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motto

[mot-oh] / ˈmɒt oʊ /


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Mr. Schatz doesn’t quote William Goldman’s maxim about the movie industry—“nobody knows anything”—but it could stand as his book’s motto.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

"The Tennessee license plate used to have a sign on it, or a little motto that said, 'Follow me to Tennessee,'" Bessent said.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 2026

With the hotel motto being “stay by your own rules,” Rudolph says it was important for them to make the rooms adaptable to each guest’s needs and to prioritize comfort.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

But she says there is much she is proud of too - and Facebook's infamous "move fast and break things" motto was a "misunderstood value in isolation".

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

Soon the motto was revealed once more, in all its optimistic glory.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

One of my mottoes was “aliveness over prowess.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 2, 2025

The team writing the mottoes for next year’s batch of Sweethearts has already developed a new theme aimed at that demographic sweet spot.

From Seattle Times Feb. 7, 2023

We’ve broken quietude in new ways, re-examined what we thought we knew, carried phrases as mottoes, or leverage.

From New York Times Sep. 24, 2021

On display you’ll find mottoes for the 1917 Negro Silent Protest Parade and the almost-exactly-100-year-old manuscript for a speech delivered by W.E.B.

From Washington Post Jan. 7, 2019

Family mottoes, touchstones, prayers of sorts, they boasted of honor and glory, promised loyalty and truth, swore faith and courage.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

"Never forget, never forgive - this is one of the mottos that reminds us who we are, what we have been through, and how resilient we Bosnians are," says Dokic.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2026

Even when the season felt like a shadow of what it once was, her voice — her methods, her mottos, her insistence that anyone could learn — persisted.

From Salon Sep. 4, 2025

One of Sheinbaum’s mottos: “Collaboration, coordination, without subordination. ... Sovereignty is not negotiable.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 19, 2025

“In adopting their mottos, symbols, and ethos on the field of friendly strife, we seek to emulate their application of these characteristics to defeat our rivals,” the school said.

From Washington Times Dec. 7, 2023

One of Hitler’s mottos was that the German woman does not smoke, does not drink, and does not paint herself with makeup.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti




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