# The "One sentence of good advice" thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 27, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265 "2012-11-27T14:51:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/21 "2012-11-27T16:43:22Z")
I would rather have a half bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/22 "2012-11-27T16:43:40Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > Never get involved in a land war in Asia. Curse you!!! ALL weapons are loaded. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/23 "2012-11-27T16:53:29Z")
Don’t crap where you eat. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/24 "2012-11-27T16:53:55Z")
Making the wrong decision is better than making no decision. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/25 "2012-11-27T16:56:19Z")
So…making no decisions would be the wrong decision? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/26 "2012-11-27T16:57:34Z")
Look before you leap. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/27 "2012-11-27T17:02:05Z")
Start each day by eating a live toad, and chances are, nothing worse will happen to you. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/28 "2012-11-27T17:02:57Z")
Some things are easy to make fun of, but that doesn’t mean they’re not important. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/29 "2012-11-27T17:03:38Z")
There’s no honor in winning a battle of wits against an unarmed opponent. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/30 "2012-11-27T17:10:44Z")
Sometimes its better to quietly look stupid than loudly prove it. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/31 "2012-11-27T17:10:51Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Start each day by eating a live toad, and chances are, nothing worse will happen to you. Nothing ventured, nothing gained - but you might want to pass on ever having breakfast with **FairyChatMom**. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/32 "2012-11-27T17:23:28Z")
Don’t squeeze a zit till it’s good and ready. ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Venom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@Lady\_Venom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Venom)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/33 "2012-11-27T17:29:36Z")
Said to me by my Grandfather that raised me every time I left the house as a teen… “Watch out for the drunks and don’t get your feet wet.” ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/34 "2012-11-27T17:35:43Z")
Half of something is better than all of nothing. Hmmm. Is that advice or an aphorism? ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/35 "2012-11-27T17:45:03Z")
Always blame it on the guy who can’t speak english. Ah, Tibor, how many times have you saved my ass… ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/36 "2012-11-27T17:48:46Z")
Never Go in against a Sicilian when Death is on the line. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/37 "2012-11-27T17:50:17Z")
Ride (a motorbike) like a knob and you’ll die. ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/38 "2012-11-27T17:55:10Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > “Quit worrying about things you have no control over.” And: the only thing you have control over is yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/39 "2012-11-27T18:00:31Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > Making the wrong decision is better than making no decision. However: No matter how far you’ve gone down the wrong road, turn back. (My favorite proverb of all time). ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/40 "2012-11-27T18:14:50Z")
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