My dad told me when I was very young, that I should not get married before 30. His only advice to me was to live my life.
Obviously I ask my family and loved ones for advice here and there, but I kind of have a rule with the people I love that surround me – close family and close friends – that unless I ask for it, I don’t really want advice thrown out.
If I had to give one piece of advice to a budding entrepreneur, I would say: ‘Aim big.’
When I was a kid, I got really great advice from someone who is so important to me and someone who I respect so much, and they told me, ‘Don’t do too many endorsements. Don’t throw your name on things; think of your longevity.’
I was one of the first women partners at my law firm, the first woman in my Minnesota prosecutor job, and the first woman elected from my state to the Senate. So advice from women who had done similar things was important for me.
I once said the Queen of England could use some fashion advice.
Ms. Oprah Winfrey gave me some advice to just always stay in the moment, and don’t waste energy on negative things, and put your energy into positive things in your life. I just try to remember that every day and keep on going.
I understand how hard it is to talk to people about MS. You don’t want pity or random advice.
Cultivating a strong group of personal directors takes time and commitment. For me, it took more than 10 years to find a diverse group that could give me sage advice when I needed it most.
I did have reconstructive plastic surgery and a tummy tuck. And from hip to hip, there’s a very big scar. It looks better than it did… So I say, if you don’t like that skin, have it removed. This is my advice: if you’re gonna do it – just go for it.
The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
I have advice for people – period – who are in unhealthy relationships: Follow your heart. It will get you to where you need to be. Sometimes it’s hard, sometimes it’s easy, the places that your heart takes you. But continue to follow it. Where the train leads you – you’ll get there.
One piece of advice I often give young singers, including my son Vijay, is to not get sidetracked from their primary duty of learning music. This is the age of marketing and hard sell. Everybody wants instant results. But no amount of hard sell will prop you up if you don’t hone your craft.
You will enjoy the TV and radio forecast much more if you stop taking it as advice and simply treat it as a short poem about the weather.
Having sisters is the best. I have a different relationship with each of them. I go to Kim for fashion advice, Khloe is always boy and family advice, and Kourtney is like another mother to me.
My mother is a great source of advice and wisdom and consolation for me.
I hate giving advice, because people won’t take it.
My advice to new artists is to not follow a trend, but to start one. By that, I mean to not be tempted to do what business people might suggest to you, to jump on the bandwagon, but to be strong.
I haven’t been faithful to my own advice in the past. I will in the future.
Everyone who means well gives advice based on his or her perception. I have realized that while it’s important to hear the suggestions, one should only listen to oneself.
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.
If someone gives you so-called good advice, do the opposite; you can be sure it will be the right thing nine out of 10 times.
I don’t ask other artists for too much advice.
I give the worst possible relationship advice to people. I am not ashamed.
I never give anyone advice: it can backfire horribly. In the 1950s, Eric Morecambe told Ken Dodd to get his teeth fixed. But those teeth turned out to be one of Dodd’s big selling points.
I think the best advice I give is to try not to write. Try not to overwrite, try not to make it sound too good. Just use your own voice. Use your own style of putting it down.
Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.
The president and I sat down in the Oval Office, and he expressed very clearly that what he wants from me is my best professional military advice.
You have to respectfully listen to advice.
A piece of advice always contains an implicit threat, just as a threat always contains an implicit piece of advice.
You don’t know what you need when you’re a young writer. You can get small slivers of critical input, advice, comments, but if you’re deep in the perplexity of your own process, as you should be, sorting it out in your own way, nothing is going to guide you more than small gestures of encouragement.
Recently my publicist asked me for a college photo, and I realize how chubby I looked. I know this sounds totally shallow, but my advice is don’t fall prey to the freshmen fifteen!
My editor, Robin Robertson, is one of this country’s finest poets, so I listen to him when he offers advice.
We ask advice, but we mean approbation.
Beware of advice about successful people and their methods. For starters, no two situations are alike. Your dreams of creating a dry-cleaning empire won’t be helped by knowing that Thomas Edison liked to take naps.
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 only do what my gut tells me to. I think it’s smart to listen to other people’s advice, but at the end of the day, you’re the only one who can tell you what’s right for you.
When I read commentary about suggestions for where C should go, I often think back and give thanks that it wasn’t developed under the advice of a worldwide crowd.
Whether you’re replacing one appliance that’s seen better days, or many because you’re moving or renovating, you probably know to look for the Energy Star label. That’s good advice.
In real life, I have mostly gone for nice guys. I definitely had a phase where I was like, “Oh, the bad guy is really cool.” It’s fun to be bad for a while, and then that ended really terribly – one piece of advice I’ll give to people is your mom is always right.
One of my biggest flaws is I don’t take advice.
All the pre-made sauces in a jar, and frozen and canned vegetables, processed meats, and cheeses which are loaded with artificial ingredients and sodium can get in the way of a healthy diet. My number one advice is to eat fresh, and seasonally.
I never help my kids and I never encourage them and I never give them any advice.
Some of my father’s fellow West Pointers once asked him why I turned out so well, his secret in raising me. And he said, ‘I never gave him any advice, and he never asked for any.’ We agreed on nothing, but we never quarreled once.
If I was 13 years old and Kurt Cobain tweeted me some advice or even just said hi, my whole world would be affected by that.
Most social problems could be helped or prevented if people had more money and practical advice.
Perhaps one of the only positive pieces of advice that I was ever given was that supplied by an old courtier who observed: Only two rules really count. Never miss an opportunity to relieve yourself; never miss a chance to sit down and rest your feet.
My advice would be not to write until after 35. You need some experience, and for life to knock you about a bit. Growing up is so hard you probably won’t have much emotion to spare anyway.
My advice to women in general: Even if you’re doing a nine-to-five job, treat yourself like a boss. Not arrogant, but be sure of what you want – and don’t allow people to run anything for you without your knowledge.
One of the first pieces of advice I was ever given, on my first job was, you should always buy something to treat yourself to say well done for getting the job! However I’ve not followed on that through yet… I’ve always wanted a tattoo, something to mark my experience.
Be open and honest, but perceptive to your boss’s situation. That’s my advice to graduates worried about working with a new boss.
Someone gave me great advice. That when you’re looked on as a pioneer, or you start a trend, you’re not always going to benefit from it.
When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.
I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.
The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone’s advice.
I do read newspapers constantly and my ‘Jesus Calling’ devotional on my way to work each day. In addition, my Bible is on my bedside table and my ‘go to’ for advice and direction.
I’ve got plenty of advice from a number of other actors. Me? I don’t give advice.
Pension reforms, like investment advice and automatic enrollment, will strengthen the ability of Americans to save and invest for retirement.
My advice is don’t keep asking yourself if you can do something. Just get out there and do it. You can really surprise yourself.
What I think is great style advice that people have told me is that people who are confident look beautiful. No matter what they’re wearing, no matter if they’re inappropriately dressed, no matter if their hair’s not really done right, eyebrows haven’t been tweezed.
