<?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[I wonder if illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup?' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8966]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wonder if illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup?']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either. From the time I was a kid, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19655]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either. From the time I was a kid, I have never been able to understand attacks upon the gay community. There are so many qualities that make up a human being... by the time I get through with all the things that I really admire about people, what they do with their private parts is probably so low on the list that it is irrelevant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Are The Living Graves Of Murdered Beasts We are the living graves of murdered beastsSlaughtered to satisfy our appetitesWe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45975]]></link><description><![CDATA[We Are The Living Graves Of Murdered Beasts We are the living graves of murdered beastsSlaughtered to satisfy our appetitesWe never pause to wonder at our feastsIf animals, like men, can possiblyhave rightsWe pray on Sundays that we may have lightTo guide our footsteps on the path wetreadWe're sick of war We do not want tofightThe thought of it now fills our hearts with dreadAnd yet we gorge ourselves upon the deadLike carrion crows we live and feed on meatRegardless of the suffering and painWe cause by doing so. If thus we treatDefenseless animals for sport or gainHow can we hope in this world to attainthe PEACE we say we are so anxious forWe pray for it o'er hecatombs of slain To God, while outraging the moral lawThus cruelty begets its offspring: war.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63375]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone puts his fault on the Times. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone puts his fault on the Times.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I try to control too much, the flow is gone. With our sport, you have to let things flow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40774]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I try to control too much, the flow is gone. With our sport, you have to let things flow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Her inertia did not sit well with some in her immediate circle. They accused Ms. Apple of being lazy, crazy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34904]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Her inertia did not sit well with some in her immediate circle. They accused Ms. Apple of being lazy, crazy and unproductive, she said.] It really hurt a couple of close relationships of mine, ... It infuriated me because they couldn't believe that when I'm sitting and thinking that's how I work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When yer in a funk, people in love are a royal pain in the patookus. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53359]]></link><description><![CDATA[When yer in a funk, people in love are a royal pain in the patookus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the morning we received some very thin coffee. For lunch we had potato soup with a few pieces of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40642]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the morning we received some very thin coffee. For lunch we had potato soup with a few pieces of meat in it, in the evening we had a very thin meat soup with some potatoes in it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gloomy calm of idle vacancy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20339]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gloomy calm of idle vacancy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our primary mission is to commercial air service and to support general aviation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39848]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our primary mission is to commercial air service and to support general aviation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Pandita Mary Ramabai, Translator of the Scriptures, 1922   A memory of yesterday's pleasures, a fear of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8213]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Pandita Mary Ramabai, Translator of the Scriptures, 1922   A memory of yesterday's pleasures, a fear of tomorrow's dangers, a straw under my knees, a noise in my ear, a light in my eye, an anything, a nothing, a fancy, a chimera in my brain, troubles me in my prayers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And trying to get to sleep earlier to avoid the morning "zombie effect" is pointless, he said: "The biological clock ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62679]]></link><description><![CDATA[And trying to get to sleep earlier to avoid the morning "zombie effect" is pointless, he said: "The biological clock is extremely accurate and not easily changed. In a way, their brains are trying very hard to go back to sleep in the mornings."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a system that worked and we worked it, ... We'd go into a place and create a riot. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29289]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a system that worked and we worked it, ... We'd go into a place and create a riot. When you could keep them out of their chairs, that's when you knew you won.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. -Anais Nin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10358]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. -Anais Nin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11046]]></link><description><![CDATA[Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half the lies they tell about me aren't true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63532]]></link><description><![CDATA[Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have oftener than once endeavoured to attach some meaning to that aphorism, vulgarly imputed to Shaftesbury, which however we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54209]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have oftener than once endeavoured to attach some meaning to that aphorism, vulgarly imputed to Shaftesbury, which however we can find nowhere in his works, that "ridicule is the test of truth."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scratch a lover, and find a foe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scratch a lover, and find a foe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're going to have nights where the ball doesn't go in the basket, but if you're going to win a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37920]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're going to have nights where the ball doesn't go in the basket, but if you're going to win a championship, you've got to be solid, tough and physical defensively and I don't think we were that, especially in the last 10 minutes of that game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The envious man thinks that if his neighbor breaks a leg, he will be able to walk better himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52055]]></link><description><![CDATA[The envious man thinks that if his neighbor breaks a leg, he will be able to walk better himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is the power that gives us the power to step out and try. