Advisers Act Quotes & Sayings

The imperative need of this nation at all times is the leadership of Uncommon Men or Women. — Herbert Hoover

There's a cliff at the end point of a person's life; most us of peer over the edge of it, hanging on. That's why, when someone chooses to let go, it's so dramatically visible. The body will seem almost transparent. The eys will be looking at something the rest of us can't see. — Jodi Picoult

Only in the exceptional case, where the integrity and competence of the advisers have been thoroughly demonstrated, should the investor act upon the advice of others without understanding and approving the decision made. — Benjamin Graham

A greater focus on design in all new homes would make the best use of land, create homes and public spaces, and reinforce the structures of urban life. — Richard Rogers

Sometimes I just want to gobble you whole, eat you alive. You're so gorgeous. You're so beautiful. — J.D. Robb

Beautiful colors exist, though we do not realize it, and are glimpsed behind the veil that modesty has drawn over them. — Paul Gauguin

I have always been fascinated by fashion. I never had any interest in waiting tables or bar-tending, so retail was sort of my best option. — Brandon Uranowitz

AMY'S LECTURE DID Laurie good, though, of course, he did not own it till long afterward. Men seldom do, for when women are the advisers, the lords of creation don't take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do. Then they act upon it, and, if it succeeds, they give the weaker vessel half the credit of it. — Louisa May Alcott

School is testing our memory and real world is testing our memory + how we use this which we know. — Deyth Banger

Abel snores pornographically, like a prince sleeping off an orgy. — J.C. Lillis

The biggest problems were to do with ... well, to get that successful when you're so young, it attracts hangers-on, parasites, people who want to feed off you. — Mike Oldfield

The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but who give us, out of themselves, the ardent spirit and desire to act right, and leave us then, even through many blunders, to find out what our own form of right action is. — Phillips Brooks

For when women are the advisers, the lords of creation don't take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do. Then they act upon it, and, if it succeeds, they give the weaker vessel half the credit of it. If it fails, they generously give her the whole. — Louisa May Alcott

The friends of Job appear on the scene as advisers and "consolers," offering Job the fruits of their moral scientia. But when Job insists that his sufferings have no explanation and that he cannot discover the reason for them through conventional ethical concepts, his friends turn into accusers, and curse Job as a sinner. Thus, instead of consolers, they become torturers by virtue of their very morality, and in so doing, while claiming to be advocates of God, they act as instruments of the devil. — Thomas Merton

There are few who would need advisers, if they were only accustomed to appeal to themselves in their calmest, holiest moments. If, when embarrassed with doubt as to any course of action, they would turn aside from the immediate tumult of the world, and from the vain speaking of those who "darken counsel by words without knowledge;" and would then commune with their hearts alone, at night, the heavens their silent counsellors, they would act not always in accordance with the wise men of this world, but with that wisdom which bringeth peace. — Arthur Helps

I auditioned for 'Game of Thrones' seven times! Loads of times. — Sam Heughan

Hindsight is especially unkind to decision makers who act as agents for others - physicians, financial advisers, third-base coaches, CEOs, social workers, diplomats, politicians. We are prone to blame decision makers for good decisions that worked out badly and to give them too little credit for successful moves that appear obvious only after the fact. There is a clear outcome bias. When — Daniel Kahneman

I always thought it would get easier to be a person as I aged. But it just gets more and more complicated. — Jim Butcher

Yes, it's true that I fell in love with someone and that he died, along with the two other people I loved best in this world. That has been the main thing to know about me, the only thing about me for a very long time, although I didn't know it myself. But there must be more to know. There will be more. — E. Lockhart