Unsolicited Quotes
31 quotes by 28 authors
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As the years progress one increasingly realises the importance of friendship and human solidarity. And if a 90-year-old may offer some unsolicited advice on this…
— Nelson Mandela
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Unsolicited redesigns are terrific and fun and useful, and I hope designers never stop doing them. But as they do so, I also hope they…
— Khoi Vinh
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In a world rife with unsolicited messages, typography must often draw attention to itself before it will be read. Yet in order to be read,…
— Robert Bringhurst
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Anticipated, personal, and relevant advertising always does better than unsolicited junk.
— Seth Godin
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I have stood in a bar in Lambourn and been offered, in the space of five minutes, a poached salmon, a leg of a horse,…
— Jeffrey Bernard
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It is slightly chilling to realize there are rational, functional people up there employed to spot, nurture, and exploit those down here among us who…
— Jon Ronson
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Here's my unsolicited advice to any aspiring screenwriters who might be reading this: Don’t ever agonize about the hordes of other writers who are ostensibly…
— Diablo Cody
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More and more, unsolicited gifts from without are likely to be received with unconscious resentment.
— Edward Sapir
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Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain letters,…
— Roger Ebert
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The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself. Check yourself against this list of obstacles to a…
— Harold Geneen
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Unsolicited surprise requests from strangers are essentially guaranteed to be met with a negative response.
— Terence Tao
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The real reason Milton went blind was to avoid reading unsolicited manuscripts.
— Rita Mae Brown
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There is a time to provide advice and offer an opinion, and there is a time not to. Don't be too quick to offer unsolicited…
— Harvey Mackay
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In the name of friendship you should make sure your door is always open to listen. Don't feel you need to provide unsolicited possible solutions,…
— Amy Dickinson
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Unsolicited advice is always self-serving.
— Amy Dickinson
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Agents are essential, because publishers will not read unsolicited manuscripts.
— Jackie Collins
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I will say this: one of the things that is a pain when you're expecting children is how much advice unsolicited people give you when…
— Matthew McConaughey
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I like texting as much as the next kidult - and embrace it as yet more evidence, along with email, that we live now in…
— Will Self
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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…
— Taylor Swift
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It is not advisable to venture unsolicited opinions. You should spare yourself the embarrassing discovery of their exact value to your listener.
— Ayn Rand
Who Wrote These Unsolicited Quotes
28 authors contributed a total of 31 Unsolicited Quotes, led by these top contributors: