N Quotes
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“Never appeal to a man's 'better nature.' He may not have one. Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage.”
Source: Time Enough for Love
“Never appease. No one's ever been respected for appeasing. The only thing you did was let them know there are no consequences to treating you like trash.”
Source: Iron Widow
“Never approach a friend's wife or girlfriend with mischief as your goal... unless she's really attractive.”
“Never arbitrate. Arbitration allows a third party to determine your destiny. It is a resort of the weak.”
“Never are voices so beautiful as on a winter's evening, when dusk almost hides the body, and they seem to issue from nothingness with a note of intimacy seldom heard by day.”
Source: Night and Day
“Never are we nearer the Light than when the darkness is deepest.”
“Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry gets the best of the argument.”
“Never argue when you're winning.”
Source: Crimson Death
“Never argue with a drunk or a fool.”
“Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”
“Never argue with a gun-cutter, [...]”
Source: Malleus
“Never argue with a librarian; they know too much.”
Source: Cat in a Red Hot Rage: A Midnight Louie Mystery
“Never argue with a man whose job depends on not being convinced.”
“Never argue with a pedant over nomenclature. It wastes your time and annoys the pedant.”
Source: Memory (Hardcover)
“Never argue with a six-year-old who shaves.”
“Never argue with people who buy ink by the gallon.”
“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
“Never argue with the surreal; there's no winning against irrationality.”
“Never argue with your characters; they know themselves better than you do”
“Never argue with your wife about hostility when she's a certified Freudian.”
Source: The Princess Bride
“Never argue, repeat your assertion.”
“Never argue. In society nothing must be; give only results. If any person differs from you, bow, and turn the conversation.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.”
“Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”
“Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.”
“Never ask a bore a question.”
“Never ask a favor until you are drawing your last breath; and never forget one.”
Source: Fanny Fern [pseud.]: A Memorial Volume. Containing Her Select Writings and a Memoir
“Never ask a hungry cat whether he loves you for yourself alone.”
Source: Park Avenue Vet
“Never ask a man what he knows, but what he can do.”
Source: Old Gorgon Graham: More Letters from a Self-made Merchant to His Son
“Never ask a man where he has been.”
Source: The wit and wisdom of Mae West
“Never ask a man where's he's been. If he's out on legitimate business, he doesn't need an alibi. And, girls, if he has been out on illegitimate business, it's your own fault.”
Source: The wit and wisdom of Mae West
“Never ask a question if you don’t know the answer.
— Rhett”
“Never ask a trader if he is profitable: you can easily see it in his gesture and gait.”
Source: Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
“Never ask a woman if you may kiss her. Instead, learn to read body language.”
“Never ask a woman what's wrong. Just assume it's you and act accordingly.”
“Never ask a woman why she's angry at you. She will either get angrier at you for not knowing, or she'll tell you. Both ways, you lose.”
“Never ask a writer how the writing is going.”
From "All together for Christmas”
“Never ask about the details of someone's personal life, only the quality. Because if they want you to know, they'll let you know. If they don't want you to know, there is no need to know.”
Source: The Spirit of Pessimism
“Never ask advice from someone who has something at stake or something to lose from your decision. The more objective the person is the greater value you should place on the input.”
Source: Get Anyone to Do Anything: Never Feel Powerless Again--With Psychological Secrets to Control and Influence Every Situation
“Never ask an elf for help; they might decide your better off dead, eh?”
Source: Eldest
“Never ask an elf for help; they might decide your better off dead, eh?" (Orik) (Eldest) (Page 207)”
“Never ask anybody what is right and what is wrong. Life is an experiment to find out.
Each individual has to be conscious, alert, and watchful, and experiment with life and find out what is good for him. Whatever gives you peace, whatever makes you blissful, whatever gives you serenity, whatever brings you closer to existence and its immense harmony is good. And whatever creates conflict, misery, pain in you is wrong.”
“Never ask anyone for money instead ask for an opportunity. borrow nor lend money from anyone definitely not to your close business partners.”
“Never ask anyone for their opinion, forecast, or recommendation. Just ask them what they have—or don’t have—in their portfolio.”
Source: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
“Never ask anyone if you should do something, if ultimately you are afraid to do it. You'll save yourself a lot of trouble.”
“Never ask anyone over 70 how they feel. They'll tell you.”
“Never ask anyone to do what you haven't done before and wouldn't do again. That's a pretty fundamental rule in leadership... treat them like you treat yourself. Things you don't like, they don't like.”
“Never ask for 'a beer.'”
“Never ask for anything! Never for anything, and especially from those who are stronger than you. They'll make the offer themselves, and give everything themselves.”
Source: THE MASTER AND MARGARITA: 50th-Anniversary Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
“Never ask for approval in your work. Life is your own, inspiration is your own, you create alone, and the results are your own - and that's good enough.”