advice Quotes

The one piece of advice I would give to any actor is, if you want to go out on the street without being recognised, without even being looked at, go out with a 6ft 8in beautiful transsexual. No one gives you a second glance. Especially when you're 5ft 5in.

The reason why we often get poor advice is that it's hard to find a person who always has our best interest at heart, isn't envious in any way, and at no level thinks he knows what's best for you.

Do not be like those on whom advice has no effect and who require punishment to correct themselves.

Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.

The best advice that anyone can give you for choosing a specific career is never to accept someone else's advice. Indeed, one of the biggest reasons for choosing the career you have chosen should be that no one told you to.

We give nothing so freely as advice.

Here comes a man of comfort, whose advice Hath often stilled my brawling discontent.

Advice, the smallest current coin.

Have a place for everything and keep the thing somewhere else. This is not advice, it is merely custom.

Woman's advice has little value, but he who won't take it is a fool.

We may give advice, but we cannot give conduct.

Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it.

Whoever gives advice to a sick person acquires a feeling of superiority over him, whether the advice be accepted or rejected.

We are apt to be very pert at censuring others, where we will not endure advice.

When we feel a strong desire to thrust our advice upon others, it is usually because we suspect their weakness; but we ought rather to suspect our own.

The best practical advice I can give to the present generation is to practice the virtue which the Christians call love.

It's the oldest, corniest piece of advice in the world but it still works. The strongest networks are built on friendship. Be a friend not only to the people in your network, but to the people who matter the most to the people in your network.

Advice to beginning SF writers? Write a lot, finish what you write, and when it's done, keep sending it out for quite awhile.

For someone so conflicted, who am I to give advice to anybody? It's such a funny, grandiose idea

It applies in any business. Shoemakers should be run by shoe guys, and software firms by software guys, and supermarkets by supermarket guys. With the advice and support of their bean counters, absolutely, but with the final word going to those who live and breathe the customer experience. Passion and drive for excellence will win over the computer-like, dispassionate, analysis-driven philosophy every time.

Give assistance, not advice, in a crisis.

One can give advice comfortably from a safe port.

The history of the last century shows, as we shall see later, that the advice given to governments by bankers, like the advice they gave to industrialists, was consistently good for bankers, but was often disastrous for governments, businessmen, and the people generally.

My advice is this. For Christ's sake, don't write a book that is suitable for a kid of 12 years old, because the kids who read who are 12 years old are reading books for adults. I read all of the James Bond books when I was about 11, which was approximately the right time to read James Bond books.

The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery.

I don't think a reporter should give advice or make predictions.

My dad raised me with some good advice: 'Always tell the truth. Always shoot from the hip. You might not have many friends, but you'll never have enemies, because people will always know where you're coming from.'

And with the right mentor, don't be afraid to expose your vulnerabilities. Admit you don't know what you don't know. When you acknowledge your weaknesses and ask for advice, you'll be surprised how much others will help.

Listen to the advice of others, but follow only what you understand and can unite in your own feeling. Be firm, be meek, but follow your own convictions. It is better to be nothing than an echo of other painters.

If you want to be a writer, I have two pieces of advice. One is to be a reader. I think that's one of the most important parts of learning to write. The other piece of advice is 'Just do it!' Don't think about it, don't agonize, sit down and write.