Advice Quotes - Page 13

• DCI Horner's advice to Jack Spratt: "Remember, m'boy," his old boss had said, eyes twinkling, "that if anyone tries to get the better of you, stand up straight and say to yourself in an imperious air, 'I am the new Mrs. de Winter now!' You'll find it works wonders.

  Jasper Fforde

  Eye, Winter, Boys

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• Pain (any pain--emotional, physical, mental) has a message. The information it has about our life can be remarkably specific, but it usually falls into one of two categories: We would be more alive if we did more of this and Life would be more lovely if we did less of that. Once we get the pain's message, and follow its advice, the pain goes away.

  Peter McWilliams

  Pain, Fall, Health

  Peter McWilliams (1997). “Life 101: Everything We Wish We Had Learned about Life in School--but Didn't”, Mary Book / Prelude Press

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• SOLIDAO, LONELINESS. What is it that we call loneliness. It can't simply be the absence of others, you can be alone and not lonely, and you can be among people and yet be lonely. So what is it? ... it isn't only that others are there, that they fill up the space next to us. But even when they celebrate us or give advice in a friendly conversation, clever, sensitive advice: even then we can be lonely. So loneliness is not something simply connected with the presence of others or with what they do. Then what? What on earth?

  Pascal Mercier

  Lonely, Clever, Loneliness

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• Well, when one's lost, I suppose it's good advice to stay where you are until someone finds you.

  Lewis Carroll

  Lost, Where You Are, Wells

  "Fictional character: Alice". "Alice in Wonderland", 1951.

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• Just remember who you are... The world will try to change you into someone else. Don't let them. That's the best advice anyone can give you.

  Cinda Williams Chima

  Giving, Trying, Remember Who You Are

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• I have never yet figured out what to do about good advice that you get, and that you know right away would help you, but that you cannot follow.

  Holly Lisle

  Attitude, Helping, Knows

  Holly Lisle (2010). “The Silver Door”, p.176, Scholastic Inc.

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• Advice, then, young yeoman: When referring to the king's middle daughter, state that she is fair, speculate that she is pious, but unless you'd like to spend your watch looking for the box where your head is kept, resist the urge to wax ignorant on her naughty bits." -Pocket I don't know what that means, sir." -Yeoman Speak not of Regan's shaggacity, son" [...] -Pocket

  Christopher Moore

  Daughter, Kings, Mean

  Christopher Moore (2009). “Fool: A Novel”, p.8, Harper Collins

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• Fresh from a costume fitting, where I had been posing in front of the mirror assuming what I thought was a strong position - arms folded, butch-looking...you know - I met with the woman in charge of Holloway police station. She gave me the most invaluable advice: never let them see you cry, and never cross your arms. When I asked why, she said 'because it is a defensive action and therefore weak.

  Helen Mirren

  Strong, Mirrors, Police

  Helen Mirren (2011). “In the Frame: My Life in Words and Pictures”, p.201, Simon and Schuster

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• This is my invariable advice to people: Learn how to cook- try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless, and above all have fun!

  Julia Child

  Fun, Mistake, Food

  Julia Child (2009). “My Life in France”, p.261, Gerald Duckworth & Co

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• The good artist believes that nobody is good enough to give him advice. He has supreme vanity. No matter how much he admires the old writer, he wants to beat him.

  William Faulkner

  Believe, Artist, Vanity

  "William Faulkner, The Art of Fiction No. 12". Interview with Jean Stein, www.theparisreview.org. 1956.

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• Val: Why do you go out there? Sandra: Because dead people give such good advice. Val: What advice do they give? Sandra: Just one word- live!

  Tennessee Williams

  People, Giving, One Word

  Tennessee Williams (1990). “The Theatre of Tennessee Williams”, p.18, New Directions Publishing

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• My son, be worthy of your noble name, worthily borne by your ancestors for over five hundred years. Remember it’s by courage, and courage alone, that a nobleman makes his way nowadays. Don’t be afraid of opportunities, and seek out adventures. My son, all I have to give you is fifteen ecus, my horse, and the advice you’ve just heard. Make the most of these gifts, and have a long, happy life.

