<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Gold! Gold! Gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gold! Gold! Gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh she's nice, she's kind, innocent too. She's probably pretty, the right one for you. So just forget me: I'm ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3827]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh she's nice, she's kind, innocent too. She's probably pretty, the right one for you. So just forget me: I'm only a friend. Though I'll be with you, until the end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4715]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bhutan - having looked at its neighbor, Nepal, which is overpopulated, has ruined its environment and is very unstable politically ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bhutan - having looked at its neighbor, Nepal, which is overpopulated, has ruined its environment and is very unstable politically - knows what it wants: not to become another Nepal,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never been jealous. Not even when my dad finished the fifth grade a year before I did. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23179]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never been jealous. Not even when my dad finished the fifth grade a year before I did.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An epic is not made by piecing together a set of heroic lays, adjusting their discrepancies and making them into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40470]]></link><description><![CDATA[An epic is not made by piecing together a set of heroic lays, adjusting their discrepancies and making them into a continuous narrative.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And it is time for those who talk about family values to start valuing families. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15190]]></link><description><![CDATA[And it is time for those who talk about family values to start valuing families.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, "I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you saw two guys named Hambone and Flippy, which one would you think liked dolphins the most? I'd say ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11725]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you saw two guys named Hambone and Flippy, which one would you think liked dolphins the most? I'd say Flippy, wouldn't you? You'd be wrong, though. It's Hambone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clapton asked my brother to play on his record. I thought that was the most wonderful thing in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clapton asked my brother to play on his record. I thought that was the most wonderful thing in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better one byrde in hand than ten in the wood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better one byrde in hand than ten in the wood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre, He'd 'eard men sing by land an' sea;  An' what he thought 'e ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46641]]></link><description><![CDATA[When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre, He'd 'eard men sing by land an' sea;  An' what he thought 'e might require,   'E went an' took--the same as me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A smile is a curve that sets everything straight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56658]]></link><description><![CDATA[A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The governor has put her finger directly on the most critical needs in Puget Sound with this initiative. The additional ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30389]]></link><description><![CDATA[The governor has put her finger directly on the most critical needs in Puget Sound with this initiative. The additional funds she is proposing will accelerate some of the highest priority actions on the ground, while the new public-private partnership will build the broader coalition needed to safeguard the future of this great natural area.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4200]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're now looking at going over there to begin discussions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37489]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're now looking at going over there to begin discussions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing eases my suffering... writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing eases my suffering... writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no preordained system of ranking of particular activities. Applications are weighed in total, and we don't privilege any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37747]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no preordained system of ranking of particular activities. Applications are weighed in total, and we don't privilege any one organization.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When in doubt, do nowt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51045]]></link><description><![CDATA[When in doubt, do nowt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fellow mixes blood with his colors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45430]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fellow mixes blood with his colors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must be the change you wish to see in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5529]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must be the change you wish to see in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holding a summit without first reaching common ground on the crucial issues being negotiated poses a real political danger and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36381]]></link><description><![CDATA[Holding a summit without first reaching common ground on the crucial issues being negotiated poses a real political danger and paves the way for confrontations rather than a settlement. The summit would fail, and this would lead to explosions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64234]]></link><description><![CDATA[To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone's jockeying to get a piece of what they hope is the big growth industry, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone's jockeying to get a piece of what they hope is the big growth industry,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, plain, and easy, and simple way of salvation! wanting no subtleties of art or science, no borrowed learning, no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6990]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, plain, and easy, and simple way of salvation! wanting no subtleties of art or science, no borrowed learning, no refinements of reason; but all done by the simple natural motion of every heart that truly longs after God. For no sooner is the finite desire of the creature in motion towards God, but the infinite desire of God is united with it, co-operates with it; and in this united desire of God and the creature is the salvation and life of the soul brought forth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I take Him shopping with me. I say, "OK, Jesus, help me find a bargain." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3726]]></link><description><![CDATA[I take Him shopping with me. I say, "OK, Jesus, help me find a bargain."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way to stop financial joy-riding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15695]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way to stop financial joy-riding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We ought to be providing protective sanctuaries for the Kurdish rebels. That means finding some places where they can come ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40673]]></link><description><![CDATA[We ought to be providing protective sanctuaries for the Kurdish rebels. That means finding some places where they can come and to which we will then be able to provide food and water and medical help.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a big difference from Conference USA. Not only is it competitive, but it is extremely deep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29648]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a big difference from Conference USA. Not only is it competitive, but it is extremely deep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you go flying back through time, and you see somebody else flying forward into the future, it's probably best ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63138]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you go flying back through time, and you see somebody else flying forward into the future, it's probably best to avoid eye contact.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20374]]></link><description><![CDATA[The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48593]]></link><description><![CDATA[All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No foreign sky protected me, no stranger's wing shielded my face. I stand as witness to the common lot survivor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29401]]></link><description><![CDATA[No foreign sky protected me, no stranger's wing shielded my face. I stand as witness to the common lot survivor of that time, that place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hark! the bonny Christ-Church bells, One, two, three, four, five, six;  They sound so woundy great,   So ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hark! the bonny Christ-Church bells, One, two, three, four, five, six;  They sound so woundy great,   So wound'rous sweet,    And they troul so merrily.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9493]]></link><description><![CDATA[The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When my mother had to get dinner for 8 she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35940]]></link><description><![CDATA[When my mother had to get dinner for 8 she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I mean, once work's out there it's meant to be used. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39597]]></link><description><![CDATA[I mean, once work's out there it's meant to be used.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13654]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is - last stage of all When we are frozen up within, and quite The phantom of ourselves To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42222]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is - last stage of all When we are frozen up within, and quite The phantom of ourselves To hear the world applaud the hollow ghost Which blamed the living man]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of taste. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of taste.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd rather be dead than cool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56761]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd rather be dead than cool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As our country bled . . . its leader's wife came to this podium piously to call for a new ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32130]]></link><description><![CDATA[As our country bled . . . its leader's wife came to this podium piously to call for a new human order, this when thousands of Filipinos were political prisoners.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10469]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time and I against any two. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time and I against any two.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath & Wells, Hymnographer, 1711  To take up the cross of Christ is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7172]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath & Wells, Hymnographer, 1711  To take up the cross of Christ is no great action done once for all; it consists in the continual practice of small duties which are distasteful to us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16739]]></link><description><![CDATA[One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16155]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9637]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9637</guid></item></channel></rss>