118 Quotes About Maxims

  • Author Marcia K. Matthews
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    I get the most work done when I'm procrastinating. While avoiding an unpleasant task, I find several other tasks twice as unpleasant, and get those out of the way first.

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  • Author Vinton Cerf
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    There's an old maxim that says, 'Things that work persist,' which is why there's still Cobol floating around.

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  • Author Lawrence M. Krauss
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    There is a maxim about the universe which I always tell my students: That which is not explicitly forbidden is guaranteed to occur.

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  • Author Samuel Smiles
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    Cecil's dispatch of business was extraordinary, his maxim being, "The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once."

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