#advice

Nobody ever seems to want my advice about serious stuff. People will be like: 'Who made that sweater?' Or 'How did you get your hair so straight?' They don't to come to me for the relationship advice or deep stuff. In fact, my little sister actually hides from me. ↗

— Lauren Graham

#actually #advice #come #deep #did

Title: What Can a Thoughtful Man Hope for Mankind on Earth, Given the Experience of the Past Million Years? Only verse: Nothing. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#experience

Don't waste inspiration ↗

— Salman Khan

#inspirational #life-skills #inspirational

Doubt gets a bad rap. Doubting doesn't mean you've stopped believing, but that you've started thinking. Sheep doubt nothing. Chances are you'll get further in life by questioning things than by living like something that ends up as dinner and a sweater. ↗

— Amy Alkon

#amy-alkon #rude-people #life

The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it. ↗

— Thomas S. Monson

#live-in-the-moment #past

The sign of the amateur is overglorification of and preoccupation with the mystery. The professional shuts up. She doesn't talk about it. She does her work. ↗

— Steven Pressfield

#art #inspiration #writing #art

At least for the people who send me mail about a new language that they're designing, the general advice is: do it to learn about how to write a compiler. ↗

— Dennis Ritchie

#advice #compiler #designing #for the people #general

Follow your heart, Ithilnin," Albirich repeated. "Time is precious. Don't waste it living someone else's life. ↗

— Jess C. Scott

#dark #elves #fantasy #heart #life

Little pieces of advice like that can provide us with months' worth of entertainment. ↗

— Mike Shinoda

#entertainment #like #little #little pieces #months

I never presume to give advice on writing. I think the best way to learn to write is to read books and stories by bood writers. It's a hard thing to preach about. As Thelonious Monk once said about his field, "Talking about music is like dancing about architecture. ↗

— Maureen Dowd

#architecture