Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it.
Gordon DicksonIt 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 BurgerDon't follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise.
Joan RiversMy mother is the smartest woman I know. Her best advice was 'To thine own self be true'. She thought Polonius was much maligned.
Ben AffleckJust pray for a tough hide and a tender heart. [advice on how to get through life well]
Ruth GrahamIf 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 FeuerbachDying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it.
W Somerset MaughamGet some dance lessons [on his advice to Keith Jack from any dream will do]
John BarrowmanMy advice, Be healthy, reach your own goals and don't be afraid to impersonate a SNL star...
Teri HatcherA 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 BonaparteMy advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.
SocratesAs time passes we all get better at blazing a trail through the thicket of advice.
Margot BennettA word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.
Bill CosbyIt has been well observed that few are better qualified to give others advice than those who have taken the least of it themselves
Oliver GoldsmithMy advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.
Thornton WilderTo be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility (Advice to Young Men)
William CobbettTo Cole Porter: listen kid, take my advice, never hate a song that has sold half a million copies
Irving BerlinWhen 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 RowlandGood advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
Duc De La RochefoucauldFew influential people involved with the Internet claim that it is a good in and of itself. It is a powerful tool for solving social problems, just as it is a tool for making money, finding lost relatives, receiving medical advice, or, come to that, trading instructions for making bombs.
Esther DysonDon'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 DobsonHe was too good. I would suggest to his next opponent that he doesn't look to me for advice [on losing to Federer]
Andre AgassiThe main thing in HIPs is an energy rating for the home - just like you get for a fridge or a washing machine - with advice on how to cut your carbon emissions and your fuel bills too.
Yvette CooperMany receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
Harper LeeWhen a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him.
Josh BillingsThe 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 McGregorThere 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 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 TrumanAccept good advice gracefully - as long as it doesn't interfere with what you intended to do in the first place.
Gene BrownWhen we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.
Saul BellowMy advice if you insist on slimming: Eat as much as you like-just don't swallow it.
Harry SecombeFriendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.
Robert LyndMen give away nothing so liberally as their advice
Duc De La RochefoucauldTake the first advice of a woman and not the second.
Gilbertus Cognatus NoxeranusI do think there is a sense of Tony Blair having lost his sense of purpose and direction, so my advice to him is to recover that sense of purpose and direction and that remains the best option
Charles ClarkeA good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
Edgar Watson HoweCan Love be controlled by advice? (The Beggar's Opera 1728)
John GayAdvice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
Erica JongTo ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery (Maxims and Reflections)
John CollinsHaving 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. LittrellIf stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice.
Norman AugustineMany receive advice, few profit by it. - Maxims
Publilius SyrusMy advice would be: if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don't
X FactorMost people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them.
Kahlil GibranDon't take advice from people with missing fingers.
Henry BeadThe 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 DunhamIf 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 GainesI 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 GlasgowWhen 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 BombeckI 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 Maugham
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