  Alexandre Dumas

  Horse, Adventure, Son

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• I have a big hole in my heart," I said. "But it'll close over." I don't want to sound all Dr. Phil," she said. "But don't let the scab seal the pain in, okay?" That's good advice," I said. "I hope I can manage it.

  Charlaine Harris

  Pain, Heart, Dr Phil

  Charlaine Harris (2009). “Sookie Stackhouse 8-copy Boxed Set”, p.1542, Penguin

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• We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

  Science, Expression, Opinion

  "Abrams v. United States, 250 U.S. at 630". Dissenting opinion, November 10, 1919.

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• Her parents wanted her to find her own way in life. That’s what they’d said countless times in the past. Of course, they’d been referring to school subjects and college applications and job prospects. Presumably, at no stage did they factor living skeletons and magic underworlds into their considerations. If they had, their advice would probably have been very different.

  Derek Landy

  Jobs, School, Past

  Derek Landy (2015). “Skulduggery Pleasant -”, p.45, HarperCollins UK

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• Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Epic Poems, Voice

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

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• In the future, when something comes up, you tell exactly how it happened but write down for yourself the way you think it should have happened. Tell the truth and write the story. Then you won't get mixed up. It was the best advice Francie every got.

  Betty Smith

  Writing, Thinking, Should Have

  BETTY SMITH (1943). “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”

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• Listen to me, kid. Don't forget that you are in a concentration camp. In this place, it is every many for himself, and you cannot think of others. Not even you father. In this place, there is no such thing as father, brother, friend. Each of us lives and dies alone. Let me give you good advice: stop giving your ration of bread and soup to your old father. You cannot help him anymore. And you are hurting yourself. In fact, you should be getting his rations.

  Elie Wiesel

  Brother, Hurt, Father

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• My best advice to anyone who wants to raise a happy, mentally healthy child is: Keep him or her as far away from a church as you can.

  Frank Zappa

  Children, Healthy, Church

  Frank Zappa, Peter Occhiogrosso (1990). “Real Frank Zappa Book”, p.259, Simon and Schuster

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• Advice to young writers wo want to get ahead without any annoying delays: don't write about Man, write about a man.

  E. B. White

  Writing, Men, Delay

  E. B. WHITE (1954). “The SECOND TREE from the CORNER”

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• Advice,' Doña Vorchenza chuckled. 'Advice. The years play a sort of alchemical trick, transmuting one's mutterings to a state of respectability. Give advice at forty and you're a nag. Give it at seventy and you're a sage.

  Scott Lynch

  Years, Play, Giving

  Scott Lynch (2015). “The Gentleman Bastard Series 3-Book Bundle: The Lies of Locke Lamora, Red Seas Under Red Skies, The Republic of Thieves”, p.414, Del Rey

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• He shook my hand and said goodbye with a sentence that might have been either good advice or a threat: "Take good care of yourself.

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Goodbye, Hands, Care

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• He glanced over at me, a smile twisting his lips. "Hey, no advice, Ghost Girl. Guardians should be seen and not heard." I flipped him off for the "Ghost Girl" comment but he didn't notice because Lissa was talking to him again.

  Richelle Mead

  Girl, Talking, Hey

  Richelle Mead (2008). “Shadow Kiss: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.140, Penguin

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• Never take advice from a donkey.

  Bryce Courtenay

  Power Of One, Donkey

  "Fictional character: Doc". "The Power of One", www.imdb.com. 1992.

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• Macy: "Listen, I can't pretend to be the queen of good advice, here. I've had more boyfriends than I can count, and I'm not so sure that's any better than not having any. But I do know this. When you find someone who makes you smile and laugh, when you find someone who makes you feel safe, you shouldn't let that person go just because you're afraid." Elle: "And you're not afraid of it ending?" Macy: "Sure I am, But I'd rather have something this good for a little while than have nothing forever

  Megan Hart

  Queens, Laughing, Forever

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