<?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[The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9460]]></link><description><![CDATA[The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goethe said, 'Talent is developed in privacy, ' you know?And it's really true. There is a need for aloneness which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48269]]></link><description><![CDATA[Goethe said, 'Talent is developed in privacy, ' you know?And it's really true. There is a need for aloneness which I don't think most people realize for an actor. It's almost having certain kinds of secrets for yourself that you'll let the whole world in on only for a moment, when you're acting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66880]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64841]]></link><description><![CDATA[When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That beautiful season . . . the Summer of All-Saints!  Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58266]]></link><description><![CDATA[That beautiful season . . . the Summer of All-Saints!  Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape   Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out did the meate, out did the frolick wine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out did the meate, out did the frolick wine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman. -Margaret Thatcher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27208]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman. -Margaret Thatcher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although many machines have been disinfected, we're certainly not out of the woods yet. Many machines may still be infected ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although many machines have been disinfected, we're certainly not out of the woods yet. Many machines may still be infected without their owner's knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44253]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only for the phony is commercialism-the bending of creativity to common utility-a naughty word. To the truly creative, it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only for the phony is commercialism-the bending of creativity to common utility-a naughty word. To the truly creative, it is a bridge to the great audience, a means of sharing rather than debasing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West has woman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45018]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West has woman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As far as I'm concerned, the entire reason for becoming a writer is not having to get up in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64559]]></link><description><![CDATA[As far as I'm concerned, the entire reason for becoming a writer is not having to get up in the morning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1280]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed.... And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to the vision of That Which Is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is not belief in spite of evidence, but life in scorn of consequences -- a courageous trust in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is not belief in spite of evidence, but life in scorn of consequences -- a courageous trust in the great purpose of all things, and pressing forward to finish the work which is in sight, whatever the price may be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hopefully, this thing subsides and he's going to be able to toe that slab here before the year is over, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hopefully, this thing subsides and he's going to be able to toe that slab here before the year is over, but we have no projected date for him, ... There's no way he's going to be able to take the ball in Anaheim.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look you! I myself am nearest to myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look you! I myself am nearest to myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20830]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as the culmination of your career]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All music is folk music, I ain't never heard no horse sing a song ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41054]]></link><description><![CDATA[All music is folk music, I ain't never heard no horse sing a song]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are three ways to get something done: (1) Do it yourself. (2) Hire someone to do it for you. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43246]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are three ways to get something done: (1) Do it yourself. (2) Hire someone to do it for you. (3) Forbid your kids to do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The selfsame heaven That frowns on me looks sadly upon him. -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56024]]></link><description><![CDATA[The selfsame heaven That frowns on me looks sadly upon him. -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[bring stability to the country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28273]]></link><description><![CDATA[bring stability to the country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63286]]></link><description><![CDATA[The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All great virtues become great men. [Fr., Toutes grandes vertus conviennent aux grands hommes.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60781]]></link><description><![CDATA[All great virtues become great men. [Fr., Toutes grandes vertus conviennent aux grands hommes.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart has its reasons which the mind cannot comprehend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25799]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart has its reasons which the mind cannot comprehend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black is best worn as an ensemble - black with black. Black with color is not quite where we are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Black is best worn as an ensemble - black with black. Black with color is not quite where we are right now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twas twilight, and the sunless day went down Over the waste of waters; like a veil,  Which, if withdrawn, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59917]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twas twilight, and the sunless day went down Over the waste of waters; like a veil,  Which, if withdrawn, would but disclose the frown   Of one whose hate is mask'd but to assail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are never very wise and select in the exercise of a new power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are never very wise and select in the exercise of a new power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe this payola scandal may represent the most widespread and flagrant violation of any FCC rules in the history ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38985]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe this payola scandal may represent the most widespread and flagrant violation of any FCC rules in the history of American broadcasting. Mr. Spitzer's office has collected a mountain of evidence on the potentially illegal promotion practices of not only Sony BMG, but also other major record companies, independent promoters and several of the largest radio station groups.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light griefs are communicative, great ones stupefy. [Lat., Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18343]]></link><description><![CDATA[Light griefs are communicative, great ones stupefy. [Lat., Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need society, and we need solitude also, as we need summer and winter, day and night, exercise and rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44108]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need society, and we need solitude also, as we need summer and winter, day and night, exercise and rest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While we are postponing, life speeds by. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65578]]></link><description><![CDATA[While we are postponing, life speeds by.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47378]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I only wish to be the fountain of love from which you drink, every drop promising eternal passion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54360]]></link><description><![CDATA[I only wish to be the fountain of love from which you drink, every drop promising eternal passion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the home remedies, a good wife is best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61565]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the home remedies, a good wife is best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2465]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She governs but she does not reign. [Fr., Elle gouvernait, mais elle ne regnait pas.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54468]]></link><description><![CDATA[She governs but she does not reign. [Fr., Elle gouvernait, mais elle ne regnait pas.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We didn't use makeup and wigs to have Peri and Teri look like Sara and Yvonne, but the roles were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32229]]></link><description><![CDATA[We didn't use makeup and wigs to have Peri and Teri look like Sara and Yvonne, but the roles were challenging because they had to portray them in three stages of their lives, from their 20s, 40s to their 60s,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines everywhere. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55756]]></link><description><![CDATA[Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines everywhere. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He probably has some of the best putting strokes I have ever seen. He just really seems to be able ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38031]]></link><description><![CDATA[He probably has some of the best putting strokes I have ever seen. He just really seems to be able to handle every adverse situation well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Christmas present to myself each year is to see how much air travel can open up the world and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64412]]></link><description><![CDATA[My Christmas present to myself each year is to see how much air travel can open up the world and take me to places as far from sheltered California and Japan as possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A schoolboy's tale, the wonder of an hour! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57913]]></link><description><![CDATA[A schoolboy's tale, the wonder of an hour!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may as well say, that 's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55958]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may as well say, that 's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion. -King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 7.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My home is in Heaven. I\'m just traveling through this world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66681]]></link><description><![CDATA[My home is in Heaven. I\'m just traveling through this world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A painted vest Prince Voltiger had on, Which from a naked Pict his grandsire won. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2717]]></link><description><![CDATA[A painted vest Prince Voltiger had on, Which from a naked Pict his grandsire won.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Naturally they became heroes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28083]]></link><description><![CDATA[They were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Naturally they became heroes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64773]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Southern Baptist Convention today would be part of the religious right and 20 years ago it would have been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30279]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Southern Baptist Convention today would be part of the religious right and 20 years ago it would have been more mainstream. I think it would also be fair to say the conservatives have developed pretty strong ties to the Republican Party.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30279</guid></item></channel></rss>