His speech was just a collection of clichés and truisms. From LearnThat.org. [ldoceonline.com]
The truism is that "correlation is not causation.". From Wordnik.com. [June 17th, 2009] Reference
Opposed to a truism is a Contradiction in Terms; that is, the denying of. From Wordnik.com. [Logic Deductive and Inductive] Reference
I base my projected action upon this truism, which is indeed the very kernel of my creed. From Wordnik.com. [A Prince of Sinners] Reference
I'll go into the details of why this is, but also offer this self-coined truism as a consolation prize. From Wordnik.com. [BiggerPockets Forums] Reference
As I say, this is a truism, but, in our avid search for originality, it is sometimes forgotten that a truism is also true. From Wordnik.com. [Financial Industry Restructuring: A User's Guide] Reference
Besides the surface record as depicted by the climate science orthodoxy, another truism is the depicted record of Arctic sea ice extent. From Wordnik.com. [Hansen and the "Destruction of Creation" « Climate Audit] Reference
"One truism is 'All wars end,'" Davis said. From Wordnik.com. [Accused killer's father: The Army 'broke him'] Reference
You don't sound like a Conservative to me, so I question your "truism". From Wordnik.com. [Harper: “No one wants another election” - Need to know - Macleans.ca] Reference
It was the kind of truism that Rostnikov often fed Zelach like a simple catechism. From Wordnik.com. [A Cold Red Sunrise]
A 'truism' is not useless so long as its truth is not admitted. From Wordnik.com. [The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill] Reference
Grimes: There is a kind of truism in the analytics world that one plus one equals three. From Wordnik.com. [Independent Information Technology and business analysis from IT-Analysis.com] Reference
The first of these assumptions is my initial "truism," -- that the function of education is to foster growth. From Wordnik.com. [What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular] Reference
" The only difference between a cliche and a truism was the skill and intricacy with which the latter was presented. From Wordnik.com. [Exile's Valor]
It's a kind of truism of the internet generation that to make money on the web, you have to be outside the http channel. From Wordnik.com. [AllAfrica News: Latest] Reference
Rummy's did speak a truism. From Wordnik.com. [The Donald and His Bloody Ankles] Reference
It is a truism that baseball involves a lot of failure. From Wordnik.com. [Barry Bonds's Enhancement] Reference
A truism of oncology holds that cancer leaves no calling card. From Wordnik.com. [The Cancer Killer] Reference
"Do good, feel good" is a happiness truism that really is true. From Wordnik.com. [Gretchen Rubin: Throw Away Other People's Trash, or, How to Boost Your Self-Esteem] Reference
That wasn't how he sold the plan, but, anyway, that's a truism. From Wordnik.com. [Sebelius Has a List] Reference
One truism that still holds is that creativity emerges from chaos. From Wordnik.com. [How To Build A Creative City] Reference
It's a truism that old men declare wars, and young men die in them. From Wordnik.com. [Ahmed Moor: America Cannot Go to War for Israel] Reference
It's a simple-minded truism that big-time sports is now big business. From Wordnik.com. [Dear Pros: Come Figure] Reference
It is a truism that most technology companies have only one great idea. From Wordnik.com. [Computer Genius] Reference
It's practically a truism now that to talk politics is to lose a crowd. From Wordnik.com. [Talk politics, lose a crowd] Reference
That truism, though, is one that you just know Pierre would disagree with. From Wordnik.com. [Finding Humor In The Crudeness] Reference
That policies don't always play out as planned is a truism we must accept. From Wordnik.com. [Justin Snider: Rage Against the Machine: Why We Should Be Skeptical About Standardized Test Scores] Reference
If that reads as a truism, Wood seems never to have fully entertained this possibility. From Wordnik.com. [Epilogue] Reference
Let me repeat this truism: the time has come to address serious socioeconomic problems. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Vladimir A. Masch: Harnessing Our Technological Strengths for the Economy: Risk-Constrained Optimization] Reference
It is a truism that the two most important forces in the world of money are greed and fear. From Wordnik.com. [The bankers' victory dance] Reference
It is a truism that an epidemic requires not only a microbe but also a receptive social context. From Wordnik.com. [Eurasia And The Epidemic] Reference
Lost in all that shuffle is a financial truism: Over the long run, stocks return about 9 percent. From Wordnik.com. [Safeguarding Your Money] Reference
But its progress signifies a truism about this post-bubble economy: Efficiency is the new growth. From Wordnik.com. [Let's Talk Trash] Reference
The truism that news shows are cheaper to produce than drama is threatened by the rising salaries. From Wordnik.com. [A Star Is Rehired, Fabulously] Reference
President Bush's lackadaisacal response to the Hurricane Katrina crisis is pretty much a truism by now. From Wordnik.com. ['Judge Me On My Own Record'] Reference
If there is any bubble truism to remember, perhaps it's this: the faster they rise, the harder they fall. From Wordnik.com. [Boom and Gloom] Reference
Nobody can have it all, it seems, and Japan may be the last country on the planet not to accept this truism. From Wordnik.com. [LOSER DOG NATION] Reference
But that truism of investing -- buy low, sell high -- still holds, and many experts say now's a good time to buy low. From Wordnik.com. [Money:If The Water's Looking Warm] Reference
Indeed, it's a truism among academic Holocaust scholars that the "final solution" can't be adequately described or comprehended. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Out Of The Silence] Reference
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