Top 145 Adage Quotes & Sayings
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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
There's an old adage that for every second too fast per mile in the first half of the race, you'll run at least 2 seconds slower at the end.
The adage that you're either gay or straight or you're lying, well, that's not true. Bisexuality does exist.
The old newspaper adage, 'If it bleeds, it leads,' is as true today as it was a century ago.
There's that old adage about how there's only seven plots in the world and Shakespeare's done them all before.
Unless the old adage must be verified, That beggars mounted, run their horse to death.
ADAGE, n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth.
There's an adage that a lot of coaches have, that I completely disagree with, is if you make the Olympic team too early you become complacent.
Something happens when your subconscious goes to work... That's why 'Sleep on it' is an adage.
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.
It's an old adage that the way to be safe is never to be secure... Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.
The adage 'a family that prays together, stays together' is so true.
I've always believed in the adage that the secret of eternal youth is arrested development.
Intelligent transportation technology is key to better parking management. The adage that "You can't manage what you can't measure" fits parking perfectly.
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.
It is a secret from nobody that the famous random event is most likely to arise from those parts of the world where the old adage"There is no alternative to victory" retains a high degree of plausibility.
There's a great adage that says we sing because what we have to express can't be spoken, just using words.
It is an old adage that honesty is the best policy-this applies to public as well as private life-to States as well as individuals.
Gold is where you find it, according to an old adage, but judging from the record of our experience, oil must be sought first of all in our minds.
I really subscribe to that old adage that you should never let the audience get ahead of you for a second. So if the film's abrasive and wrongfoots people then, y'know, that's great. But I hope it involves an audience.
I'm a longtime believer in the old adage that sunlight is the best disinfectant, particularly in politics.
What concerns me fundamentaly is a meteoric burlesk melodrama, born of the immemorial adage love will find a way.
That adage about 'Write what you know' is basically the opposite of the way I function. I write about what I'm curious to find out.
If you must be in a hurry, then let it be according to the old adage, and hasten slowly.
The old adage, that "music is a universal language", is really true.
An old bandit adage: A bell is a cup until it is struck.
The most important adage and the only adage is, the customer comes first, whatever the business, the customer comes first.
I think I've always believed in Ronald Reagan's adage, "Peace through Strength." Let's grow stronger on a transatlantic basis in our economies.
That adage about genius being 5 percent inspiration and 95 perspiration - it's true.
The adage that fact is stranger than fiction seems to be especially true for the workings of the brain.
It is very difficult to apply the old Indian adage 'Do not judge another until you have walked a mile in his moccasins,' unless you get out of your own moccasins first.
The adage that you are either gay or straight or you are lying. Well, that's not true. Bisexuality does exist
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.
The adage is true: Walk a mile in my shoes - or drive a mile in my car. There is nothing quite like sitting in the seat yourself.
It is an old adage, "All is fair in love as in war," but I thought not of general laws, and only felt a private grievance.
I grew up listening to this adage that hard work never fails. It is very true of 'Adhoori.'
I'm very wary of fawning too much over heroes. There's an old adage that heroes are best kept at arm's length, and in a few instances in my life, that's been true.
There is a banking adage that if it's growing like a weed, it's a good chance that it's a weed.
I believe in that old adage that 'as goes California, so goes the country.
He was as yet not sufficiently experienced in ruffianism to know that one villain always sacrifices another to advance his own project; he was credulous enough to believe in the old adage of honor amongst thieves.
I believe in that old adage that 'as goes California, so goes the country.'
It is a time-honored adage that love begats love...cast your bread upon the waters and ye shall receive it after many days, increased to a hundredfold.
As the old African adage says, 'everybody skin to me ain't kin to me'. So you can't exclusively make that the criteria of your job selection and say that it's right when it's black and discrimination when it's white.
The old adage is true, people will only be as good to you as you are to yourself. They will follow your example, and those who don't will be left by the wayside.
Forget the adage buy low and sell high.
You know the old adage: Plant an expectation, reap a disappointment.
There is an old adage: love thy neighbor, but don't get caught.
Always remember the famous adage about the movie business: You can't make a living, you can only get rich.
There is an adage in business that says that you should only compete when you have a competitive advantage. When it comes to cybersecurity, Maryland has a whole host of competitive advantages.
Bad books on writing tell you to "WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW", a solemn and totally false adage that is the reason there exist so many mediocre novels about English professors contemplating adultery.
As a professional broadcaster, I can tell you that over the course of my career, there is an adage: don't ever apologize.
That old adage, that "music is a universal language", is really true. Even if all of the lyrics are understood, they seem to connect with it really well and in some ways, more so.
The old adage that you shouldn't change a winning team doesn't apply in modern international football because managers have to study the opposition and pick players who exploit their weaknesses.
It is the adage of any creative thing; it looks terrible, it is an ugly baby, until the very last second.
Harry Truman proves that old adage that any man can become President of the United States.
You can’t change the world, but you can change yourself. That adage suits consumer capitalism perfectly, since the illusion of changing ourselves is a successfully maintained through shopping.
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.
I never stopped being attracted to women. Bisexuality is misunderstood; the adage is that you're either straight or gay or lying, but that's not my experience. To call me anything other than bisexual would be inaccurate.
An ancient adage warns, "Never go to sea with two chronometers; take one or three."
I went with the old adage that you should write what you know. What I knew was 18th century Britain, so what I decided I would do is write a novel based on my dissertation research.