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is the power that gives us the power to step out and try.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46283]]></link><description><![CDATA[We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A deadly echidna once bit a Cappadocian; she herself died, having tasted the Poison-flinging blood. [Lat., Vipera Cappadocem nocitura mormordit; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46866]]></link><description><![CDATA[A deadly echidna once bit a Cappadocian; she herself died, having tasted the Poison-flinging blood. [Lat., Vipera Cappadocem nocitura mormordit; at illa Gustato perit sanguine Cappadocis.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The corporate charter that we have is very strong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33802]]></link><description><![CDATA[The corporate charter that we have is very strong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Footfalls echo in the memory, Down the passage which we did not take, Towards the door we never opened Into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Footfalls echo in the memory, Down the passage which we did not take, Towards the door we never opened Into the rose-garden.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instinct is the nose of the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instinct is the nose of the mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Rose has but a Summer reign, The daisy never dies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10995]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Rose has but a Summer reign, The daisy never dies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/333]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[to get drunk, meet attractive girls, and get laid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35347]]></link><description><![CDATA[to get drunk, meet attractive girls, and get laid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher, Martyr, c.200  Too many Christians still live with crossed fingers, sweating out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6806]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher, Martyr, c.200  Too many Christians still live with crossed fingers, sweating out their good luck as a portent of calamity. To see them, you would never guess that God's good pleasure, and not the goddess of fate, rules human destiny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[I]t would be better for the true physics if there were no mathematicians on earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26507]]></link><description><![CDATA[[I]t would be better for the true physics if there were no mathematicians on earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The land of fairy, where nobody gets old and godly and grave, where nobody gets old and crafty and wise, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14950]]></link><description><![CDATA[The land of fairy, where nobody gets old and godly and grave, where nobody gets old and crafty and wise, where nobody gets old and bitter of tongue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.Live you life in a manner so that when you die ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11381]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.Live you life in a manner so that when you die the world cries and you rejoice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The glowing Ruby should adorn Those who in warm July are born,  Then will they be exempt and free ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23249]]></link><description><![CDATA[The glowing Ruby should adorn Those who in warm July are born,  Then will they be exempt and free   From love's doubt and anxiety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why yes -- a bulletproof vest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why yes -- a bulletproof vest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got a big 600 meter uphill run (the peak of the hill is just under the 2.5 mile mark ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37362]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got a big 600 meter uphill run (the peak of the hill is just under the 2.5 mile mark of the 3.1-mile 5K), ... When you hit (the bottom of the hill) you've got to go, or you're going to lose time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/89]]></link><description><![CDATA[Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/89</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have invited four artists to participate, ... We have given them a site walk-through and a general overview of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30795]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have invited four artists to participate, ... We have given them a site walk-through and a general overview of the project, of what we are building, so they have a visual understanding of the setting and the backdrop.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24330]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's going to be the most important hockey game of my life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28408]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's going to be the most important hockey game of my life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1443]]></link><description><![CDATA[A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This could but have happened once, And we missed it, lost it forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45064]]></link><description><![CDATA[This could but have happened once, And we missed it, lost it forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My advice to people today is as follows: if you take the game of life seriously, if you take your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64440]]></link><description><![CDATA[My advice to people today is as follows: if you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you take your sense organs seriously, if you take the energy process seriously, you must turn on, tune in, and drop out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/177]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[United States, your banner wears Two emblems--one of fame;  Alas! the other that it bears   Reminds us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16126]]></link><description><![CDATA[United States, your banner wears Two emblems--one of fame;  Alas! the other that it bears   Reminds us of your shame.    Your banner's constellation types     White freedom with its stars,      But what's the meaning of the stripes?       They mean your negroes' scars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of this stamp is the cant of, not men, but measures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of this stamp is the cant of, not men, but measures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible - not to have run away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible - not to have run away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of two evils, choose neither. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of two evils, choose neither.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14332</guid></item></channel></rss>