Advice Quotes

I guess I had it made. My mother gave me advice - she taught me that women like to be looked in the eye - and my grandmother gave me condoms.

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

If the student could give up her work on my advice, she had better give it up without it. One does not study for a goal. The goal is a mere accident.

The Constitution gives the president the power to appoint, upon the advice and consent of a majority of the Senate, and it plainly does not give a minority of senators any right to interfere with that process.

I don't even know how to speak up for myself, because I don't really have a father who would give me the confidence or advice.

I used to take five or six books away and bring five or six books back. Nobody gave me direction or advice and I read much in the way that a boy might watch television.

I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations - one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it - you will regret both.

We ask advice, but we mean approbation.

My dad told me something long before I was in politics, and when your dad gives you advice every single day, eventually one or two of the things stick in your mind. And he said, don't believe what people say, believe what they do.

Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them.

I don't want to be a lobbyist. I want to provide strategic advice to companies. I said both of those things in the course of the interview, and I made clear this is a matter only for after I had become a private citizen and I was no longer a member of parliament.

Listen to advice. You don't know how many writer's conferences I've taught at where at least half the audience fights all the conventions of the field.

Unless a president can protect the privacy of the advice he gets, he cannot get the advice he needs.

A girl's got to be fun. It's the one bit of advice I always give to friends of mine who are thinking of getting married.

In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice; because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid to my charge.

Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to receive.

If I could have anyone on speed dial it would be George Clooney. He seems like a cool guy who would give good advice.

Advice may not be good advice 10 or 15 years from now. Someone could tell you something years ago and it might not work now. The world is constantly changing. One word could mean something different today. Today you can't give advice to anyone.

Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.

It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.

My biggest bit of advice would be to spend some time actually helping caterers or Chefs, even if it has to be for free or as an intern of culinary externship. It helps immerse yourself in what you potentially want to do.

Advice to persons about to marry - don't.

The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.

A student will send me an urgent appeal to hear her, saying she is poor and wants my advice as to whether it is worth while to continue her studies. I invariably refuse such requests.

Far be it from me to denigrate Senator McCain's advice on vice presidential nominees.

My advice to the tea party freshmen: Slow the galloping horses to a trot. Big government was built over decades; it can't be dismantled in a year, especially when Democrats control the White House.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

My advice to the women of America is to raise more hell and fewer dahlias.

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.

We've no use for intellectuals in this outfit. What we need is chimpanzees. Let me give you a word of advice: never say a word to us about being intelligent. We will think for you, my friend. Don't forget it.