<?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[It does not help us move forward. We were trying not to use the celebrations as a kind of challenge. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29039]]></link><description><![CDATA[It does not help us move forward. We were trying not to use the celebrations as a kind of challenge. Political dialogue has to be the main tool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone knows programming isn't a core competency at Microsoft. Marketing is the only core competency here. By next year, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone knows programming isn't a core competency at Microsoft. Marketing is the only core competency here. By next year, the marketers just might have this whole place to themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a better option than having to go to Colombia, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35965]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a better option than having to go to Colombia,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[luck is what happens , when the preparation meets the opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/397]]></link><description><![CDATA[luck is what happens , when the preparation meets the opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957   When once a man begins to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6830]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957   When once a man begins to build a system, the very gifts and qualities which might serve in the investigation of truth, become the greatest hindrances to it. He must make the different parts of the scheme fit into each other; his dexterity is shown, not in detecting facts, but in cutting them square... I hope you will not forget that the Bible is the history of God's acts to men, not of men's thoughts about God. It begins from Him. He is acting and speaking in it throughout.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel respects Rev. Robertson and accepts his apology, which reflects his true friendship and support for the state of Israel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32600]]></link><description><![CDATA[Israel respects Rev. Robertson and accepts his apology, which reflects his true friendship and support for the state of Israel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And wheresoe'er thou move, good luck Shall fling her old shoe after. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26026]]></link><description><![CDATA[And wheresoe'er thou move, good luck Shall fling her old shoe after.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I'm going to Hell, I'm going there playing the piano. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11310]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I'm going to Hell, I'm going there playing the piano.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52886]]></link><description><![CDATA[I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61162]]></link><description><![CDATA[War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to make it. •Benito Mussolini   In time of war the first casualty is truth. •Boake Carter  Only the defeated and deserters go to war. •Henry David Thoreau   All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65358]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is important that students bring a certain rafamuffin, barefoot, irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58010]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is important that students bring a certain rafamuffin, barefoot, irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't characterize the recess, but a recess in collective bargaining is not rare and is often called for various ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38700]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't characterize the recess, but a recess in collective bargaining is not rare and is often called for various reasons.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43591]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18079]]></link><description><![CDATA[There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course, when they had their best years, they never quite got it done. They went (to the Super Bowl) ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course, when they had their best years, they never quite got it done. They went (to the Super Bowl) four times, but never won. They're starved up there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A needy, hollow-eyed, sharp-looking wretch, A living-dead man. -The Comedy of Errors. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55410]]></link><description><![CDATA[A needy, hollow-eyed, sharp-looking wretch, A living-dead man. -The Comedy of Errors. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel like I am back at 100 percent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40354]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel like I am back at 100 percent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every madman considers everyone else a madman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every madman considers everyone else a madman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's only February and we don't expect Greg to be running the way he was last May, but were anxious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30364]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's only February and we don't expect Greg to be running the way he was last May, but were anxious to see how he does outdoors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I come from that society and there is a common thread, specifically family values - the idea that you do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66853]]></link><description><![CDATA[I come from that society and there is a common thread, specifically family values - the idea that you do anything for your family, and the unconditional love for one\'s children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22730]]></link><description><![CDATA[For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all women.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24742]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A school should not be a preparation for life. A school should be life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13512]]></link><description><![CDATA[A school should not be a preparation for life. A school should be life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is jealous is not in love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66650]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is jealous is not in love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It's a bum's life. The principal benefit acting has afforded me is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1334]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It's a bum's life. The principal benefit acting has afforded me is the money to pay for my psychoanalysis.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring and because it has fresh peaches ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24879]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring and because it has fresh peaches in it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America! half brother of the world! With something good and bad of every land. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2394]]></link><description><![CDATA[America! half brother of the world! With something good and bad of every land.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're kind of groping their way forward to understand how they can make the pope as available as possible to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38497]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're kind of groping their way forward to understand how they can make the pope as available as possible to his followers while at the same time protecting his health.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If he that in the field is slain Be in the bed of honour lain,  He that is beaten ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19712]]></link><description><![CDATA[If he that in the field is slain Be in the bed of honour lain,  He that is beaten may be said   To lie in Honour's truckle-bed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is really a lovely horse, I once rode her mother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57574]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is really a lovely horse, I once rode her mother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was with a famous comedian when a young fan walked up and asked for an autograph. The comedian blew ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41018]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was with a famous comedian when a young fan walked up and asked for an autograph. The comedian blew him off. I'll never forget the look on the young boy's face. He was devastated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate to see things done by halves. If it be right, do it boldly,--if it be wrong leave it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11612]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate to see things done by halves. If it be right, do it boldly,--if it be wrong leave it undone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22947]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You do not lead by hitting people over the head-- that's assault, not leadership. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24420]]></link><description><![CDATA[You do not lead by hitting people over the head-- that's assault, not leadership.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63901]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was about vanity - but actually it's about losing people you love. Getting wrinkles is trivial.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46405]]></link><description><![CDATA[The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[a Christmas tree .. the perfect giftfor a guy... the plant is already dead(monologue Dec 10 2003). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20094]]></link><description><![CDATA[a Christmas tree .. the perfect giftfor a guy... the plant is already dead(monologue Dec 10 2003).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who knows himself a braggart, Let him fear this; for it will come to pass  That every braggart shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10498]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who knows himself a braggart, Let him fear this; for it will come to pass  That every braggart shall be found an ass.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fill up the goblet and reach to me some! Drinking makes wise, but dry fasting makes glum. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fill up the goblet and reach to me some! Drinking makes wise, but dry fasting makes glum.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steadypurpose-a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21710]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steadypurpose-a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adopted kids are such a pain - you have to teach them how to look like you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adopted kids are such a pain - you have to teach them how to look like you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like part of my family. It's like one of my children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39753]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like part of my family. It's like one of my children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves -- to break ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5003]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves -- to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't seem to play well in the opening game of doubleheaders. Our destiny is in our hands. If we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30578]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't seem to play well in the opening game of doubleheaders. Our destiny is in our hands. If we win, we still have a chance to win the district championship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would be disingenuous if I said I wasn't concerned, ... I think the capacity additions I've read about may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35682]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would be disingenuous if I said I wasn't concerned, ... I think the capacity additions I've read about may not necessarily prove profitable for those that are entering those markets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Craft must have clothes, but truth loves to go naked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Craft must have clothes, but truth loves to go naked.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59850</guid></item></channel></rss>