Sentence examples for classic dictum from inspiring English sources

But she now sticks to the classic dictum of writing what you know.

And his rendering of the classic dictum that character is fate makes the political destinies here a bit too easy to chart in advance.

It came to him that he had witnessed one of the famous examples of Bishop Berkeley's classic dictum of immaterialism ("To be is to be perceived"): that the fall of a tree in a forest can occur only if its fall is seen or heard.

I would then obey the teacher's classic dictum, "It is better to beg forgiveness than to ask permission".

In a reversal of Marshall McLuhan's classic dictum, Harambe is the message that became a medium, capable of carrying any signal, without becoming identified with any of them.

Part of the support comes from the classic Middle Eastern dictum, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" and as such the Kurds and Israel had a bevy of common enemies over the years such as the brutal regime of Saddam Hussein.

A reminder of the enduring value of the cinematic dictum "classic = modern".

Second, the ending, a deliciously reflexive, yet sweet and poignant, tip of the hat that reaffirms in practice the familiar dictum "classic = modern".

The depiction of the trio's various parents (ineffectual, unaffectionate, absent) may be simplistic, but it represents the classic teenagers' movie dictum: all parents are complete idiots, and everything is their fault - Friday at 8 p.m. on AMC. - ANITA GATES.

Second, the ending, a deliciously reflexive, yet sweet and poignant, tip of the hat that reaffirms in practice the familiar dictum "classic = modern". I saw it last year at a private screening and found it better than many other independent films that get released; I'm thrilled that it's making its way to its audience now.

The interviews were colloquial conversations carefully recorded in field notes in line with the classic grounded theory dictum "all is data", see below.