Quotes About Advice

And another thing," he cautioned me, "don't use a lot of commas. People hate sentences with lots of commas. Keep your sentences short. Readers like short sentences.

Which is why God has erected such a firewall between the living and the dead: because the predead always distort whatever the postalive tell them. Jesus or Mohammad or Siddharta, whenever any dead person has come back to offer some banal bit of advice, the living recipient misinterprets every word of it.

Kid…" I'd say, "Don't say I didn't warn you.

Listen to no one's advice except that of the wind in the trees. That can recount the whole history of mankind...

Indeed, while experiences and information can be good teachers, there are many times in life where we simply cannot afford to learn on the job. You don't want to have to go through multiple marriages to learn how to be a good spouse.

That's a hallmark of good theory: it dispenses its advice in "if-then" statements.

One of the best ways to probe whether you can trust the advice that a theory is offering you is to look for anomalies—something that the theory cannot explain

You want my advice! Kiss the Devil, eat the worm. -- Jan de Mooy, Another Matter; or, Man Remade

The only thing you need to know about war, son, is: Don't go.

She remembered how her parents had warned her about Malloy, and she remembered how Malloy warned her about Malloy. Too many things to remember.

The fear of sleeplessness12 results in a hyper-intention to fall asleep, which, in turn, incapacitates the patient to do so. To overcome this particular fear, I usually advise the patient not to try to sleep but rather to try to do just the opposite, that is, to stay awake as long as possible.

The only advice, indeed, that one person can give another about reading is to take no advice, to follow your own instincts, to use your own reason, to come to your own conclusions.

Well, I really don't advise a woman who wants to have things her own way to get married.

The only advise, indeed, that one person can give another about reading is to take no advice, to follow your own instincts, to use your own reason, to come to your own conclusions. If this is agreed between us, then I fell at liberty to put forward a few ideas and suggestions because you will not allow them to fatter that independence which is the most important quality that a reader can posses.

It is useless to go to the great men writers for help, however much one may go to them for pleasure.

Perhaps, though, these words from her essay "How Should One Read a Book?" are our best guide: "The only advice, indeed, that one person can give another about reading is to take no advice, to follow your own instincts, to use your own reason, to come to your own conclusions.

Marry an outdoors woman. That way, if you have to throw her out into the yard for the night, she can still survive.

Dust off your knees, brother, because you may damn well end up walking on them before the night is through." Lucan (in response to Dante's request for advice) - Kiss of Crimson

Gandhi: "My friend, I'm glad you listened to the voice of God, and not the voice of Gandhi." Mountbatten: "Well, Gandhiji, his is the only voice I'd sooner listen to than yours, but in what respect did I take God's advice against yours.

A word of warning …" "Shut up, Rolla," Durwood said. "… about our fair city. We have good faggot folk and we have bad faggot folk. Just like everyone else. I myself, being well-heeled and in constant communication with my mother in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, whose sensibilities I would in no way injure, am able to see all sides from on high. I hope you will feel free to seek my advice, should your own judgment require counsel.

Well, you simply must, you absolutely must. Life is passing us by. Don't go and fall in love. Bella warned you. Everyone warned you. You just won't listen. Bela believes that what we most want out of life is our good times.

Before Nancy and I had children of our own, I would have titled a sermon on raising children something like "Ten Rules for Raising Godly Kids." But birth by birth, the titles changed. The progression went something like this: "Ten Rules for Raising Godly Kids" "Ten Guidelines for Raising Good Kids" "Five Principles for Raising Kids" "Three Suggestions for Surviving Parenthood

I'm not so arrogant to think I'm the only guide someone needs ... but I might be the guide that someone needs.

When people start telling you how to fix things, Isobel, it's best to first make sure those things need fixing.