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I believe in that old adage that 'as goes California, so goes the country.' -- Kamala Harris
I'm a longtime believer in the old adage that sunlight is the best disinfectant, particularly in politics. -- Mike Quigley
There's that old adage about how there's only seven plots in the world and Shakespeare's done them all before. -- Terri Windling
You know the old adage that the customer's always right? Well, I kind of think that the opposite is true. The customer is rarely right. -- Charlie Trotter
It's the old adage: You can make a pizza so cheap, nobody will eat it. You can make an airline so cheap, nobody will fly it. -- Gordon Bethune
The old adage is, 'Write what you know.' But if you only do that, your work becomes claustrophobic. I say, 'Write what you want to know.' -- Julia Glass
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. -- Glenn Hoddle
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. -- Harold W. Dodds
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. -- Niecy Nash
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. -- David Liss
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. -- Paul Thomas Anderson
If we provide the young with a strong foundation, we can leave behind a legacy substantially greater than most are able to bequeath. As for the women, the old adage that you invest in a woman, you invest in a generation, still rings true today. -- Joyce Banda
Regardless of the difficulties we may face individually, in our families, in our communities and in our nation, the old adage is still true - you can make excuses or you can make progress, but you cannot make both! The America I know doesn't make excuses. -- Mia Love
The old adage about giving a man a fish versus teaching him how to fish has been updated by a reader: Give a man a fish and he will ask for tartar sauce and French fries! Moreover, some politician who wants his vote will declare all these things to be among his 'basic rights.' -- Thomas Sowell
Plant an expectation; reap a disappointment." (Quoting an old adage) -- Elizabeth Gilbert
There is an old adage: love thy neighbor, but don't get caught. -- Jerry Lawler
An old bandit adage: A bell is a cup until it is struck. -- Colin Meloy
I believe in that old adage that 'as goes California, so goes the country. -- Kamala Harris
Unless the old adage must be verified, That beggars mounted, run their horse to death. -- William Shakespeare
Harry Truman proves that old adage that any man can become President of the United States. -- Norman Thomas
It's the old adage, 'Nothing ventured, nothing gained, ... While this is unique, we consider ourselves unique. -- Gavin Newsom
Just like the old adage--what you dislike most in other people is what you dislike the most in yourself-- -- Shannon Hale
If you must be in a hurry, then let it be according to the old adage, and hasten slowly. -- Vincent de Paul
The old newspaper adage, 'If it bleeds, it leads,' is as true today as it was a century ago. -- Peter Diamandis
The old adage of forgive and forget became a trudge through quicksand on a beach as high tide crashed onto the shore. -- I.E. Castellano
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. -- George Washington
There's an old adage that says that money is the root of all evil. Bullshit. Lack of money is the root of all evil. -- Gene Simmons
Be careful not to give too much credence to the old adage that time heals. Mark my word. It's God that heals. Time only tells. -- Beth Moore
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. -- Jane Swisshelm
The old adage was true; the surest proof of the Faith is that it has survived for two thousand years....in spite of the men that run it. -- Val Bianco
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. -- Jeff Galloway
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. -- Wallace Pratt
The old adage which says that it is "?whom you know that counts' is far off the mark. It is what you know about whom you know that truly makes difference. -- Judith McNaught
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. -- W. Earl Brown
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. -- William Fitzsimmons

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