Advice Quotations | Page 3

Here's good advice for practice: go into partnership with nature; she does more than half the work and asks none of the fee.

The best advice I ever got came from my mother, Estee Lauder: She believed that if you had something good to say, you should put it in writing. But if you had something bad to say, you should tell the person to his or her face.

My advice is to make acting your second career choice

I think Joan's advice would be: always know more than anyone else, always be discreet as possible. And never cry at work.

She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it).

The Muslim leaders swallow the advice of the Western powers and bodies like the IMF and World Bank, even when it is bad for their countries and they know this.

A pie dough comes together exactly like a biscuit only there is very, very little liquid and no leavening involved. Other than that, the same rules apply. My best advice: handle the dough as little as possible.

The public relies on the advice of doctors and leading researchers. The public has a right to know about financial relationships between those doctors and the drug companies who make the pharmaceuticals prescribed by doctors.

My advice to young wrestlers is that your surroundings really make a difference. You want to put yourself in good, positive surroundings.

The advice I tell students is to think about the big problems. I mean, work on anything you can work on where you can make progress. But always keep in mind the big problems.

When I was in the ring at the Olympics, it was my father's words that I was hearing, not the coaches'. 'I never listened to what the coaches said. I would call my father and he would give me advice from prison.

I ask for a lot of advice from different fathers - all kinds of dads.

A piece of advice always contains an implicit threat, just as a threat always contains an implicit piece of advice.

We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

How true Daddy's words were when he said: all children must look after their own upbringing. Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

He who would be serene and pure needs but one thing, detachment.

It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.

Remember this, folks - I am a Hillbilly, and I don't always Bet the same way I talk. Good advice is one thing, but smart gambling is quite another.

You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.

The patient's autonomy always, always should be respected, even if it is absolutely contrary - the decision is contrary to best medical advice and what the physician wants.

I once said the Queen of England could use some fashion advice.

If I had one piece of advice for people - if they are cooking from the Alinea cookbook, the Betty Crocker cookbook or the back of the box - read through the entire recipe first before reaching for any ingredients, and then read again and execute the directions.

If I do a scene with an actor who doesn't have much experience, I say, 'I tell you what we're going to do: You just listen to me, and then you respond. We don't have to do any acting.' And that's good advice because you shouldn't see the acting.

I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say this is what we know about this problem at this time. And here are the consequences of these actions.

A lot of DJs who started the same time as me, they are not to be seen anymore. And I get so much love and respect from the young DJs, and some of them look up to me or ask me for advice. I am almost like the mentor.

Now that it's officially summer, here's my advice to parents who want to continue teaching their kids during the next two months and learn something themselves: visit Civil War battlefields.

Muhammad Ali was a god, an idol and an icon. He was boxing. Any kid that had the opportunity to talk to Ali, to get advice from Muhammad Ali, was privileged. He's always given me time to ask questions, although I was so in awe that I didn't ask questions.

A financial plan is a way to take all of the money advice you come across and figure out how it applies to your specific financial situation.

We will say to people that if you can work, and if you want to work, we will do everything we can to help you. We will give you the training, we will give you the support, we will give you the advice to get you going and get you back at work.

I don't have a mentor in the strict definition. I take as much advice and inspiration as I can from the people I am close to.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

My advice to the average investor in 1988 is to be patient and think long-term. It will take 18 months for confidence to get better and, in the meantime, this is absolutely no place for short-term money.

What I think is great style advice that people have told me is that people who are confident look beautiful. No matter what they're wearing, no matter if they're inappropriately dressed, no matter if their hair's not really done right, eyebrows haven't been tweezed.

A lot of people think I'm cynical when I talk about acting. The truth of the matter is, I just don't want someone to get some lame advice that will send them in the wrong direction

The advice would be the same for any kind of fiction. Keep writing, and keep sending things out, not to friends and relatives, but to people who have the power to buy. A lot of additional, useful tips could be added, but this is fundamental.

I'm not in the business of becoming famous. And that's the advice I give to younger aspiring actors. Work onstage and do the little roles. In the end it's not important to be seen. It's important to do. There's a lot of disappointment in this business, but my family keeps me grounded

Some advice: keep the flame of curiosity and wonderment alive, even when studying for boring exams. That is the well from which we scientists draw our nourishment and energy. And also, learn the math. Math is the language of nature, so we have to learn this language.

Advice and consent does not mean rubber stamp in the Senate.

