Quotes about advice
119 quotes from 93 people
Harry S. Truman1884–1972Interview with Margaret Truman, sitting in for host Edward R. Murrow, on Person to Person, CBS Television (May 27, 1955)
Gore Vidal1925–2012“Writing Plays for Television” in New World Writing, #10 (1956)There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — “God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.”
Kurt Vonnegut1922–2007God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1965)- Kurt Vonnegut1922–2007“Knowing What’s Nice”, an essay from In These Times (2003)
Alan Watts1915–1973The Joyous Cosmology: Adventures in the Chemistry of Consciousness (1962), p. 26 (This statement was redacted from later editions.)Keep the other person’s well being in mind when you feel an attack of soul-purging truth coming on.
Betty White1922–2021If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won’t) (2011)I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900An Ideal Husband (1895)
Thornton Wilder1897–1975The Skin of Our Teeth (1942), Act OneDon’t for heaven’s sake, be afraid of talking nonsense! But you must pay attention to your nonsense.
Ludwig Wittgenstein1889–1951Culture and Value (1980), p. 56e- Ludwig Wittgenstein1889–1951Culture and Value (1980), p. 76e
- Ludwig Wittgenstein1889–1951Journal entry (1 November 1914)
P. G. Wodehouse1881–1975The Man Upstairs (1914)The most important thing to do in your life is to not interfere with somebody else’s life.
Frank Zappa1940–1993In response to Joe Walsh on The Howard Stern Show (1987).
