Advice Quotes - 3
More Advice Quotes
My advice to people today is as follows: If you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you take your sense organs seriously, if you takethe energy processseriously, you must turn on, tune in, and drop out.
— 1966 Lecture, Jun, collected in The Politics of Ecstasy (1968), ch.21.
I cannot give any scientist of anyage better advice than this: the intensityof a conviction that a hypothesisistrue has no bearing over whether it is true or not.
— 1979 Advice to aYoung Scientist.
It is every man's own fault if he does not take such advice as will be sure to lead him right.
william henry ashurst— Goodtitle v. Otway (1797), 7 T. R. 420.
When Mussolini decided on war he did not take my advice or that of any other Army chief. In August 1939 the Duce had not been so sure about the invincibility of the Germans, and he told us that he had sought to persuade Hitler not to act.
pietro badoglio— Quoted in "Twenty Angels Over Rome: The Story of Fascist Italy's Fall" - Page 70 - by Richard McMillan - 1945
"And 'speak truth unto power'? What does this mean? It means giving your best advice to superiors based on the best information available and objective analysis even when you know it may not be music to their ears."
anson chan— Source: From Anson Chan's speech addressing to the Asia Society Hong Kong Center in April 2001.
My advice to people today is as follows: If you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you take your sense organs seriously, if you take the energy process seriously, you must turn on, tune in, and drop out.
timothy leary— "Neurological Politics"'
And with my advice, faith I wish you'd take me.
samuel lover— Widow Machree, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
I 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.
— Ch. 52 (Of Human Bondage (1915))
Ask a woman's advice, and, whate'er she advise,Do the very reverse and you're sure to be wise.
thomas moore— How To Make a Good Politician.
"The PP has spent 3 years thinking about the election (in 2008), but I think that one has to give them some advice: to prepare themselves to carry on thinking, but about the election in 2012."
josé luis rodríguez zapatero— Meeting on the 14th August 2007 in Jerez, predicting another PSOE victory in the 2008 elections.
— Source:ABC
I think sir, since you care for the advice of an old man, sir, you will find it a very good practise, always to verify your references, sir!
martin joseph routh— Advice given to Dean John William Burgon, (29 November 1847), in response to the question: "Every studious man, in the course of a long and thoughtful life, has had occasion to experience the special value of some one axiom or precept. Would you mind giving me the benefit of such a word of advice?"; quoted in Lives of twelve good men, by John William Burgon, 1888, vol. 1 p. 73.
I 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— Interview with Margaret Truman, sitting in for host Edward R. Murrow, on Person to Person, CBS Television (27 May 1955)
The Book of Job is advice on how to live in terms of the absolute power of nature. Leviathan is advice on how to live in terms of the absolute power of the state.
donald phillip verene— p. 188 (Philosophy and the Return to Self-Knowledge (1997))
He was a quiet, gentle man, a man who loved peace (his country had suffered much from the wars of his predecessor), he behaved graciously toward everyone, humble and great alike. Never high-handed, he always sought advice in the kingdom’s affairs from serious, experienced people. Just why his nephew killed him was never precisely explained.
constantine p. cavafy— King Claudius (inspired by the story of Hamlet by William Shakespeare)
Those who try to give us advice on matters of human rights do nothing but provoke an ironic smile among us. We will not permit anyone to interfere in our affairs.
konstantin chernenko— Quoted in "Simpson's contemporary quotations" - by James Beasley Simpson - Page 2
After Mitt Romney said it would be naive to go into Pakistan to pursue the terrorists, it took President Obama, against the advice of many, to give that order and finally rid this earth of Osama bin Laden. Ask Osama bin Laden if he is better off now than he was four years ago!
john kerry— September 6, 2012 John Kerry’s speech to the Democratic National Convention, 2012
Working with a great director is wonderful for an actor because it means that you're not forced to take the advice of an idiot.
klaus kinski— Kinski : The Master of Screen Depravity Speaks, Fangoria #28
Would not the German princes at least intercede with Philip? Would they hinder the passage of the royal mercenaries from Germany? Saxony, Hesse, Wurtemburg, and the rest offer excellent advice, to beware of Philip, not to drive him to extremity, to avoid outrages.
william the silent— William in a letter to the Elector of Saxony-William the Silent (1902) by Frederic Harrison, p. 35
When we want to do something while unconsciously certain to fail, we seek advice so we can blame someone else for the failure.
nassim nicholas taleb— p. 9 (The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010))
What the world wants iz [sic] good examples, not so mutch advice; advice may be wrong, but examples prove themselves.
— Henry W. Shaw, The Complete Works of Josh Billings (1842), under the heading "PUDDIN [sic] AND MILK."
We must be very careful when we give advice to younger people: sometimes they follow it!
— Edsger W. Dijkstra, The Humble Programmer, 1972 Turing Award Lecture, Communications of the ACM 15 (10), (October 1972): pp. 859–866.
It's not sex and drug advice these kids need, so much as help in acquiring a world view, in motivating them to take responsibilty and enabling them to build proper relationships.
— w:George Curry, Daily Mail (1996).
I'm not great at the advice. Can I interest you in a sarcastic comment?
Chandler Bing— Friends, Season 8, Episode 17: "The One With the Tea Leaves", played by Matthew Perry.
In his last testament to ‘Ali (peace be upon him), the Messenger of Allah (blessings of Allah be upon him and his family) told him: "O’ ‘Ali! I advice you to recite the Qur’an in every state (which you may find yourself in)."
— Man La Yahdhuruhul Faqih, Volume 4, Page 188
That it is unwise to be heedless ourselves while we are giving advice to others, I will show in a few lines.
— Book I, fable 9, line 1.
It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is absolutely fatal.
— The Portrait Of Mr. W. H. (1889), p. 5.
advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
— 1977 How To SaveYour Own Life.
advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
— J. R. R. Tolkien, Gildor Inglorion to Frodo in, The Lord of the Rings, from The Fellowship of the Ring, Book I, Chapter 3 (1954).
