maxim

Her signature maxim — “It costs a lot of money to look this cheap” — drew laughs for decades even as it illuminated the unflinching honesty of her creative approach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Following his father’s maxim that “if you ain’t first, you’re last,” Ricky Bobby can’t imagine a win for anyone else as anything less than something stolen from him.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

In the coaching world, there is a maxim some believe in - that teams are built in the image of their coaches.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

Rather, they meant to establish what Lincoln called a “standard maxim for free society,” which should be constantly looked to, labored for and more nearly approximated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

One reason things were changing so much owed to a familiar technology maxim called Moore’s law.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

How well do you know Benjamin Franklin’s business maxims?

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

There are equally eloquent maxims throughout Ms. White’s enjoyable collection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

“Never bet against America” was one of Warren Buffett’s maxims and has been a good guideline for decades.

From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026

He hears him, Bridge: the maxims, the strategies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025

I had a picture of Mrs. Willard, with her heather-mixture tweeds and her sensible shoes and her wise, maternal maxims.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath