All Quotes

Don't ever put anything past kids. They will surprise you in the best ways.
‐‐ James Van Der Beek

Don't ever rope me in as a late-night talk show host. I don't want to be one.
‐‐ Craig Ferguson

Don't ever slam a door, you might want to go back.
‐‐ Don Herold

Don't ever take a dramatic lesson. They will try to put your voice in a dinner jacket, and people like their hominy and grits in everyday clothes.
‐‐ Dale Robertson

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.
‐‐ Robert Frost

Don't ever take a seven-year-old with you to a campaign dinner - they will embarrass you no end.
‐‐ Ertharin Cousin

Don't ever take a shower with a woman, because you'll probably end up proposing to her.
‐‐ Scott Baio

Don't ever think, no matter how old you are, that you don't need to be coached.
‐‐ Peyton Manning

Don't ever write just for a trend or fad, because it's a moving target, and by the time you get your work out there, the trend or fad is gone. Dig deep; don't be afraid to write fiercely. Expose your heart.
‐‐ Jane Yolen

Don't expect ambiguities, hesitations or palace intrigues from me.
‐‐ Anibal Cavaco Silva

Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you'll have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either of them might run out.
‐‐ Mary Schmich

Don't expect Barton Biggs to be offering his market insights on 'Bloomberg News' anytime soon. His plumber, maybe.
‐‐ Alex Berenson

Don't expect fame to come overnight. That filtered through to me in my own career. Look at Madonna: she's not the best singer in the world, but she's got where she has through hard work.
‐‐ Rick Astley

Don't expect things to happen fast. Be empathetic with the people you are photographing. Don't be concerned about money.
‐‐ Lynsey Addario

Don't expect to be able to upload your cat's brain into your Roomba any time soon.
‐‐ Jamais Cascio

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
‐‐ Calvin Coolidge

Don't expect too much from yourself. What I like to do when I have a day off is make various cookie doughs and freeze them. Then I always have that on hand if I need it.
‐‐ Giada De Laurentiis

Don't fall in love with everything that you may have read and everything that you may have heard from any political leader, including myself.
‐‐ Ehud Olmert

Don't fall in love with politicians, they're all a disappointment. They can't help it, they just are.
‐‐ Peggy Noonan

Don't fall in love with your wit. Your cleverly turned phrase may not, as you hope, show off how much gray matter you have, especially if the phrase is at someone else's expense.
‐‐ Harvey Mackay

Don't fall into the trap of having to have everything perfect to write or wait until the mood strikes you. If you want it as a job, treat it like a job, and just as you don't go to work only when you feel like it, you have to condition yourself to sit and write even when the ideas don't flow.
‐‐ Kim Harrison

Don't fall into the trap of putting yourself last on the list or not even putting yourself on the list. That's not balance; it's not even healthy.
‐‐ Victoria Osteen

Don't fear anything for your letters, they are burnt one by one and I hope you do the same with mine.
‐‐ Camille Claudel

Don't fear change - embrace it.
‐‐ Anthony J. D'Angelo

Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.
‐‐ Louis E. Boone

Don't fear the terrorists. They're mothers and fathers.
‐‐ Rosie O'Donnell

Don't fear your mortality, because it is this very mortality that gives meaning and depth and poignancy to all the days that will be granted to you.
‐‐ Paul Tsongas

Don't feel embarrassed if you've never heard of William Lane Craig. He parades himself as a philosopher, but none of the professors of philosophy whom I consulted had heard his name, either.
‐‐ Richard Dawkins

Don't feel entitled to anything you didn't sweat and struggle for.
‐‐ Marian Wright Edelman

Don't feel sorry for me.
‐‐ Muhammad Ali

Don't feel you have to buy something to sit in or at. Buy something you are emotionally attached to and build your design around that. One Matisse cutout poster could provide you with your whole color scheme!
‐‐ Alexandra Stoddard

Don't feel you have to stick to plans, because something better might come up; and try to blend in, because you see more. I've learnt that the principles of moving around a big city are the same everywhere; only the people and streets are different.
‐‐ Michael Urie

Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.
‐‐ Erwin Rommel

Don't fight forces, use them.
‐‐ R. Buckminster Fuller

Don't fight the problem, decide it.
‐‐ George C. Marshall

Don't find fault, find a remedy.
‐‐ Henry Ford

Don't fix what's not broken.
‐‐ Robert Atkins

Don't focus on negative things; focus on the positive, and you will flourish.
‐‐ Alek Wek

Don't follow a trend. Follow your heart.
‐‐ Krist Novoselic

Don't follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise.
‐‐ Joan Rivers

Don't follow trends, start trends.
‐‐ Frank Capra

Don't force it, get a bigger hammer.
‐‐ Arthur Bloch

Don't force your kids into sports. I never was. To this day, my dad has never asked me to go play golf. I ask him. It's the child's desire to play that matters, not the parent's desire to have the child play. Fun. Keep it fun.
‐‐ Tiger Woods

Don't force yourself to write. Some people can write a novel in a few months, whereas for others it can take over a year. I'm lucky to be one of the former - but, even so, if I'm not in the mood to write, I won't. I'll go off, do something else and come back to it when I'm ready.
‐‐ Cecelia Ahern

Don't forget: cruciferous vegetables must be chopped, crushed, or chewed well for maximum benefit!
‐‐ Joel Fuhrman

Don't forget, God uses words to create the world. Words! Words are only hope.
‐‐ Bruce Feiler

Don't forget, I'm 39. I didn't come here just for the money to impress myself. I'm not saying I am going to be dominating. I'm not saying I'm going to be good. But I can promise you I will do all the right things to play.
‐‐ Jaromir Jagr

Don't forget I'm from a military family. I was in special training in the army. I am tall, sporty and - how do you say - you can always protect yourself... I have very strong security.
‐‐ Oleg Deripaska

Don't forget, I've been fired by studios; I'm not the studio's guy. I'm a guy who can work with studios, but if you ask any studio, I stand up to these people.
‐‐ Glen Mazzara