Short Advice Quotes

#1. You make more money selling advice than following it. It's one of the things we count on in the magazine business
along with the short memory of our readers.

Steve Forbes

#2. She is probably slightly too old to pout, but they've been going out a short enough time for it still to be cute.

Jojo Moyes

#3. My advice to the average investor in 1988 is to be patient and think long-term. It will take 18 months for confidence to get better and, in the meantime, this is absolutely no place for short-term money.

Louis Navellier

#4. Whatever advice you give, be short.

Horace

#5. The Laundry field operations manual is notably short on advice for how to comport one's self when being held prisoner aboard a mad billionaire necromancer's yacht, other than the usual stern admonition to keep receipts for all expenses incurred in the line of duty.

Charles Stross

#6. Seeking an acquisition from the start is more than just bad advice for an entrepreneur. For the entrepreneur it leads to short term tactical decisions rather than company-building decisions and in my view often reduces the probability of success.

Vinod Khosla

#7. Don Siegel last advice to me was 'Don't short yourself.' He said the tendency is when an actor's directing is to kind of you want to work on everybody else but you're going to short yourself. He said, take the time to do a good job with yourself so that you're satisfied with it.

Clint Eastwood

#8. One rule of the road not directly stated elsewhere in this book: 'The editor is always right.' The corollary is that no writer will take all of his or her editor's advice; for all have sinned and fallen short of editorial perfection.

Stephen King

#9. When people ask, "Is there any advice you'd give a young writer?," I say write short stories. They afford lots of failure. Pastiche is a great way to start.

Ian McEwan

#10. On the Writing Process:
When in doubt, take it out.,

Barbara DaCosta

#11. And at the UN she took the advice - she had to take the advice - of the State Department and the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations. They keep our UN representatives on a very short leash. She did as she was told, and voted as she was told.

William A. Rusher

#12. The next time someone pesters you with unneeded advice, gently remind him of the fate of the monk whom Ivan the Terrible put to death for delivering uninvited (and moralizing) advice. It works as a short-term cure.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#13. Love for one another is built on the actions we take. Words that are said, are used for short comfort; but little do we know lies can be hidden in the riddle. Tread carefully through the puddle of roses for there, thorns await.

Ochir Napoleoni

#14. You want a piece of advice?" said Ripred.
"Don't bother. I know what you'll say. The whole thing's stupid," said Gregor.
"Quite the contrary. I was going to say that life is short. There are only a few good things in it, really. Don't pretend that one isn't happening." said Ripred.

Suzanne Collins

#15. Most dancers I know, especially the talented and successful ones, seem to possess [my dog's] knack for living moment to moment. You see, their idea of time is related to those infinitely short moments when they are onstage being their superselves.

Paul Taylor

#16. Keep the first date brief, short, sweet and simple and they'll come back to you.

Auliq Ice

#17. ALWAYS hook a reader. If a detail is unnecessary, it doesn't belong in your work, long or short! Make everything intriguing. If you have to describe a desk, make it awesome.

Darynda Jones

#18. In giving advice I advise you, be short.

Horace

#19. Go out there and try on everything - short skirts, long skirts, mid length, little jackets, men's clothing - and really look at yourself; really walk around in the clothes. Don't just take someone else's advice. You must feel you in these clothes and feel what it's like to live in them.

Charlotte Rampling

#20. My advice to you, dear reader, is to eat well and eat frequently. Our time here is pretty short. It's filled with disappointments and drama, and food can make it better.

Jim Gaffigan

#21. One should write only those books from whose absence one suffers. In short: the ones you want on your own desk.

Marina Tsvetaeva

#22. Inspiration for my short stories grows from a psychic kernel, a vision of some sort or an eccentric, colorful dream.

Lawren Leo

#23. Trust God on this one - the short-term pleasure isn't worth the long-term consequences. If you find yourself in a tempting situation, take Paul's advice: run!

Max Lucado

#24. The best advice I can give is to ignore advice. Life is too short to be distracted by the opinions of others.

Russell Edson

#25. My advice to graduates is to stay positive. Life is short, and you'll be dead soon.

Greg Giraldo

#26. Time flies, whether you're wasting it or not.

Crystal Woods

#27. Read a short story every day. By the end of the week you would have read volumes of stories.

Lailah Gifty Akita