Quotes About Advice

My advice wouldn't be good to anybody. I don't see it really being greeted with thunderous applause.

There are so many ways to talk with the people who appreciate my help.

If you were a son of mine, I wouldn't want you to be an architect, because it's a tough way to be in the world.

I feel arrogant trying to give people advice.

I give the worst possible relationship advice to people. I am not ashamed.

Once more she urged me not to be dazzled by the glitter of society, to be always on my guard, especially against what most attracted me. This is the sum-total of her wisdom, and I can get nothing more out of her.

Ach mein Freund, heiraten Sie nicht, haben Sie keine Kinder. Man gibt ihnen das Leben und sie geben einem den Tod.

What do we know of the world, of business, or men, or life? Our fathers should think for us!

A lover speaks of nothing to a woman but that which exalts her; while a husband, although he may be a loving one, can never refrain from giving advice which always has the appearance of reprimand.

Whatever advice you give, be brief.

Whatever your advice, make it brief.

But he didn't have to listen to his father. Taking after your father was optional, wasn't it?

Do not think us as traffic cops, or even driving instructors. Think of us instead as your onboard navigation system, available day or night, a friendly voice to turn to whenever you look up, lost and afraid, and think "How the fuck did I end up here?

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.

My kids say, "Dad, come on, you don't know what's going on. You don't know the music. You don't know this, you don't know that. Here are the books you should be doing. Here's the film you should be making." And when I get to the office and someone says, "Can I get you a coffee? Can I get you a water?

And then you go to college and some teacher says to you, "Hey, why don't you go to Alvin Ailey and go dance." Madonna: No, he said, "You're too good for this. You don't need this. This is an environment for people who don't know what they want to do with their lives. Go. Go to New York.

Never answer a question from a farmer.

When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his advice carefully and could hardly wait until I reached 50 to start again.

If you wish to spare yourself and your venerable family, give heed to my advice with the ear of intelligence. If you do not, you will see what God has willed.

He who is always his own counselor will often have a fool for his client.

It is necessary for us to learn from others' mistakes. You will not live long enough to make them all yourself.

The 1944 pamphlet advising US troops on how to behave in wartime Britain, which is being re-published by the Imperial War Museum, was not the first of its kind. I still have a copy of one given to my mother in 1943, which contains the following gem: "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap." Willie Montgomery Norwich

older cats, hustlers down at the pool hall. They'd say, "Don't be like me, youngblood." Even they knew they were doing wrong! They warn you, but you're too intrigued with their jewelry, their Cadillacs, and the fly women getting into their cars. The game sucks you in. The sexiness and swagger of

hustle for a youngster. But one day, the weather turned cold and nobody bought any Kool-Aid. My pops came home and said, "How'd you do today?" "It got cold—I didn't sell anything." "Well, if they ain't buying Kool-Aid, sell 'em cookies." He wasn't trying to give me a sweeping life lesson,