Never take advice from anyone in a tie. They’ll bankrupt you. Don’t ask a general for advice on war, and don’t ask a broker for advice on money.
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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.
— Edward VIII
If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing slowly . . . very slowly.
– – -Gypsy Rose Lee
The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself
— Oscar Wilde
You were wild once. Don’t let them tame you.
— Isadora Duncan
I think capital punishment works great. Every killer you kill never kills again.
– – -Bill Maher
Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
– – -Jon Winokur
Be nice to your children, for they will choose your rest home.
– – -Phyllis Diller
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do what you want done because he wants to do it.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
You’ve got to take the bitter with the sour.
– – -Samuel Goldwyn