I believe in that old adage that 'as goes California, so…

As goes California, so goes the rest of the nation.

— Gavin Newsom

The foreign-language Oscar is something that doesn't go to the producer or the director; it goes to the country.

— Deniz Gamze Erguven

“A pointed illustration indeed of the old adage that "extremes meet".”

— Charlotte Brontë

“There's an old adage about everything looking better in the morning light. I'm guessing that whoever thought of that had never been punched in…

— Tammy Blackwell

The oil dinosaurs want to win so badly in my home state because what happens here matters everywhere. The nation often follows where California…

— Rebecca Solnit

“When California goes bankrupt, the Golden State's woes will be nationalized and shared with the nation at large: the feckless must have their irresponsibility…

— Mark Steyn

The old adage, that "music is a universal language", is really true.

— William Fitzsimmons

Unless the old adage must be verified, That beggars mounted, run their horse to death.

— William Shakespeare

Gold is where you find it, according to an old adage, but judging from the record of our experience, oil must be sought first…

— Wallace Pratt

Just like the old adage--what you dislike most in other people is what you dislike the most in yourself--

— Shannon Hale

You know the old adage: Plant an expectation, reap a disappointment.

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“The old adage applied: if God were in the details, Colonel Washington would have been there to greet him upon arrival.”

— Joseph J. Ellis

Trust me: anyone who ascribes to that old adage about not sweating the small stuff hasn't spent much time outdoors.

— Steven Rinella

“Maybe that old adage about not being able to have a good apartment, a good relationship, and a good job at the same time…

— Padma Lakshmi

There's an old adage," he said, "translated from the ancient Coptic, that contains all the wisdom of the ages -- "Life is life and…

— Beryl Markham