Adage Quotes

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When every card in the deck is stacked against you, the only way to win a hand is to break the rules. You beg, borrow,… — Paul Auster
People are fond of using the its not what you know, its who you know adage as an excuse for inaction, as if all successful… — Tim Ferriss
I believe that the day one stops being spiritual, one ends up being religious. I live by the adage that the only certainty in life… — Ashwin Sanghi
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… — David Liss
The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in life how not to be busy. They saw through that… — Barbara Ehrenreich
There is no quick way of making money. People come to you with tips for the races or offer the latest Ponzi scheme, but I… — Wilbur Smith
The adage that fact is stranger than fiction seems to be especially true for the workings of the brain. — Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
Heres a take on the Actions speak louder than words. adage. Its true that words can often be contradicted by the actions we take. This… — Babloo
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… — Harold W. Dodds
The only stage direction Jackie ever gave him, George said was: 'If you want to stay in the picture, stay close to me.' The rest… — Audrey Meadows
There's that old adage about how there's only seven plots in the world and Shakespeare's done them all before. — Terri Windling
Nothing comes to a sleeper but a dream. Our Dad used to say that. It's an adage. — Serena Williams
Esse est percipi, to be is to be perceived, said good old Berkeley; but, according to most philosophers, he was wrong. Yet, obviously, there are… — Unknown Author
The old adage about giving a man a fish versus teaching him to fish has been updated by a reader: Give a man a fish… — Thomas Sowell

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