Famous Quotes & Sayings

Flannery O'Connor

I am very handy with my advice and then when anybody appears to be following it, I get frantic.

Henry Mayhew

Advice to persons about to marry - don't

James Geary

Advice is given freely because so much of it is worthless.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.

J. R. R. Tolkien

My advice to all who have the time or inclination to concern themselves with the international language movement would be: 'Back Esperanto loyally.

Irene Rosenfeld

I've received many good pieces of advice throughout my life.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We often credit ourselves with vices the reverse of what we have, thus when weak we boast of our obstinacy.

George Saunders

So here's something I know to be true, although it's a little corny, and I don't quite know what to do with it:

Jim Henson

Never eat anything at one sitting that you can't lift.

Jim Harrison

My advice is, do not try to inhabit another's soul. You have your own.

Jeff Kinney

My advice to authors would be to try to do something original rather than to try to anticipate what the market is looking for.

Jennifer Lopez

Because the truth is, nobody knows what's best for you better than you do. You have to really sit still and ask yourself: What do I want? Does this feel right? What should I do? I realized I had to go back and do what I had always done. Listening to my gut was just as important as listening to the advice of others, and only I knew what was best for me.

James A. Michener

I have only one bit of advice to beginning writers: be sure your novel is read by Rodgers and Hammerstein.

Gary Vaynerchuk

One of my biggest flaws is I don't take advice.

George C. Marshall

I said bluntly that if the president were to follow Mr. Clifford's advice and if in the elections I were to vote, I would vote against the president.

Fran Lebowitz

There's no such thing as advice to the lovelorn. If they took advice, they wouldn't be lovelorn.

Jena Malone

Advice is such a tricky thing when you're young.

Jeannette Walls

My advice to anyone is to figure out what you're good at - what it is that you love doing the most in life - and figure out a way to make a living from it.

Jeb Bush

I know what I don't know. I would seek out, as I have, the best advice that exists. I won't get my information from the shows.

Frank Capra

My Advice to Young Filmmakers is This: Don't Follow Trends. Start Them!

Francis Bacon

He of whom many are afraid ought himself to fear many.

Horace

Whatever your advice, make it brief.

Horace

A good scare is worth more than good advice.

Horace

Superfluous advice is not retained by the full mind.

Benjamin Franklin

He that would live in peace and at ease, Must not speak all he knows, nor judge all he sees

Benjamin Franklin

He that lies down with dogs, shall rise up with fleas.

He's the man. I'm going to listen to his advice. He'll make the recommendations and the tough calls on the players we draft, players we sign.

He's always the perfect gentleman. He gives you common-sense advice. He came out of business before he went to law school and he is very practical in the advice he gives.

Brett is doing a good job, coming in as walk-on and now starting. He's doing a good job not turning the ball over, and being poised. It's really not a big surprise he's playing well because we see it in practice every day. We just commend him on his willingness to step up and take that role. The senior guards just try to give him as much advice as we can and keep him positive.

Benjamin Franklin

Be temperate in wine, in eating, girls, and sloth; Or the Gout will seize you and plague you both

Either with expert advice or by evaluating your own personal needs.

Either people stayed at home and weren't on the roadway or heeded the advice to slow down, especially on the first rain of the year. The oil on the roadway appears especially during the first storm of the year.

Benjamin Franklin

Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel, & countenance.