advice Quotes

The best advice on writing I've ever received was from William Zinsser: 'Be grateful for every word you can cut.'

God speaks with authority on every subject including marriage and His advice trumps Oprah's every time.

I think many of my students have followed the advice I gave years ago, to give more than you take.

When the president offered me this job, he told me that if there were situations in which I needed to speak to him or I needed his advice or I needed to ask him a question, that I could go into the Oval Office and I could ask him.

And at the UN she took the advice - she had to take the advice - of the State Department and the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations. They keep our UN representatives on a very short leash. She did as she was told, and voted as she was told.

I don't think Emma Watson needs any advice. She's an incredibly smart young woman who knows what she wants out of life and she has some great parents.

I'm not accustomed to giving advice to those who haven't asked for it.

I can be strong for everybody except myself. I can tell somebody, 'Hey, keep it together', but I can't take my own advice.

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

I don't use 'always do this,' 'never say that' and I never give advice because I'm not the end-all, be-all authority.

There are some points on which no man can be contented to follow the advice of another - some subjects on which a man can consult his own conscience only.

Take the advice of light when you're looking at linens or jewels; Looking at faces or forms, take the advice of the day.

Advice is always a confession.

Advice to rock gods: drugwise, stick to Ibuprofen, decaf lattes, and pale Pilsners ... If your stomach is not a flat slab, please leave your shirt on while performing ... If your girlfriend asks you to choose between her and your music, sell your instruments immediately - especially if you're a drummer ... Finally, go easy on the supermodels, don't forget to tune, and remember: a tiny bit of dry ice and lasers goes a long way. Ditto with tattoos.

You can seek advice, learn about the options and make choices that are right for you. Knowledge is power.

The vanity of being asked advice often makes us confirm the opinion of those that consult us.

Some men, like a wet dog, sprinkle a shower of advice over you when you are least prepared for a bath.

It is as easy to give advice to yourself as to others, and as useless.

Here is a thing which the more it is needed the more it is rejected: and this is advice, which is unwillingly heeded by those who most need it, that is to say, by the ignorant.

Don't take anyone's writing advice too seriously.

Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.

Chekhov used to correspond with aspiring writers, and once he gave this advice to Maxim Gorky when he was encouraging him to pare his wordy sentences: \'When someone expends the least amount of motion on a given action, that's grace.\' The short story, by definition, embodies this notion of grace, because it requires such forceful compression to achieve its effects.

I get emails from strangers every day asking for love advice, which is kind of counter-intuitive since I'm making a movie about what an idiot I am with relationships.

I've always given a lot of advice, whether I'm asked for it or not.

The question I have is out of all these commencement speeches that are happening, what`s the really worthwhile advice that a 21, 22 year old person will walk away from the speech and say, I can apply this maybe five years, 10 years later. How many speeches actually push the button like that, other than yours?

I suppose most writers are following Twain's advice to tackle what they know, and my own readings habits drew me to writers who seemed to be writing honestly from their own experiences, whether they presented it in the guise of fiction or not.

I have very good advice to give to kids this age, which is, you shouldn't listen to your mum or dad and you just have to work it out for yourself. And the reason I've taken the age range down this year, and I never would have done it 10 years ago, is what I've seen with the success of Willow Smith. You don't have to be so cutesy anymore.

Prioritizing listening to their child or adolescent is extremely important. It can be very hard to listen to someone who is upset or troubled without offering advice or suggestions or otherwise telling him or her what to do.

I give good advice. I do not always take it.

The best advice is to avoid foods with health claims on the label, or better yet avoid foods with labels in the first place.