Sentence examples for famous adage from inspiring English sources

But we all know the famous adage "Well, you can prove anything with facts".

"Nobody knows anything," Lee said with a shrug, quoting the screenwriter William Goldman's famous adage about Hollywood.

Unfortunately, many of them are just proving the truth of another famous adage: "There's a sucker born every minute".

In the end, American politics may well rise to the needs of the moment, proving the truth of Winston Churchill's famous adage.

Never forget the famous adage: No matter how late you come to "Tristan und Isolde," there are always two more acts.

When the droning presenter finally paused for breath, Weinberg jumped up, waving his papers in mock triumph, to call out 'Bingo!' " The immigrant's best strategy, in the famous adage, is to think Yiddish and dress British.

Perhaps one of show business's famous adages – never meet your idols – extends all the way to the animal kingdom.

Other famous adages include his self-description as "more dined against than dining" and his claim that Noel Annan's feelings ran "only sin deep".

"Traditionally, agricultural coverage has been a hard sell to a mainstream audience (hence Michael Pollan's now-famous adage that editors have told him that everyone loves to read about food but no one likes to read about farming) but Modern Farmer aims to change that," Gardner, who is also a former New York Times journalist, wrote in an email.

He shared with me his respect for Oprah Winfrey's courage in "building a network on all positive content in a world where the famous news room adage has always been 'if it bleeds, it leads.'" He prophetically added, "When you turn on the news, and what's happening?

It also provides evidence for the famous old rock critic adage – your favourite band sucks.