Sentences with phrase «adage holds»

If the adage holds true, law firms» emphasis on measurement of billable hours points ultimately to their focus on making a profit.

The old farming adage holds: Take care of your animals and they will take care of you.

The old «two steps forward, one step back» adage holds true here.

That adage holds at the high school level as well, although most secondary school teachers would beg to differ.

Whether Hathaway and others care to admit it, when it comes to celebrity nudity, the old adage holds particularly true: Sex sells.

But when it comes to condemning the contemptible the adage holds - better late than never.

But when I tried to use gDiapers, I discovered that, in our case at least, the old adage holds true: try to please everyone and you'll please nobody.

And if the Elite 11 Orlando tour stop was representative of the quarterbacks in the state for the class of 2015, the adage holds true once again.

Or is it just that the old adage holds true... sex sells.

The chart below suggests that this adage held true in 2016:

Client traffic was steady, and the old adage held true — if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Not exact matches

Similarly, Davidson Kempner Capital Management added a new position, buying 833,099 shares while Adage Capital Partners nearly doubled its holdings by buying 547,759 shares to own 1.2 millon.

But, in my experience, the adage definitely holds true; you get what you pay for when you purchase help with SEO.

The adage that «time is money» is an apt metaphor to describe the power that time can hold when budgeted and used as a resource.

The old adage of «buy low, sell high» holds for cryptocurrencies just as it holds for any other sort of asset.

Though this adage is not restricted to democracy, it definitely includes it: «a nondemocratic principle may serve democracy by holding in check forces fatal to it.»

So at the last minute to try to get the rules to change and use the old adage of «religious persecution» if conformity to your will is not met does not hold merit as sport is not a subset of religion and shouldn't be governed by it.

The well - known adage, formulated at least 250 years ago by William Blackstone, is «the law holds it better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent party suffer.»

After all, the old adage, «To have a friend, be a friend,» certainly holds true.

Whiles Dr Samuel Sarpong is always availing himself to us to find out our major challenges as youth, Mr Kankam has felt so relaxed and reluctant to even meet the youth with his message, thinking that the traditional adage «this is our strong hold» will work for him.

I cling to the hope that the old management consultant's adage «under - promise, over-deliver» will hold true for me.

The old adage of «it's not what you know, but who you know» also holds true in technology commercialization.

Crisp apples always seem to be in season, and that's a good thing since the adage «an apple a day» still seems to hold true.

The age - old adage not only holds true for young, thriving individuals, but also for people of all age.

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That old adage about the quiet ones hold true for Elanor, whose debut capitalizes on I'm Going Away's fleeting ease.

The adage «hindsight is 20/20» holds true.

But if the old adage «Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday,» holds any water, then your chances of getting one of the American supercars took a hit yesterday when the Ford Chip Ganassi racing team scored the car's first win in the Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix powered by Mazda at historic Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

The old «never judge a book by its cover» adage no longer holds in a digital world.

The Einstein adage that things should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler, holds here.

The old adage that a book is «judged» by its cover continues to hold true in the modern world — especially when there are several million books in circulation on Amazon.

From this, it would appear that the old adage of children's fiction lacking prestige holds true in comics too, though the survey also notes that 58 % of respondents have seen an increase in their comics income in the past five years.

The old adage, «content is king,» holds as true today as it did when the Web first became part of our lives.

Given the volatile state of the equity markets over the last few decades, that old adage certainly appears to hold true in the world of investing.

While the old adage «Buyer Beware» still holds true for car buyers, the saying, «Buyer Be -LSB-...]

The old adage «practice makes perfect» holds true when it comes to binary options trading as well.

The old adage — that good investing is simple, but not easy — definitely holds true.

Holding Chubb to the date of acquisition reminds me of an old investing adage:

In this particular instance, it seems the old adage «You get what you pay for» does not hold up.

This is definitely an occasion where the adage «it pays to shop around» holds true.

«There is no question that the adage «an ounce of prevention equals a pound of cure» holds true for veterinary medicine,» Dr. Nigro says.

This old adage also holds true when feeding Great Danes, or any canine for that matter.

It is true that puppies learn more quickly than older dogs, but the popular adage that «you can't teach an old dog new tricks» certainly doesn't hold up here.

So far, it seems the old adage of April Showers has held true to course.

The old adage that «Gameplay is king» is one that definitely holds true for many genres, and Nioh is no exception.

Even among big, bold color abstractions, the old adage «magnum in parvo» («great things in small») holds true.

The expression tous les coups sont permis («no holds barred») is as true of Gregor Hildebrandt's Berlin studio as that other old adage about everything in love and war.

This old adage might hold true in our personal lives, but if you're fooling your prospective clients online even one time, you're doing damage to your brand and your bottom line.

There is an old adage in contract law that states, «old consideration is no consideration», which holds true in this scenario.

The old adage that «a picture is worth a thousand words» holds especially true in the case of a jury trial.