All Quotes

Don't say I hate institutionalised religion - rather than saying I hate those things, which I do not, what I'm saying is that perhaps there is a way of opening more doors, rather than closing so many.
‐‐ Lady Gaga

Don't say I was tough. I was strong. I had to be, because Ronnie liked everybody and sometimes didn't see - or refused to see - what the people around him were really up to. But everything I did, I did for Ronnie. I did for love.
‐‐ Nancy Reagan

Don't say it's because of benefits, because our benefits are good.
‐‐ Lee Scott

Don't say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream.
‐‐ Mark Twain

Don't say 'the White House wants.' Buildings can't want.
‐‐ Donald Rumsfeld

Don't say you want to be an actor and not know how to read a script. Don't give up 15 minutes before the miracle comes. Everyone's career ebbs and flows, especially if you're African American. That's the time to dig in and keep your instrument sharp.
‐‐ Erik King

Don't see the point in reading ghost-written autobiographies, even though some of these published lives may fascinate me. The 'ghost' is always present, manipulating an interview into first-person singular text, and it feels like I'm reading a lie.
‐‐ Gary Kemp

Don't seek opportunity. Seek God and opportunity will seek you.
‐‐ Mark Batterson

Don't sell credits; don't sell walk-on roles... If people want to back you, they'll back you. But if you have to entice people will walk-on roles and crazy credits, you're undermining yourself.
‐‐ Dana Brunetti

Don't sell your soul to buy peanuts for the monkeys.
‐‐ Dorothy Salisbury Davis

Don't sell yourself short because without that you can't go far in life because after sports the only thing you know is sports and you can't do anything else with that.
‐‐ Bo Jackson

Don't send funny greeting cards on birthdays or at Christmas. Save them for funerals, when their cheery effect is needed.
‐‐ P. J. O'Rourke

Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive.
‐‐ Brian Clough

Don't send out a newsletter just to send out a newsletter. One newsletter a year that is really interesting is more beneficial than 12 that are boring. If you write two or three boring newsletters in a row, your readers will start to think you write boring books.
‐‐ M. J. Rose

Don't set out to make a scary movie and then flinch every time you're supposed to scare somebody because you're afraid of being MPAA or you're afraid of your own demons or whatever.
‐‐ Andrew Bryniarski

Don't set pen to paper until you know your main characters inside out. Create files detailing their appearances, likes, dislikes, and personal background. You may not use all the information, but it is a crucial step in planning your story.
‐‐ Jojo Moyes

Don't set your wit against a child.
‐‐ Jonathan Swift

Don't settle for what life gives you; make life better and build something.
‐‐ Ashton Kutcher

Don't shame the young for releasing their pent-up fear.
‐‐ Julianna Baggott

Don't shed any tears for me. I got to live a dream most people don't get to live.
‐‐ Tony Dungy

Don't shift because fashion has shifted. Don't move from the original ethic you had, the original reasons. They're part and parcel of you.
‐‐ Roy Harper

Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of his talent.
‐‐ Baltasar Gracian

Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.
‐‐ Harry Emerson Fosdick

Don't sit and wish for some ideal; the grass is not always greener with the big house and cars and artwork.
‐‐ Jonathan Coleman

Don't skimp on the ice. Bags from the grocery store melt so fast and water down your drinks. I prefer beautiful, big squares for my cocktails.
‐‐ Jose Andres

Don't sleep too much. If you sleep three hours less each night for a year, you will have an extra month and a half to succeed in.
‐‐ Aristotle Onassis

Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.
‐‐ Leo Buscaglia

Don't solicit feedback on your product, idea or your business just for validation purposes. You want to tell the people who can help move your idea forward, but if you're just looking to your friend, co-worker, husband or wife for validation, be careful. It can stop a lot of multimillion-dollar ideas in their tracks in the beginning.
‐‐ Sara Blakely

Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do know ask yourself, why am I telling it?
‐‐ Johann Kaspar Lavater

Don't speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn't walk in their shoes.
‐‐ Donald Rumsfeld

Don't spend money on extravagant things like cars and big vacations. Spend it on things that are really fun.
‐‐ Justin Flom

Don't spend months building something without any idea if someone actually wants it.
‐‐ Mike Krieger

Don't spend more than 10% of your marketing/PR budget on a trailer. Trailers have to be marketed, too. So, far too many authors wind up marketing their trailers instead of their books.
‐‐ M. J. Rose

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.
‐‐ Coco Chanel

Don't squander beautiful moments by always trying to snap the perfect picture or record the event on film. Sometimes it's better to watch things as they happen with your own eyes, knowing that the memory of the experience will always be with you.
‐‐ Rachel Nichols

Don't stand back with your arms folded; step forward... There is hope and light to resist injustice and promote peace without violence.
‐‐ Adolfo Perez Esquivel

Don't stare into a mirror when you are trying to solve a problem.
‐‐ Mason Cooley

Don't start writing your novel until you know your characters very, very well. What they'd do if they saw somebody shoplifting. What they were like at school. What shoes they wear. Spend days - weeks, months - being them until they thicken up and start to breathe.
‐‐ Deborah Moggach

Don't stay at the job for safe salary increases over time. That will never get you where you want - freedom from financial worry. Only free time, imagination, creativity, and an ability to disappear will help you deliver value that nobody ever delivered before in the history of mankind.
‐‐ James Altucher

Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.
‐‐ George Burns

Don't stigmatize in a rush to explain inexplicable evil.
‐‐ Ron Fournier

Don't stink up the place with bad acting, if an opportunity comes your way.
‐‐ Edie McClurg

Don't strive to be perfect. Strive for excellence.
‐‐ Victoria Principal

Don't struggle about the struggle. In other words, life's full of ups and downs. So if you're struggling, don't worry, everyone else has or will at some point.
‐‐ Sean Covey

Don't swap horses in crossing a stream.
‐‐ Abraham Lincoln

Don't sweat it if you are stuck in the corporate job right now. But begin to plan ahead. I know from much personal experience that it takes 1-3 years to transition from total scratch to making a living from home in any career you want.
‐‐ James Altucher

Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.
‐‐ George Carlin

Don't take anything for granted. If you don't believe in yourself, nobody else will. Have a little more confidence.
‐‐ Cathy Moriarty

Don't take anything from me because I'll track it down.
‐‐ Ursula Andress