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

Billionaire Warren Buffett had a simple maxim for navigating Berkshire Hathaway through the financial crisis of 2007-09.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

“Take things always by their smooth handle,” was a maxim he liked to offer young people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

This result became known by the maxim: “A black hole has no hair.”

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

But throughout that journey, she has remembered one of Wooden’s most enduring maxims: “If you listen to players, they’ll listen to you.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

“Be greedy when others are fearful” is one half of one of Warren Buffett’s most well-known investing maxims.

From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026

Some of these maxims might result in more films like Tommy Wiseau’s disasterpiece “The Room.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025

Pirkei Avot is a collection of Rabbinic maxims, and a chapter of it is studied by many Jews every Shabbat between Passover and the Jewish New Year.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok