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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

Jody might throw in a maxim long framed on her bathroom wall: “Quityerbellyachin.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

In the coaching world, there is a maxim some believe in - that teams are built in the image of their coaches.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

This undermined efficiency, and Ben Franklin’s maxim that “time is money External link” is especially true with the small margins of mass production.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

One reason things were changing so much owed to a familiar technology maxim called Moore’s law.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

Central bankers have been known to quote External link one of economist John Maynard Keynes’s most famous maxims: “When the facts change, I change my mind.”

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

How well do you know Benjamin Franklin’s business maxims?

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

Journalists, so those maxims go, should never make themselves the story or get too close to those they are covering.

From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2024

“He was so dedicated. He had all of these maxims, like ‘obstacles in the way become the way forward.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2024

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