Famous Quotes & Sayings

Howard Aiken

May I now pass on to this Congress advice which I received recently from a fellow Vermonter - Either impeach him or get off his back

Mary Blige

Me and my husband took him as a friend. He's someone we know we could talk to and call on if we have a question about something we can't answer because, quite frankly, 50 is very intelligent and we really appreciate his expertise, and we really appreciate his opinions and the advice he's given us.

One of the things I really do believe is - and it would've affected our two guys this year, so it wouldn't have been good - I don't believe anybody on sub-.500 teams should be in the All-Star game. It should be all a reward for winning. Now that would affect our guys which, I'm glad no one took my advice for this year.

Carol Berg

One of the things that put me off writing for a while was that piece of advice everybody gives new writers: 'Write what you know.' Nobody would ever want to read about my boring life! But I do know a lot of things about different societies' cultures and mythologies. The way people were and are.

One of the things that has brought me a lot of success the last five years was performing. At my first recording session ever I met Kurt Bester and he said he had one piece of advice for me and that was perform.

One must have to get wet and cross the river's troubled waters in order to get to the other side, where the wood that will keep him safe, sheltered and warm will be found...

One must chose in life between boredom and suffering

Mark Twain

October. This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks in. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August, and February.

Of all the Presidents I've served or observed, George W. Bush is the least receptive to the opinion of others. He has no interest in what others think and he doesn't listen to the advice of experts or professionals.

Publilius Syrus

It is bad advice that cannot be altered

Ella Fitzgerald

Just don't give up on trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.

David Brown

Jeff joined the board at a pivotal point in our company. Through his leadership and valued advice, Jeff made a significant contribution to Website Pros.

Jim Calhoun

Jimmy put it in perspective and told me exactly what had happened to him, ... He encouraged me to get the best medical advice I could get. He took me through the scenario of what would happen.

Michael Johnson

Jim is an extremely talented banker with more than 15 years of experience in the energy sector. He will be a great asset to our team, and together with Mitch will provide our clients with outstanding advice and execution.

A. N. Wilson

Kyle has the right demeanor where he can focus on what he has to focus on. He's not afraid to speak up at all. It's hard to distinguish between what is really good advice and when somebody is just trying to help their own position out. He knows that.

Koch Industries' tremendous growth and success has been realized as a result of strong leadership and commitment from Charles Koch, Joe Moeller and many others who have contributed during the past 65 years. I am humbled by the confidence placed in me. With the help and advice of the many talented and experienced leaders within Koch companies, I hope to help continue the company's success into the future.

I said before that it's unfortunate that the small group of players involved here have been getting some very bad advice from both their counsel and some of the agents involved but I've tried to look forward to getting through these unnecessary distractions and looking forward to rebuilding the solidarity within our association.

Joan Collins

I ruefully realized I should have listened to my own common sense rather than the advice of others who have the less-than-altruistic motive of making money,

Surgery is an option, but the advice we have received from two leading specialists in the field is that the injury may still settle without recourse to an opera-tion,

Start with the simple tasks in restoring a relationship. Just communicating is a good first step.

My own advice would probably be for the president to find the female equivalent of John Roberts,

Judy Blume

My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully and yell for help if you need it.

My Mum always says to have fun; remember that fashion is about fun, and that is the most important thing because sometimes, people take it very seriously. Great advice to remember!

I might ask him how his game went, but other than that we don't talk much about hockey. I ask him for advice all the time, and he asks me, but after that it's all jokes.

Bertrand Russell

My first advice on how not to grow old would be to choose you ancestors carefully.

The advice we received from Ashley's specialist is that it will take time to derive full benefit from the surgery he underwent in December.

The advice they give you in the field is, if you're an artist get established as an artist first and then once you are established they are more apt to look at your work. Never team up with a writer; they like to team up the artist with a manuscript.

The advice that they've given me has definitely given me an advantage.

Janet Weiss

The advice I like to give to drummers is that there's no right or wrong way of playing the drums. I think the drumming community can be very antiquated and very stuck in the past of, like, this Neil Peart style, technical Guitar Center drum video kind of approach. That you need to have played for 15 years before you ever do anything worthwhile.

Eddie Jones

The advice from the medical staff is to give Jeremy the opportunity to rest his injury and unfortunately that means missing out on the tour.

The amount of advice, and portfolio monitoring and portfolio structuring is going to be a very hot topic over the next six months, ... and it's going to be very difficult to compete with a beat-up car when the guy next door has a nice shiny one.

The art of advice is to make the recipient believe he thought the thought of it himself.

The 18 NATO allies -- members of the integrated military structure -- agreed today to task military planners to begin their work and advice on preventive deployment of AWACS airplanes, NATO support for deployment of theater missile defenses of Turkey, and support for allied chemical and biological defense capabilities,