Famous Quotes & Sayings

I most earnestly advise you, again and again, love, honor, and obey your parents. Friends like them, you need not expect to find in this world.

Glenn Greenwald

Whistleblowers are typically rendered incommunicado, either because they're in hiding, or advised by their lawyers to stay silent, or imprisoned. As a result, the public hears only about them, but never from them, which makes their demonization virtually inevitable.

John Schlesinger

I met a hustler at a dinner party. He had been invited because I was looking for an adviser to help me with the street scenes. So we put him on the film.

The problem is that she doesn't have any experience in specific energy- related topics, so it might be a good idea for (outgoing Economy and Energy Minister Jorge) Rodriguez to advise her for a while.

Bill McCollum

There are quite a number of boxes. I'm advised by staff that this isn't going to contain much sensational material. We're still reviewing over it. I don't think we should raise the level of expectation that there's a whole lot more to be seen in this material." ()

There is real enthusiasm for peace but possibly not real enthusiasm for the necessary compromises. I would not advise on the specifics of the compromises. It's a complex matter.

We've been advised that the rain could be intense for a brief period of time which could cause some localized flooding.

Founders go wrong when they start to believe their business plan will materialize as written. I advise entrepreneurs to burn their business plan - it's simply too dangerous to the health of your business.

The government respects the right of any witness to meet or not meet with whomever they want. The majority of witnesses in this case are represented by experienced counsel who are in the best position to advise them on whether to meet with the government or defense counsel.

Alan Furst

Struggling writers are often advised to pick a simple genre, but it doesn't work that way.

While the predictions are all in fun, there is extremely sophisticated math behind them. Of course, we wouldn't advise any studio execs to make decisions based only on our predictions. If a studio does buy one of the films we've predicted to be a hit, our engineers have told me they'd be happy to attend any acquisition parties to provide the irrefutable statistical data to backup the studio's decision.

We are evaluating the feasibility of allowing residents to return to their respective cities to survey damages and secure their property. Residents are asked to maintain their current living arrangements and are advised to leave once their property is secured.

Unfortunately, I can't talk about any legal business. I was advised by my agent that I can't talk about any legal business or what happened Sunday morning. But when things are sorted out, I'll be more than happy to tell my side of the story so you can find out what happened.

Annalee Newitz

Fifty years ago, historians advised politicians and policy-makers. They helped chart the future of nations by helping leaders learn from past mistakes in history. But then something changed, and we began making decisions based on economic principles rather than historical ones. The results were catastrophic.

W. S. Gilbert

With everything I do, I am well advised to repeat the experiment I'm starting from.

We will need to submit another report to the NCAA and keep them informed on what we're doing so they can advise us.

Mahesh Babu

When I work on a movie, I never aim for records, collections or the number one position. I always concentrate on my work and look for ways to improve my acting abilities. I also advise my co-stars not to concentrate on these pretty issues and just focus on acting.

Herbert Hainer

While Paul has chosen to step down as CEO of Reebok, I am very pleased that he has agreed to remain a personal adviser and consultant to me. Paul's experience is invaluable to the organization at this time, and I look forward to continuing to work closely together.

We have been advised at this stage that the ground is not quite strong enough to race on,

We've not been advised (about security plans). I think it's going to be a standard protocol security situation. This day and age, you have security. I'm not real concerned about it.

We've consulted with state and city officials, and they indicate they are proceeding carefully to recover remains, and we have been advised that federal involvement is not requested at this time.

We don't advise travel at all ... especially with the strong winds. In relative terms, it's going to be a fairly powdery snow, so the strong winds are going to complicate the drifting.

We don't advise travel at all ... especially with the strong winds, ... In relative terms, it's going to be a fairly powdery snow, so the strong winds are going to complicate the drifting.

We don't advise travel at all ... especially with the strong winds.

When I was in advertising, I did a great deal of work on television commercials. A co-worker and I wrote a screenplay, which led to a few more screenplays, and some were optioned by production companies. I was advised to move to California but didn't want to make the move. I decided to use another form of storytelling, so I wrote a novel.

When officers are involved in a serious fight like that, it really helps when people call us to keep us advised of the situation, ... Officers don?t have a chance to use their radios (during an altercation).

We would not have advised a regular person to return to the same intensity of activity.

Mike White

We would be ill advised to do anything other than what the state election board advised.

We would always advise state agencies to avoid holding events at venues that don't recognize or comply with state and local laws.

It is becoming increasingly clear that the global economy is improving, ... As customers feel more confident to invest, we believe that we are well positioned to provide compelling value as a strategic business adviser and technology partner.

Jim Carroll

Jill started to tell your story, so please, let her finish it. Through the media, if necessary, advise her family and me of how we might initiate a dialogue that will lead to her release.

Last week the Raiders advised they would be interested whether anything new had been uncovered in that area.

I see an extremely promotional shopping environment. I've advised my retail clients to be super aggressive Thanksgiving weekend. Retailers don't want to do it from a margin perspective, but otherwise they won't see shoppers in stores. Consumers have less money to spend and they'll take their 'less money' elsewhere.