#maxim

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#authority #be true #eloquence #highest #let us

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. ↗

— Aristotle

#men #utter #young #young men

Wikileaks is a mechanism to maximize the flow of information to maximize the amount of action leading to just reform. ↗

— Julian Assange

#amount #flow #information #just #leading

Here's what I tell anybody and this is what I believe. The greatest gift we have is the gift of life. We understand that. That comes from our Creator. We're given a body. Now you may not like it, but you can maximize that body the best it can be maximized. ↗

— Mike Ditka

#anybody #believe #best #body #comes

So the only way we're going to improve fuel economy or appliance efficiency swiftly and to the maximum extent practicable is if the government requires it. ↗

— Sherwood Boehlert

#economy #efficiency #extent #fuel #fuel economy

The profession of a prostitute is the only career in which the maximum income is paid to the newest apprentice. ↗

— William Booth

#career #income #maximum #newest #only

We have a maxim in the House of Commons, and written on the walls of our houses, that old ways are the safest and surest ways. ↗

— Edward Coke

#house #houses #maxim #old #old ways

God created the family to provide the maximum love and support and morality and example that one can imagine. ↗

— Jerry Falwell

#example #family #god #imagine #love

By the fourth grade, I graduated to an erector set and spent many happy hours constructing devices of unknown purpose where the main design criterion was to maximize the number of moving parts and overall size. ↗

— Steven Chu

#criterion #design #devices #fourth #grade

Women are most fascinating between the ages of 35 and 40 after they have won a few races and know how to pace themselves. Since few women ever pass 40, maximum fascination can continue indefinitely. ↗

— Christian Dior

#ages #between #continue #ever #fascinating