"I don't want any yes-man around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their jobs."
Samuel Goldwyn

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't. Erica Jong

Wise men don't need advice; fools don't take it.
Benjamin Franklin

Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
Ernest Hemingway

Tis better to be silent and thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Abraham Lincoln

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
George Washington

The best way to keep your word is not to give it.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Red is the ultimate cure for sadness.
Bill Blass

Never explain--your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
Elbert Hubbard

Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.
Mark Twain

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
Dale Carnegie

Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching.
Satchel Paige

I've always followed my father's advice: he told me, first to always keep my word and, second, to never insult anybody unintentionally. If I insult you, you can be goddamn sure I intend to. And, third, he told me not to go around looking for trouble.
John Wayne

Sticks and stones may break your bones but words can hurt like hell.