# What is the best advice you have ever gotten? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 10, 2004, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-advice-you-have-ever-gotten/239385 "2004-04-10T23:01:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chefIL11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chefIL11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chefIL11)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-advice-you-have-ever-gotten/239385/1 "2004-04-10T23:01:12Z")
Everyone has advice they get in their life that lasts with them. what is the best advice you have ever gotten?? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-advice-you-have-ever-gotten/239385/2 "2004-04-10T23:02:34Z")
From a guy I met back in tech school: _“Never get into a drinking contest with a Russian general”_ ---
**Author:** ![Maple\_Leaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Maple\_Leaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maple_Leaf)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-advice-you-have-ever-gotten/239385/3 "2004-04-10T23:06:30Z")
From my mother… “Always wear clean underpants or don’t wear any at all”. /got nuthin’ ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-advice-you-have-ever-gotten/239385/4 "2004-04-10T23:30:45Z")
From my grandmother: “Never get married and never have children.” Not _too_ bitter, was Grandmother . . . ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-advice-you-have-ever-gotten/239385/5 "2004-04-10T23:34:35Z")
plastics ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-advice-you-have-ever-gotten/239385/6 "2004-04-10T23:39:05Z")
“If it’s not an absolute emergency, do not pay by credit.” I didn’t follow it. I can’t ovemphasize the degree to which I should have. “Friendship is a better basis for a relationship than love.” ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-advice-you-have-ever-gotten/239385/7 "2004-04-11T00:03:12Z")
“Read _The Three Musketeers_. Treat women like that. They’ll love you for it.” Best advice I’ve ever gotten. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-advice-you-have-ever-gotten/239385/8 "2004-04-11T00:08:13Z")
Don’t lie. Your reputation is really worth that much. Also: Learn how to do a job right, the speed will come of it’s own. Measure twice, then make sure. Don’t quit your day job until another one is lined up. You will always make almost enough money. Never go to bed angry with someone that you love. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-advice-you-have-ever-gotten/239385/9 "2004-04-11T00:17:39Z")
From a former boss: If you don’t want to be in my job in five years, you’re in the wrong profession. She was right. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-advice-you-have-ever-gotten/239385/10 "2004-04-11T00:18:28Z")
When you and your spouse are in a crisis, no matter the issue or whos fault it is, never turn against each other. Work against the problem, but do it united. ---
**Author:** ![Call\_me\_Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Call\_me\_Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Call_me_Frank)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-advice-you-have-ever-gotten/239385/11 "2004-04-11T00:37:45Z")
Non urum ad ventum ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-advice-you-have-ever-gotten/239385/12 "2004-04-11T00:42:14Z")
I think “Don’t eat any yellow snow” was some pretty good advice. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-advice-you-have-ever-gotten/239385/13 "2004-04-11T00:47:31Z")
One of my first employers told me if I had nothing to do, grab a broom. Even if you aren’t actually sweeping, it will look like you are doing something. Needless to say I have swept a lot of floors over the years. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-advice-you-have-ever-gotten/239385/14 "2004-04-11T00:50:24Z")
If you need to ask someone else whether or not what you’d like to do is OK, it most likely isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-advice-you-have-ever-gotten/239385/15 "2004-04-11T00:57:27Z")
Button, then zip. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-advice-you-have-ever-gotten/239385/16 "2004-04-11T01:09:48Z")
People are who they are, not who they should be. ---
**Author:** ![LolaBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-advice-you-have-ever-gotten/239385/17 "2004-04-11T01:48:59Z")
From my dad: “No one ever said life was gonna be fair.” ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-advice-you-have-ever-gotten/239385/18 "2004-04-11T02:02:43Z")
At least you could _act_ normal. ---
**Author:** ![StinkPop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@StinkPop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StinkPop)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-advice-you-have-ever-gotten/239385/19 "2004-04-11T02:07:31Z")
“Stop being such an asshole.” ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-advice-you-have-ever-gotten/239385/20 "2004-04-11T02:12:14Z")
Never kill a person with a cop standing next to you. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-advice-you-have-ever-gotten/239385.md?page=2)