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 GreenI 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 FlemingGood advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
Duc De La RochefoucauldIf 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 FeuerbachDon'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 RiversI 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 MaughamMy advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.
SocratesIf stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice.
Norman AugustineMy advice if you insist on slimming: Eat as much as you like-just don't swallow it.
Harry SecombeOld people like to give good advice, as solace for no longer being able to provide bad examples.
Duc De La RochefoucauldDying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it.
W Somerset MaughamA word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.
Bill CosbyAdvice is a dangerous gift, even to the wise from the wise, and all courses may run ill.
J R R TolkienI 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 GlasgowJust pray for a tough hide and a tender heart. [advice on how to get through life well]
Ruth GrahamMy mother is the smartest woman I know. Her best advice was 'To thine own self be true'. She thought Polonius was much maligned.
Ben AffleckTo ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery (Maxims and Reflections)
John CollinsA 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 BonaparteHe was too good. I would suggest to his next opponent that he doesn't look to me for advice [on losing to Federer]
Andre AgassiYou can seduce a man without taking anything off, without even touching him. [any advice how, Rae Dawn Chong?]
Rae Dawn ChongTo be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility (Advice to Young Men)
William CobbettThe 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 McGregorGet some dance lessons [on his advice to Keith Jack from any dream will do]
John BarrowmanAlthough 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 MehtaThere is life outside Madame Tussauds [on advice to tourists]
Joseph FiennesSome people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it.
Gordon DicksonWhen we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.
Saul BellowIt has been well observed that few are better qualified to give others advice than those who have taken the least of it themselves
Oliver GoldsmithUnruly ambition is deaf, not only to the advice of friends, but to the counsels and monitions of reason itself.
Sir Roger L'EstrangeAdvice to persons about to marry - Don't!
Henry MayhewCan Love be controlled by advice? (The Beggar's Opera 1728)
John GayMy advice, Be healthy, reach your own goals and don't be afraid to impersonate a SNL star...
Teri HatcherAs time passes we all get better at blazing a trail through the thicket of advice.
Margot BennettTo profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.
Wilson MiznerAccept good advice gracefully - as long as it doesn't interfere with what you intended to do in the first place.
Gene BrownAdvice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
Erica JongMany receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
Harper LeeAdvice is like snow; the softer it falls the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeMost people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them.
Kahlil GibranI 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 ClarkeIf 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 GainesTake the first advice of a woman and not the second.
Gilbertus Cognatus NoxeranusA good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
Edgar Watson HoweI 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 like castor oil, easy to give, but dreadful to take.
Josh BillingsThe 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 CooperMy advice would be: if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don't
X FactorThe 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 DunhamI 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 Truman
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