Why, Madam, do you know there are upward of thirty yards of bowels squeezed underneath that girdle of your daughter's? Go home and cut it; let Nature have fair play, and you will have no need of my advice.

Quote by John Abernethy

Topics: Advice Quotes

And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun...

And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun...

There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.

There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.

The worst men often give the best advice.

The worst men often give the best advice.

From the very beginning, and throughout the ages, He is the Lord and Master of...

From the very beginning, and throughout the ages, He is the Lord and Master of...

Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.

Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.

Accept good advice gracefully--as long as it doesn't interfere with what you intended to do...

Accept good advice gracefully--as long as it doesn't interfere with what you intended to do...

Hazard not your wealth on a poor man's advice.

Hazard not your wealth on a poor man's advice.

Physical fitness can neither be achieved by wishful thinking nor outright purchase.

Physical fitness can neither be achieved by wishful thinking nor outright purchase.

Look for what's missing. Many advisors can tell a President how to improve what's proposed...

Look for what's missing. Many advisors can tell a President how to improve what's proposed...

I wish I could give you a lot of advice, based on my experience of...

I wish I could give you a lot of advice, based on my experience of...

Don't tell someone you miss them unless you're willing to put in the effort to...

Don't tell someone you miss them unless you're willing to put in the effort to...

Material things aside, we need no advice but approval.

Material things aside, we need no advice but approval.

The best advice one can offer to both press and public is the suggestion Ronald...

The best advice one can offer to both press and public is the suggestion Ronald...

All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to...

All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to...

We may give advice, but not the sense to use it.

We may give advice, but not the sense to use it.

Dont think too much. Youll create a problem that wasnt even there in the first...

Dont think too much. Youll create a problem that wasnt even there in the first...

Even the Congressional Budget Office and the Social Security trustees appointed by the president say...

Even the Congressional Budget Office and the Social Security trustees appointed by the president say...

Never say, 'oops.' Always say, 'Ah, interesting.'

Never say, 'oops.' Always say, 'Ah, interesting.'