# 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:** 4
**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, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/61 "2012-11-27T22:21:21Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > So…making no decisions would be the wrong decision? _head explodes_ I dunno. I was dithering a lot about my career a few years ago and I saw that quote, and realized I needed to make a decision and get on with it. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/62 "2012-11-27T22:35:08Z")
If all your friends tell you that your boyfriend (or girlfriend) is an asshole, then the guy is an asshole, no matter how much you wuv him. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/63 "2012-11-27T22:39:06Z")
Don’t drink the cheap shit. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/64 "2012-11-27T22:45:29Z")
Always know where the exit is. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/65 "2012-11-27T22:55:02Z")
Life is too short to eat food you don’t like, or finish books that are boring. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/66 "2012-11-27T23:27:09Z")
Keep your powder dry ---
**Author:** ![LouLou7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a87d85/32.png) [@LouLou7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouLou7)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/67 "2012-11-27T23:35:19Z")
Buy low, sell high. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/68 "2012-11-27T23:39:21Z")
“Life isn’t as serious as my mind makes it out to be.”- Eckhart Tolle ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/69 "2012-11-27T23:39:54Z")
Don’t believe everything you think. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/70 "2012-11-28T00:31:46Z")
Never take a laxative and a sleeping pill on the same night. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/71 "2012-11-28T00:39:40Z")
The perfect is the enemy of the good. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/72 "2012-11-28T00:57:09Z")
Ladies, find a bra that’s comfortable enough to sleep in; gravity doesn’t turn off when you’re asleep. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/73 "2012-11-28T02:58:16Z")
Count your blessings. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/74 "2012-11-28T03:04:14Z")
If someone asks if you’re a god, say yes. ---
**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 28, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/75 "2012-11-28T03:09:02Z")
Don’t ever get married thinking the relationship will improve; it won’t. ---
**Author:** ![moejoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/76 "2012-11-28T03:10:59Z")
You are not responsible for making sure that everyone who is wrong understands that they are wrong. Let it go. ---
**Author:** ![JessMagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/77 "2012-11-28T03:20:49Z")
Fuck a lotta women. [With apologies to the old dude from off of Little Miss Sunshine] ---
**Author:** ![gms453](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@gms453](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gms453)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/78 "2012-11-28T03:29:36Z")
Don’t do anything stupid. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/79 "2012-11-28T04:05:34Z")
“I do not think it means what you think it means.” ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/80 "2012-11-28T04:18:10Z")
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