The advice I would give them [graduates] is whatever you are going to do, if you don't enjoy it, don't do it.
Philip GreenIt has been well observed that few are better qualified to give others advice than those who have taken the least of it themselves
Oliver GoldsmithIf stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice.
Norman AugustineHaving lived in China for 4 years, working as an HR manager in a Chinese company,
I'm somewhat uncomfortable being associated with the horde of academic locusts that have descended upon China, spent a week there, and came back to give advice as an expert on China. There are no experts on China.
Dr. Romie F. LittrellI daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody's else advice. - Of Human Bondage
W Somerset MaughamI have been trying to point out that in our lives chance may have an astonishing influence and, if I may offer advice to the young laboratory worker, it would be this - never to neglect an extraordinary appearance or happening.
Alexander FlemingDon't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without. [Advice to those preparing for marriage]
James C DobsonAs time passes we all get better at blazing a trail through the thicket of advice.
Margot BennettGood advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
Duc De La RochefoucauldIf I were to give one piece of advice, I would say to never accept anything that you hear or see at face value. As a general rule of thumb, then the more you question, the better.
Ernest GainesIt is not unprofessional to give free legal advice, but advertising that the first visit will be free is a bit like a fox telling chickens he will not bite them until they cross the threshold of the hen house.
Warren BurgerGet some dance lessons [on his advice to Keith Jack from any dream will do]
John BarrowmanDon't take advice from people with missing fingers.
Henry BeadAccept good advice gracefully - as long as it doesn't interfere with what you intended to do in the first place.
Gene BrownBe yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people.
J B PriestleyWhen a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him.
Josh BillingsA journalist is a grumbler, a censurer, a giver of advice, a regent of sovereigns, a tutor of nations. Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets
Napoleon BonaparteIf someone gives you so-called good advice, do the opposite; you can be sure it will be the right thing nine out of ten times.
Anselm FeuerbachTake the first advice of a woman and not the second.
Gilbertus Cognatus NoxeranusA word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.
Bill CosbyA good scare is worth more to a man than good advice [now, is giving a good scare a piece of good advice, which could lead to a philosophical conundrum?]
Edward HoweThe best piece of advice I ever got came from my agent, who told me to stop slagging off studio heads when I'm doing interviews.
Ewan McGregorMany receive advice, few profit by it. - Maxims
Publilius SyrusMy advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.
SocratesWhen your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway.
Erma BombeckCan Love be controlled by advice? (The Beggar's Opera 1728)
John GayAdvice to persons about to marry - Don't!
Henry MayhewTo ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery (Maxims and Reflections)
John CollinsThere is life outside Madame Tussauds [on advice to tourists]
Joseph FiennesAdvice is like castor oil, easy to give, but dreadful to take.
Josh BillingsOld people like to give good advice, as solace for no longer being able to provide bad examples.
Duc De La RochefoucauldHe was too good. I would suggest to his next opponent that he doesn't look to me for advice [on losing to Federer]
Andre AgassiI have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.
Harry S TrumanThe best career advice given to the young is: 'Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it'
Katherine DunhamWhen a man spends his time giving his wife criticism and advice instead of compliments, he forgets that it was not his good judgment, but his charming manners, that won her heart.
Helen RowlandMost people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them.
Kahlil GibranThere is one piece of advice, in a life of study, which I think no one will object to; and that is, every now and then to be completely idle - to do nothing at all.
Sydney SmithI trust that whoever leads the Conservative Party actually pays regard to my advice on how we should conduct ourselves and I personally will obviously support whoever eventually wins.
Kenneth ClarkeFriendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.
Robert LyndAdvice is a dangerous gift, even to the wise from the wise, and all courses may run ill.
J R R TolkienUnruly ambition is deaf, not only to the advice of friends, but to the counsels and monitions of reason itself.
Sir Roger L'EstrangeMen give away nothing so liberally as their advice
Duc De La RochefoucauldMy mother is the smartest woman I know. Her best advice was 'To thine own self be true'. She thought Polonius was much maligned.
Ben AffleckSome people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it.
Gordon DicksonYou can seduce a man without taking anything off, without even touching him. [any advice how, Rae Dawn Chong?]
Rae Dawn ChongI agree with every word you write, and I can prove this in no better way than by taking your advice from beginning to end
Ellen GlasgowMy advice would be: if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don't
X FactorMy advice, Be healthy, reach your own goals and don't be afraid to impersonate a SNL star...
Teri HatcherAlthough I am flexible and ready to take advice, I can't carry an umbrella of thoughts over my head that would distract me and affect my music making.
Zubin MehtaDying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it.
W Somerset Maugham
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