person for college funding advice and planning.

James Baker

Although the United States could certainly succeed, we should try our best not to have to go it alone, and the president should reject the advice of those who counsel doing so,

George Bernard Shaw

Always let your flattery be seen through for what really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering

John Gotti

Always be nice to bankers. Always be nice to pension fund managers. Always be nice to the media. In that order.

Always behave like a duck--keep calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like the devil underneath.

Always watch where you are going. Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the Forest that was left out by mistake.

This is one area where taking advice can pay dividends: cheapest doesn't necessarily mean best.

Helen Zille

This is obviously a complex problem and we are taking advice from senior legal counsel.

Ken Salazar

This episode where the White House consulted with powerful interests in the Republican Party but not sufficiently with the Senate is troubling and disappointing, ... I renew my call that the President provide sufficient and necessary information about his nominee for the United States Supreme Court to the Senate so we can perform our Constitutional duty of advice and consent.

Thirty-four percent of people said the Internet played a crucial role, they got advice and support from other people. Thirty percent said they got information online to compare options.

They have eight weeks off and are free to choose where they holiday. Our advice would have been to pick a more suitable destination.

They have been compared to a high-tech version of morning gossip or advice at the company water cooler, ... At least you knew your co-workers at the water cooler.

Russ Grimm

They don't take advice from me; I'm too old. They take coaching, that's it.

They don't fully understand levels of mercury in fish and they're trying to provide advice to people based on shoddy science.