Deborah Raney Quotes

It gets really tricky giving advice. The older I get, the less advice I give.

I try to avoid giving advice.

The people sensible enough to give good advice are usually sensible enough to give none.

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.

I don't really try to give out advice, to be honest.

There is a time to speak and a time to listen, and sometimes people need to shut up.

It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so.

When I was young I used to listen to other people and to try and understand what they thought and where they were coming from. I listened and didn't speak.

I don't like to give out advice. I make suggestions when I get to know somebody a little bit, but I don't know about advice.

As a director, try to be humble and not to overdo it, not overcoverage and over-covering the scene.

Be a listener only, keep within yourself, and endeavor to establish within yourself the habit of silence, especially in politics.

The biggest piece of advice I have is - listen. Don't jump to the answer or what you think the answer is. The more you listen, the more you learn.

In order to practice dialogue, you need to be able to set aside your assumptions and try to listen more than you want to talk. It's not always politically correct to be able to do that, but it can give you a better sense of the reality.

I never give advice unless someone asks me for it. One thing I've learned, and possibly the only advice I have to give, is to not be that person giving out unsolicited advice based on your own personal experience.

You have to respectfully listen to advice.

I never let myself get ahead of myself.

I've learned to listen. I don't get everything right the first time.

Stepping out of the spotlight when it's prudent to do so is a good thing.

I know to shut up when I don't know what I'm talking about.

I just want to be more willing to listen to many people and be cautious about what I'm doing.

If I could go back in time and give Rookie C.J one piece of wisdom, it would be that sometimes less is more. Off the court, sometimes it's just better to shut up and be quiet.

The best thing you can probably do is keep a low profile, keep your eyes and ears open, your mouth shut, and you will learn a ton.

I have often heard, that it is safer to hear and to take counsel, than to give it.