Quotes About Adage

The old Wall Street adage "never invest in anything that eats or needs repairs" may apply to racehorses, but it's malarkey when it comes to houses.

There's an old Internet adage that as soon as you compare something to the Nazis you lose the argument.

A peck of March dust is worth a king's ransom

As a professional broadcaster, I can tell you that over the course of my career, there is an adage: don't ever apologize.

Humility is truth" is a spiritual adage that sums it up well, for humility is nothing more or less than knowing our place before God.

The old adage "necessity is the mother of all invention" remains as true today as it did back in 3500 B.C.

Myth is not about whether something is fact or fiction; myth is more about truth. Good myth, according to the old adage, is about something that continues to be true again and again, over time.

A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.

It is an old, old adage that if you want someone to do something, get them to believe it is their idea. Humanity is mind controlled and onlyslightly more conscious than your average zombie. Far fetched? No, no. I define mind control as the manipulation of someone's mind so that they think, and therefor act, the way you want them to.

There is a banking adage that if it's growing like a weed, it's a good chance that it's a weed.

There's an old saying about those who forget history. I don't remember it, but it's good.

There's that old adage about how there's only seven plots in the world and Shakespeare's done them all before.

The old adage, 'If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is' isn't always correct. In fact, the suspicion, cynicism, and doubt that are inherent in this belief can and does keep people from taking advantage of excellent opportunities.

Patch grief with proverbs; make misfortune drunk...

For I am proverbed with a grandsire phrase...

There's a writing adage that says, 'Write yourself into a corner.' My brother and I have always loved that adage.

The old adage about acting - that it's 98% energy and 2% talent - is true, you know.

There is an old adage that the quickest way to drop your tax take is to increase taxes. If capital gains tax is going to be 50 percent, my contingent capital gains tax is going to be 250 million pounds.

At my age, if I make it up, it's still an old saying.

At my age, if I make it up, it's still an old saying.

famous Japanese adage that is both edifying and rippingly depictive," said Drayton. "Carp eyes coming, fish eyes going . . ." "Soon will be the wind in the pines

myself was increasingly early to bed and early to rise, though I can't say the effects were as the adage promised.

Bethink thee of the adage, 'Call none blest, till peaceful death have crowned a life of weal.

Old Korean adage, Even jade has flaws. Or, in other words: Nothing in life is ever perfect.