[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

“It’s times like this when I wish I had listened to what my father told me.”

“What did he say?”

“I don’t know - I didn’t listen!”

[trebb]

Learn to laugh at yourself

It helps me reign myself in when I get too proud and keeps me more grounded and less apt to go ballistic because someone "dissed" me.

[Atticus]

My Dad told me never to throw away an old necktie — eventually it will come back in style.

He also taught me the importance of a firm handshake and eye contact when meeting someone.

Also, not advice per se, but when I went off to college in 1981, he bought me subscriptions to two magazines: National Review and The American Spectator. Those magazines were in their prime then. Not like today.

[Crucial]

The world doesn’t owe you anything.

The world will beat your brains out if you let it.

Always use leverage.

[Oatka]

“Save 10% of everything you earn.”

And, someone HAS to say it: “Drink your Ovaltine”.

[Osage Orange]

You can always get more money...you can’t get more time.

[MayflowerMadam]

Basically, but not verbatim, “If you have sex before you’re married, I’ll kill you.”