<?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[We search the world for truth; we cull The good, the pure, the beautiful,  From all old flower fields ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54922]]></link><description><![CDATA[We search the world for truth; we cull The good, the pure, the beautiful,  From all old flower fields of the soul;   And, weary seeker of the best,    We come back laden from out quest,     To find that all the sages said      Is in the Book our mothers read.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To know how to hide one's ability is great skill. [Fr., C'est une grande habilete que de savoir cacher son ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38]]></link><description><![CDATA[To know how to hide one's ability is great skill. [Fr., C'est une grande habilete que de savoir cacher son habilete.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion brought forth riches, and the daughter devoured the mother. [Lat., Religio peperit divitias et filia devoravit matrem.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion brought forth riches, and the daughter devoured the mother. [Lat., Religio peperit divitias et filia devoravit matrem.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pray your Highness mark this curious herb: Touch it but lightly, stroke it softly, Sir,  And it gives ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58482]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pray your Highness mark this curious herb: Touch it but lightly, stroke it softly, Sir,  And it gives forth an odor sweet and rare;   But crush it harshly and you'll make a scent    Most disagreeable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets. The buck not only stops at their desks, it starts there too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But we think there are privacy and equal protection issues at stake here that we just have to have cleared ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30964]]></link><description><![CDATA[But we think there are privacy and equal protection issues at stake here that we just have to have cleared up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You get somebody to crack a smile, that's a beautiful thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66218]]></link><description><![CDATA[You get somebody to crack a smile, that's a beautiful thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This earth that bears thee dead Bears not alive so stout a gentleman. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act v. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55898]]></link><description><![CDATA[This earth that bears thee dead Bears not alive so stout a gentleman. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act v. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His death impacted many people, ... He enjoyed life to the fullest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33031]]></link><description><![CDATA[His death impacted many people, ... He enjoyed life to the fullest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a clear message addressed to the journalists in order to [dissuade] them from criticizing the authorities. It's obvious that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29422]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a clear message addressed to the journalists in order to [dissuade] them from criticizing the authorities. It's obvious that referring to terms like territorial integrity, religious hostility, violence, the [Uzbek] authorities mean that they are afraid [of] another riot or revolution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But as many things entice us to apostasy, so that it is difficult to keep us faithful to God in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7948]]></link><description><![CDATA[But as many things entice us to apostasy, so that it is difficult to keep us faithful to God in the end, [Jude] calls the attention of the faithful to the last day. For the hope of that alone ought to sustain us, so that we may at no time despond; otherwise, we must necessarily fail every minute.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting the wing back going may be key. We've been rotating some guys there and will continue to do so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33520]]></link><description><![CDATA[Getting the wing back going may be key. We've been rotating some guys there and will continue to do so until someone shows it's his spot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We ought never to do wrong when people are looking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62456]]></link><description><![CDATA[We ought never to do wrong when people are looking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jamie: It's my favorite time of day, driving you. Aurelia: [in Portuguese] It is the saddest part of my day, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41105]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jamie: It's my favorite time of day, driving you. Aurelia: [in Portuguese] It is the saddest part of my day, leaving you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wasn't born to be a fighter. The causes I have fought for have invariably been causes that should have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41505]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wasn't born to be a fighter. The causes I have fought for have invariably been causes that should have been gained by a delicate suggestion. Since they never were, I made myself into a fighter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sinning is the best part of repentance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56405]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sinning is the best part of repentance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money, the root of all evil...but the cure for all sadness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money, the root of all evil...but the cure for all sadness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To satisfy the sharp desire I had Of tasting those fair apples, I resolv'd  Not to defer; hunger and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2946]]></link><description><![CDATA[To satisfy the sharp desire I had Of tasting those fair apples, I resolv'd  Not to defer; hunger and thirst at once   Powerful persuaders, quicken'd at the scent    Of that alluring fruit, urged me so keen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So you see, we offer a lot more than just sports. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37546]]></link><description><![CDATA[So you see, we offer a lot more than just sports.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pray with your intelligence. Bring things to God that you have thought out and think them out again with Him. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6634]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pray with your intelligence. Bring things to God that you have thought out and think them out again with Him. That is the secret of good judgment. Repeatedly place your pet opinions and prejudices before God. He will surprise you by showing you that the best of them need refining and some the purification of destruction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I finally understood what true love meant...love meant that you care for another person's happiness more than your own, no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62991]]></link><description><![CDATA[I finally understood what true love meant...love meant that you care for another person's happiness more than your own, no matter how painful the choices you face might be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're relying on him to have a good year. He worked hard in the off-season. He didn't play basketball. He's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35537]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're relying on him to have a good year. He worked hard in the off-season. He didn't play basketball. He's throwing the ball harder and is in better shape.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3943]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is love; in no case is it logic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25435]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is love; in no case is it logic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The itch of scribbling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50500]]></link><description><![CDATA[The itch of scribbling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to be a realist you must believe in miracles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15018]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These poor mistaken people think they shine, and they do indeed, but it is as putrefaction shines,--in the dark. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58132]]></link><description><![CDATA[These poor mistaken people think they shine, and they do indeed, but it is as putrefaction shines,--in the dark.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Physicists have determined that even the most solid and heavy mass of matter we see is mostly empty space. