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Quotes About Advice

Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
~ Jean de La Fontaine
It's very good to get through them (drugs) while you're still young and then talk about how great or bad it was for the rest of your life.
~ Carrie Fisher
I don't know why his lawyers didn't tell him, 'You don't have to answer any questions about your private life, Mr. President. Let them sue you. Take the heat. You don't have to answer.'
~ Chris Matthews
Children don't heed the life experiences of their parents, and nations ignore history. Bad lessons always have to be learned anew.
~ Albert Einstein
Committing yourself to some kind of job that isn't committed to God is going to bring so much trouble into your life. It's not good and not something I would suggest that someone seek.
~ Angus T. Jones
All my adult life I've been in the practice of giving advice to people who are happier than I am.
~ Kinky Friedman
Food and clothes sustain Body and life; I advise you to learn Being as is. When it's time, I move my hermitage and go, And there's nothing To be left behind.
~ Layman Pang
The secret of life is to skip having children and go directly to grandchildren.
~ Mell Lazarus
A Warrior also knows that the fool who gives advice about someone else's garden is not tending his own plants.
~ Paulo Coelho
All my life I wanted somebody who knew more than I did to tell me the truth.
~ S. E. Hinton
Learn from other people's mistakes. Life is too short to make them all yourself.
~ Sam Levenson
A word in season is most precious.
~ Aesop
I'm beginning to think that if you're going to have a role model you should probably pick someone who's already dead so they can't disappoint you.
~ Dyan Sheldon
from the Acknowledgments page] ...and while comments are very welcome, I would suggest it is a waste of your precious time.
~ Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse
The sutras liken reincarnation to the relationship between teachers and students. A singing teacher teaches students how to sing. His students learn techniques and benefit from direct experiential advice from their teacher. But the teacher doesn't remove a song from his throat and insert it into a student's mouth. Similarly, reincarnation is a continuity of everything we have learnt, like lighting one candle from another, or a face and its reflection in a mirror.
~ Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse
I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. "Never worry about your heart 'til it stops beating."
~ E. B. White
I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. "Never worry about your heart till it stops beating."
~ E. B. White
Now, my dear Cap, if you don't look sharp your hour is come! Nothing on earth will save you, Cap, but your own wits! For if ever I saw mischief in any one's face, it is in that fellow's that is eating you up with his great eyes at the same time that he is laughing at you with his big mouth! Now Cap, my little man, be a woman!
~ E. D. E. N. Southworth
Don't eat yellow snow.
~ E. Lockhart
Ba??ml?ysan," dedi Taft, "bilmen gereken bir ?ey var." "Neymi??" "Uyu?turucu, dostun de?ildir." Taft ciddi görünüyordu. "Uyu?­turucu, dostun de?ildir ve ayr?ca esas dostun insanlar olmal?d?r.
~ E. Lockhart
Never eat anything bigger than your ass - Johnny
~ E. Lockhart
Drugs are not your friend". Taft looks serious. "Drugs are not your friend and also people should be your friends.
~ E. Lockhart
The human mind is not a dignified organ, and I do not see how we can exercise it sincerely except through eclecticism. And the only advice I would offer my fellow eclectics is: "Do not be proud of your inconsistency. It is a pity, it is a pity that we should be equipped like this. It is a pity that Man cannot be at the same time impressive and truthful.
~ E.M. Forster
To avoid mistakes and regrets, always consult your wife before engaging in a flirtation.
~ E.W. Howe