In need of a bit of good advice? Well here is the best advice ever recorded--a compendium of personal tips, traditional proverbs, and clever observations from the literary, political, and entertainment world. The Best Advice Ever Given covers such diverse topics as life, love, success, forgiveness, friendship, character, health, and many more, including:* "Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example."--François de La Rochefoucauld * "The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want."--Ben Stein* "Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own."--Nelson Algren* "When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen."--Ernest Hemingway* "Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."--Oscar Wilde* "The secret of business is to know something nobody else knows."--Aristotle Onassis* "In baiting a mousetrap with cheese, be sure to leave room for the mouse."--H. H. Munro ("Saki")* "Keep cool; anger is not an argument."--Daniel Webster* "Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig."--Source Unknown* "Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names."--John F. Kennedy* "If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it."--H. Jackson Brown* "In the fight between you and the world, back the world."--Franz Kafka
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With so many decisions to make in the areas of love and relationships, education and professional endeavors, success and personal happiness, it’s no wonder that most of us seek good advice from the fount of collective human wisdom at one time or another. Here in one helpful compendium is the best advice ever recorded: a collection of personal tips, traditional proverbs, and clever observations—some gently inspiring and some profoundly life-changing—from the sages of the literary, political, spiritual, and psychological realms including: "Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough."--Oprah Winfrey "When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen."--Ernest Hemingway "The secret of business is to know something nobody else knows."--Aristotle Onassis "For marriage to be a success, every woman and every man should have her and his own bathroom. The end."--Catherine Zeta-Jones "Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names."--John F. Kennedy "In the fight between you and the world, back the world."--Franz Kafka
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Endorsement for 1001 Smartest Things Ever Said: "This is a book full of smart things that I'm sure I'll keep handy in the coming months and years."--Tavis Smiley, National Public Radio
"Warriors take chances. Like everyone else, they fear failing, but they refuse to let fear control them."--Samurai proverb"Be yourself. The world worships the original."--Ingrid Bergman"When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both."--Al Franken
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ISBN
9781493033782
Publisert
2018-04-01
Utgiver
Vendor
The Lyons Press
Vekt
358 gr
Høyde
175 mm
Bredde
149 mm
Dybde
24 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
320

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Steven D. Price is the author or editor of more than forty books, including the best-selling The Whole Horse Catalog. His compilations include The Smartest Things Ever Said and The Best Advice Ever Given. A graduate of the University of Rochester and Yale Law School, he is a resident of New York City and a keen observer of human achievement and folly.