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Physicists have determined that even the most solid and heavy mass of matter we see is mostly empty space. But at the submicroscopic level, specks of matter scattered through a vast emptiness have such incredible density and weight, and are linked to one another by such powerful forces, that together they produce all the properties of concrete, cast iron and solid rock. In much the same way, specks of knowledge are scattered through a vast emptiness of ignorance, and everything depends upon how solid the individual specks of knowledge are, and on how powerfully linked and coordinated they are with one another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21349]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9618]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius,--  We'll deserve it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58122]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius,--  We'll deserve it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A competitor will find a way to win. Competitors take bad breaks and use them to drive themselves just that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9213]]></link><description><![CDATA[A competitor will find a way to win. Competitors take bad breaks and use them to drive themselves just that much harder. Quitters take bad breaks and use them as reasons to give up. It's all a matter of pride.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sage awakes to light in the night of all creatures. That which the world calls day is the night ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20441]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sage awakes to light in the night of all creatures. That which the world calls day is the night of ignorance to the wise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The young are generally full of revolt, and are often pretty revolting about it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54137]]></link><description><![CDATA[The young are generally full of revolt, and are often pretty revolting about it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't live on a hill. I live down under a hill, in the bottom and I've got a lot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36356]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't live on a hill. I live down under a hill, in the bottom and I've got a lot of cars, yeah.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be so humble--you are not that great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be so humble--you are not that great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take the advice of a faithful friend, and submit thy inventions to his censure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take the advice of a faithful friend, and submit thy inventions to his censure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me But dreams of what has been, no more to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me But dreams of what has been, no more to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We took a big step between Monroe and Lake. That has to continue to be competitive in our league, because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33621]]></link><description><![CDATA[We took a big step between Monroe and Lake. That has to continue to be competitive in our league, because everyone in our league is a challenge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4080]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We still have a refining issue. Refineries in other parts of the country have been able to increase output but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39168]]></link><description><![CDATA[We still have a refining issue. Refineries in other parts of the country have been able to increase output but they will have to go down later this year for maintenance. Refinery output will then fall below normal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A system support specialist's life is a sorry one. The only advantage he has over ER doctors is that malpractice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9596]]></link><description><![CDATA[A system support specialist's life is a sorry one. The only advantage he has over ER doctors is that malpractice suits are rare. On the other hand, ER doctors never have to deal with patients installing new versions of their own innards! Dick Maliska  Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining. •Jeff Raskin   Applying computer technology is simply finding the right wrench to pound in the correct screw. •Anonymous   The Programmer's Time-Space Continuum is defined as "Programmers continuously space the time." •Leon Lanthier   Computers are useless - they only give you answers. •Pablo Picasso   "Paradosfunctionoracle" is the term used by technicians to describe the reason no one knows why your computer won't work. •J. H. Goldfuss   No machine will increase the possibilities of life. They only increase the possibilities of idleness. •John Ruskin   All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors. •Anonymous  Computers can figure out all kinds of problems, except the things in the world that just don't add up. •James Magary  Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. •E W Dijkstra  Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equpped with 18,000 vaccuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vaccuum tubes and perhaps weigh 1 1/2 tons. •Popular Mechanics, 1949  Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done. •Andy Rooney  Not even computers will replace committees, because committees buy computers. •Edward Shepherd Mead  A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. •John Gall   There won't be anything we won't say to people to try and convince them that our way is the way to go. •Bill Gates  If you can't make it good, at least make it look good. •Bill Gates  Looking at the proliferation of personal web pages on the net, it looks like very soon everyone on earth will have 15 Megabytes of fame. •MG Siriam   Surfing on the Internet is like sex; everyone boasts about doing more than they actually do. But in the case of the Internet, it's a lot more. •Tom Fasulo   Cyberspace: A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation. •William Gibson   URLs are the 800 numbers of the 1990's. •Chris Clark   My favorite thing about the Internet is that you get to go into the private world of real creeps without having to smell them. •Penn Jillett   We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true. •Robert Wilensky   It shouldn't be too much of a surprise that the Internet has evolved into a force strong enough to reflect the greatest hopes and fears of those who use it. After all, it was designed to withstand nuclear war, not just the puny huffs and puffs of politicians and religious fanatics. •Denise Caruso   Wow! They've got the internet on computers now! •Homer Simpson  Man is a game playing animal and a computer is another way to play games. •Scott Adams  I do not fear computers. I fear lack of them. •Isaac Asimov   Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to produce bigger and better idoits. So far, the Universe is winning. •Rich Cook   If automobiles had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside. •Robert Cringely   I try to get people to see what I have... When you run a computer company, you have to get people to buy into your dreams. •Steve Jobs   The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against wacking them around a little. •Porterfield   People who buy Macs are the same people who said BETA is better than VHS 15 years ago. •Anonymous  Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand. •Anonymous  But in our enthusiasm, we could not resist a radical overhaul of the system, in which all of its major weaknesses have been exposed, analyzed, and replaced with new weaknesses. •Bruce Leverett  Anybody who's studied software engineering knows that a schedule which underestimates the time needed to develop a project actually makes the project take longer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important things in life aren't things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24810]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important things in life aren't things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a panel feels that a grant is worthy and they know the content of the work of art in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37186]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a panel feels that a grant is worthy and they know the content of the work of art in question, we at the endowment will be prepared to defend it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She got us started. Without that start, it would have been a closer game. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37892]]></link><description><![CDATA[She got us started. Without that start, it would have been a closer game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46530]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hearts of oak are our ships, Gallant tars are our men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hearts of oak are our ships, Gallant tars are our men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44019</guid></item></channel></rss>