Quotes About Adage

my wallet at the mall. I was sure I would never ever see it again," he said. I bobbed my head up and down. "I know it. That's because of Finders keepers, losers weepers," I said. "Finders keepers, losers weepers is the rule. Right, Grampa?

Si elle ne s'était pas évadée de leur monde, elle serait amorphe et fainéante comme un Doigt. Car, elle l'avait vu à la télévision, les Doigts sont toujours partisans du moindre effort. [...] Comme le dit bien un adage myrmécéen : la fonction fait l'organe, mais l'absence de fonction défait l'organe.

There's an old adage," he said, "translated from the ancient Coptic, that contains all the wisdom of the ages -- "Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.

Well, I grant you the adage that it is useless to bolt the stable door when the horse has been stolen. But what shall be said of the ostler who doesn't know—won't even 'inquire' whether—the horse HAS been stolen, grand-papa?

I figured he was adhering to the adage that if you don't have anything nice to say, don't make fun of the person paying the mortgage.

I guess you go back to the old writer's adage that when they do your stuff in Hollywood, you smile sweetly upon your credit - if there is one - and enjoy the show.

What concerns me fundamentaly is a meteoric burlesk melodrama, born of the immemorial adage love will find a way.

did it ever occur to whoever wrote that stupid adage that hurtful words might be a pretty good indication that sticks and stones are on the way?

Have you heard the old adage advising to always grow oleanders at your back door?" Nicci asked.

A proverb is an exploding atom of wisdom.

I've always believed in the adage that the secret of eternal youth is arrested development.

There's more than one way to skin a cat, my father used to say; it bothered me, I didn't see why they would want to skin a cat even one way.

Suicide is a behavioral contagion. It's old adage "If all your friends jumped off a bridge, then would you, too?" Apparently, the answer is yes.

By generalization, I started to label a rare event as any behavior where the adage "beware of calm waters" can hold. Popular wisdom often warns of the old neighbor who appears to remain courtly and reserved, the model of an excellent citizen, until you see his picture in the national paper as a deranged killer who went on a rampage.

As old as the itch.

That experience is the parent of wisdom is an adage the truth of which is recognized by the wisest as well as the simplest of mankind.

A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.

For all riches come from iniquity, and unless one were to lose another could not gain. Hence the common adage seems to me to be very true: The rich man is unjust or the heir of an unjust one.

She laughed softly, wrapping up him up in her love. We asked for wolves, remember? I think the old adage be careful what you wish for might apply here.

Hijo de tigre, no siempre sale pintado. Siempre ahi esa excepción.

A proverb is to speech what salt is to food.

A man's life is often builded on a proverb.

A proverb is an ornament to language.

A proverb is an exploding atom of wisdom.