I went to a woman for advice about how to be in business, but I learned a great deal from men

If you go to most third world countries, the older woman dispenses advice to the arguing couple while other members of the family, or even the village, sit around and listen. It is no big deal.

If I had even the tiniest scrap of advice to give to a young actor who was figuring out how to audition, I would say don't memorize the script The reality about auditions is that 98 percent of the results has to do with what you are, not with what you did in the audition.

I've learned that while I'd be a fool not to stay open to the advice and experiences of the smart, amazing people in my life, I also need to listen to what I have to say.

My advice for writers is to get a good day job. It takes the pressure off writing if you have a job that pays the bills.

There are only so many letters in the alphabet. When I talk to young musicians or authors and they ask for advice, I say, You gotta learn all the letters of your own personal alphabet. With music, you need to know all the different kinds of music and everything in and around your given instrument.

Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.

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.

I'm certainly the last person to give advice on, well, anything.

I think it's important to have professional lessons or advice.

There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.

Good parts should always scare you a little bit, and good parts... you might not get advice to do them.

My advice is if you have to do music, then do it! There's no choice in your heart and your soul - unless you have that kind of great need, desire and determination, it's pretty tough out there!

I'll tell you one thing: Don't ever give anybody your best advice, because they're not going to follow it.

Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.

I create offbeat advice; I don't follow it. I rarely take third-party advice on my investments.

I remember the first time Dakota asked me for fashion advice about what to put with what. I was like, My big sister is asking me?

Let us not be too particular; it is better to have old secondhand diamonds than none at all.

All world conflicts will be resolved if people listen to my advice.

In my opinion, theater shouldn't give advice to citizens.

The financial advice market presents an impossible conundrum: in order to work with a financial planner, you must have enough money to be of interest. In order to amass enough money, it is critical to work with a financial planner. Most financial plans come with a $1,500-$3,000 price tag - numbers that are simply out of reach for most Americans.

There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.

Saul Bellow never took my advice when he was my friend.

When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.

You've got to take the bitter with the sour.

Your modern teenager is not about to listen to advice from an old person, defined as a person who remembers when there was no Velcro.

When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.

The best advice that I can offer is that being proactive and a careful planner is key. Think about the major things that could shake up your financial life, and Ill bet there are some great ways to protect yourself.

I don't know why anyone would want to ask an actor for dating advice. We are not the poster children for healthy relationships.

If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add: 'All the time.'

Tranquilizers work only if you follow the advice on the bottle - keep away from children.

I am dismayed to realize that much of the advice I used to parcel out to aspiring writers has passed its sell-by date.

It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.

Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.

To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing.

In the whole course of our work at the theatre we have been, I may say, drenched with advice by friendly people who for years gave us the reasons why we did not succeed... All their advice, or at least some of it, might have been good if we had wanted to make money, to make a common place of amusement.

Interestingly, young people don't come to you for advice. Especially the ones who are related to you.

It's hard to give advice. There are so many people, how do you give major advice to a group of people, it's very presumptuous.

Never be unfaithful to a lover, except with your wife.

But I can only take so much TV, because there is so much advice. I find people will preach about virtually anything - your diet, how to live your life, how to improve your golf. The lot. I have always had a thing against the Mister Know-It-Alls.

One of my biggest flaws is I don't take advice.

It is easy to give advice from a port of safety.

He who is not impressed by sound advice, lacks faith.

Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear.

My mother is a great source of advice and wisdom and consolation for me.

When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.

Oh my gosh, I'd give so much advice to a younger version of myself. I would say it really does get better as you get older. The things that mean so much, the things that seem like, you know, it's going to cause the end of the world, are all things that I've already forgotten.

Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?

Great advice comes from people that have been around a lot longer than you.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

One can advise comfortably from a safe port.

When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long.

I am relatively sure, from conversations that I had with former president Bill Clinton, that George Bush seldom called upon him for advice.

My trainer don't tell me nothing between rounds. I don't allow him to. I fight the fight. All I want to know is did I win the round. It's too late for advice.

Boys and girls, have confidence in the direction and counsel and advice of your parents and grandparents who love you more than anybody else in the world does.

I got good advice once. Someone said to me: 'Live in your money rather than look at it.

I had a lot of really terrible advice early in my writing career and I cheesed off people without even knowing it, all the while thinking I was implementing good advice.

Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions strengthened, not corrected.

I don't think I have the right to give someone advice when I don't know them.