Top 45 Unsolicited Quotes
#1. He would have recoiled still more had he been aware that her attachment rose unsolicited, and was bestowed where it awakened no reciprocation of sentiment; for the minute he discovered its existence, he laid the blame on Heathcliff's deliberate designing.
Emily Bronte
#2. Anticipated, personal, and relevant advertising always does better than unsolicited junk.
Seth Godin
#3. So my unsolicited advise to women in the workplace is this: when faced with sexism or agism or lookism or even really aggressive Buddhism, ask yourself the following question: "Is this person in between me and what I want to do?" If the answer is no, ignore it and move on.
Tina Fey
#4. You know, it's really strange now with the Internet, with everyone having an unsolicited, anonymous opinion.
Jeff Daniels
#5. ...I'm severely allergic to unsolicited monologue performances in public. While they don't cause sneezing or hives, when exposed, I do experience extreme and immediate vaginal dryness.
Sara Barron
#6. Unsolicited advice is usually more about the needs of the giver than the receiver.
Charles F. Glassman
#7. She was the eldest now and had inherited the vague, relentless, unsolicited responsibility such familial rank demanded.
Kate Morton
#8. That man has offered me unsolicited advice for six years, most of it bad.
Calvin Coolidge
#9. Here's my unsolicited advice to any aspiring screenwriters who might be reading this: Don't ever agonize about the hordes of other writers who are ostensibly your competition. No one else is capable of doing what you do.
Diablo Cody
#10. The greatest fear in life is not of death, but unsolicited change.
Raheel Farooq
#11. The real reason Milton went blind was to avoid reading unsolicited manuscripts.
Rita Mae Brown
#12. Like any man, he had no real protection from an unsolicited kiss from a pretty woman, even one he had just murdered.
Thomm Quackenbush
#13. It is not advisable, James, to venture unsolicited opinions. You should spare yourself the embarrassing discovery of their exact value to your listener." | S1C5
Ayn Rand
#14. We earn the respect of our peers by laboring to quell our critics' justified disapproval. We earn self-respectability by schooling the wisdom to ignore unfair condemnation. We learn goodness by witnessing other person's lives and by performing unsolicited acts of kindnesses.
Kilroy J. Oldster
#15. Unsolicited surprise requests from strangers are essentially guaranteed to be met with a negative response.
Terence Tao
#16. If you're very serious about writing it's helpful to find an agent. It's becoming more and more competitive to have your manuscript even looked at by an editor. Many companies don't accept unsolicited manuscripts anymore, so they'll pay more attention to something that comes in through an agent.
Ann M. Martin
#17. The unsolicited promise is one of the most reliable signals because it is nearly always of questionable motive.
Gavin De Becker
#18. Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online community.
Roger Ebert
#19. He was distinguished by a red eye that had hemorrhaged while proofreading unsolicited manuscripts.
Robert Klose
#20. There's a Drunk Midget in My House
Ah, babies! They're more than just adorable little creatures on whom you can blame your farts. Like most people who have had one baby, I am an expert on everythiing and will tell you, unsolicited, how to raise your kid!
Tina Fey
#21. To offer a man unsolicited advice is to presume that he doesn't know what to do or that he can't do it on his own.
John Gray
#22. When you're pregnant, people feel like they can come up and give you unsolicited advice. When I was nine months pregnant, this one woman came up and she said, I have one word for you: epidural. And I was like, Oh my God, thanks. But we already picked a name.
Bonnie McFarlane
#23. before you open your mouth, ask yourself, "Is it in the best interest of the relationship for me to give this unsolicited advice?" If not, then keep quiet.
Christy Largent
#24. Generally speaking, when a woman offers unsolicited advice or tries to help a man, she has no idea of how critical and unloving he may sound to him.
John Gray
#25. It is a sign of arrogance to be mad at someone for not acting as per your advice, especially if it was unsolicited.
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
#26. Making small talk about what someone is wearing is just another form of unsolicited feedback.
Sophia Amoruso
#27. Never offer unsolicited advice. The receiver might not know that you are smarter than him.
C.J. Langenhoven
#28. I never give advice unless someone asks me for it. One thing I've learned, and possibly the only advice I have to give, is to not be that person giving out unsolicited advice based on your own personal experience.
Taylor Swift
#29. I will say this: one of the things that is a pain when you're expecting children is how much advice unsolicited people give you when you're not asking for it.
Matthew McConaughey
#30. More and more, unsolicited gifts from without are likely to be received with unconscious resentment.
Edward Sapir
#31. I have stood in a bar in Lambourn and been offered, in the space of five minutes, a poached salmon, a leg of a horse, a free trip to Chantilly, marriage, a large unsolicited loan, ten tips for a ten-horse race, two second-hand cars, a fight, and the copyright to a dying jockey's life story.
Jeffrey Bernard
#32. In the name of friendship you should make sure your door is always open to listen. Don't feel you need to provide unsolicited possible solutions, answers or even ideas. Listening without judgment and offering assistance when asked should be enough. That's friendship's high calling.
Amy Dickinson
#33. There is a time to provide advice and offer an opinion, and there is a time not to. Don't be too quick to offer unsolicited advice. It certainly will not endear you to people.
Harvey MacKay
#34. Agents are essential, because publishers will not read unsolicited manuscripts.
Jackie Collins
#35. I love seeing my husband hold our daughter and just give her kisses, unsolicited kisses. When he doesn't know that I'm watching or when I come into the room and I look over and he's just kissing her forehead or kissing her cheek. He loves her so much, and I love his love for her.
Vanessa Lachey
#37. Adrian kept sending me e-mails, asking me to rescue him (while also offering unsolicited dating advice). Ms. Terwilliger continued her passive aggressive attempts to teach me magic. Eddie continued in his fierce dedication to Jill. And Angeline continued her not-so-subtle advances on Eddie.
Richelle Mead
#38. Since my first novel was rescued from a slush pile, it makes me sad that most publishing houses no longer accept unsolicited manuscripts. Nor are many willing to take chances on novels that are not deemed immediately "marketable."
Katherine Paterson
#39. I already read everything. I read poems and plays and novels and newspapers and comic books and magazines. I read tins in supermarkets and leaflets that come through the door, unsolicited mail. None of it lasts long and it doesn't give me answers. Reading too fast is not soothing.
Janice Galloway
#40. People who are overweight don't want unsolicited advice. Guess what. We know we're fat. We live in homes with mirrors.
Al Roker
#43. If you want to attain moksha (ultimate liberation), then you cannot give unsolicited advice. Give advice only when it is asked for. In order to give advice, you have to become the chief!
Dada Bhagwan
#44. It is a rule of mine never to ask unsolicited questions of people over twenty-one. I am only giving them the option of lying if they choose to. They would tell me the truth without my asking if they wanted me to know. To me that's fair enough.
Dorothy West
#45. Utility representatives will not show up at your door unannounced and will not ask for banking information in unsolicited phone calls. If you get a request for personal information that leaves you skeptical, contact my office and we can help determine if the call was legitimate.
Mike Beebe
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