<?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[Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You're crazy. -- Drillers whom Edwin ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You're crazy. -- Drillers whom Edwin L. Drake tried to enlist in his project to drill for oil in 1859.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11469]]></link><description><![CDATA[Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["O fateful flower beside the rill-- The Daffodil, the daffodil!" ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10972]]></link><description><![CDATA["O fateful flower beside the rill-- The Daffodil, the daffodil!"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Setting aside the scandal caused by His Messianic claims and His reputation as a political firebrand, only two accusations of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Setting aside the scandal caused by His Messianic claims and His reputation as a political firebrand, only two accusations of personal depravity seem to have been brought against Jesus of Nazareth. First, that He was a Sabbath-breaker. Secondly, that He was "a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners" -- or (to draw aside the veil of Elizabethan English that makes it sound so much more respectable) that He ate too heartily, drank too freely, and kept very disreputable company, including grafters of the lowest type and ladies who were no better than they should be. For nineteen and a half centuries, the Christian Churches have laboured, not without success, to remove this unfortunate impression made by their Lord and Master. They have hustled the Magdalens from the Communion-table, founded Total Abstinence Societies in the name of Him who made the water wine, and added improvements of their own, such as various bans and anathemas upon dancing and theatre-going. They have transferred the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday, and, feeling that the original commandment "Thou shalt not work" was rather half-hearted, have added to it the new commandment, "Thou shalt not play.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I expected them to drive to the hoop. I think it might have been one of those instances where they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37573]]></link><description><![CDATA[I expected them to drive to the hoop. I think it might have been one of those instances where they were young kids and they have not been here before and they tensed up a little and took those 3-pointers. But, you look at that team and they are so well coached. My guys didn't mind being on defense at the end and I think they were confident and comfortable because they had been in that situation before. The experience of being in the championship game before definitely paid off for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give me a lever long enough And a prop strong enough,  I can single handed move the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give me a lever long enough And a prop strong enough,  I can single handed move the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Mellitus, First Bishop of London, 624  Sad, indeed, would the whole matter be if the Bible had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Mellitus, First Bishop of London, 624  Sad, indeed, would the whole matter be if the Bible had told us everything God meant us to believe. But herein is the Bible greatly wronged. It nowhere lays claim to be regarded as the Word, the Way, the Truth. The Bible leads us to Jesus, the inexhaustible, the ever-unfolding Revelation of God. It is Christ "in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge", not the Bible, save as leading to Him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has never been so bad, that it couldn't be worse... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43241]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has never been so bad, that it couldn't be worse...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's to the red of it, There's not a thread of it,  No, not a shred of it,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59386]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's to the red of it, There's not a thread of it,  No, not a shred of it,   In all the spread of it,    From foot to head,     Not heroes bled for it,      Faced steel and lead for it,       Precious blood shed for it,        Bathing in red.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c.107  Beginning a series on the church:  The laity... living in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6661]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c.107  Beginning a series on the church:  The laity... living in the world as an integral part of it, is the primary body through which the reality of the phrase "the Church is service" has to be manifested in all spheres of secular life: the Church has to show in her own life and attitude towards others the evidences of the redemptive order which is in Christ an operative fact: Christ the Lord is also Christ the servant: the Church which is the lord of all life is also the servant of all life, and the lordship is shown only through the service. The world wants to see redemption: it is not interested in being talked to about it. A church which is not outward looking... has ceased to be a church as the Body of Christ and has instead become a club for the benefit of its members.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak... Non-violence is hard work. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak... Non-violence is hard work. It is the willingness to sacrifice. It is the patience to win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The standardized American is largely a myth created not least by Americans themselves. - The Uses of Philosophy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22253]]></link><description><![CDATA[The standardized American is largely a myth created not least by Americans themselves. - The Uses of Philosophy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a signal that the Internet and technology brands are becoming more interwoven into everyday life. It's moved from a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28980]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a signal that the Internet and technology brands are becoming more interwoven into everyday life. It's moved from a specialty niche to the center of people's lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2854]]></link><description><![CDATA[You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,  Pride made the devil, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51922]]></link><description><![CDATA[God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,  Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin;   So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.   - transcribed by James Henry Dixon,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He liked those literary cooks Who skim the cream of others' books;  And ruin half an author's graces  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46649]]></link><description><![CDATA[He liked those literary cooks Who skim the cream of others' books;  And ruin half an author's graces   By plucking bon-mots from their places.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's about always showing new stuff. Do not become stagnant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40624]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's about always showing new stuff. Do not become stagnant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25047]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great Pompey's shade complains that we are slow, And Scipio's ghost walks unavenged amongst us! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great Pompey's shade complains that we are slow, And Scipio's ghost walks unavenged amongst us!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humility, that low, sweet root, From which all heavenly virtues shoot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20030]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humility, that low, sweet root, From which all heavenly virtues shoot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Many drugs are prescribed outside their official recommendations, she says. Neurontin, for example, was initially approved only for epilepsy. But, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41454]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Many drugs are prescribed outside their official recommendations, she says. Neurontin, for example, was initially approved only for epilepsy. But, after a slow start, it grew to become a $US2.3 billion ($3 billion today) blockbuster for its owner, Pfizer, in 2003.] About 80 per cent of the prescriptions were for unapproved uses - conditions like bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, insomnia, restless legs syndrome, hot flashes, migraines and tension headaches, ... In fact, Neurontin has become a sort of all-purpose restorative for chronic discomfort of almost any type - yet there is almost no good published evidence that it works.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was a young man I vowed never to marry until I found the ideal woman. Well, I found ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61028]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was a young man I vowed never to marry until I found the ideal woman. Well, I found her -- but alas, she was waiting for the ideal man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think if I was in the position of the Czech coach, I would do the same, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33643]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think if I was in the position of the Czech coach, I would do the same,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of us serve our ideals by fits and starts. The person who makes a success of living is one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of us serve our ideals by fits and starts. The person who makes a success of living is one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That's dedication.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4761]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You and I were long friends; you are now my enemy, and I am yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13852]]></link><description><![CDATA[You and I were long friends; you are now my enemy, and I am yours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's only their third year. There hasn't been that much discipline. Our goal is to get better each day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29498]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's only their third year. There hasn't been that much discipline. Our goal is to get better each day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It makes me happy. It makes coach happy. Most importantly, it makes them happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29183]]></link><description><![CDATA[It makes me happy. It makes coach happy. Most importantly, it makes them happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it's not an art. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15674]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it's not an art. The main thing about directing is: photograph the people's eyes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The new organization will further enhance the regional identity of our electric distribution businesses and provide a greater focus on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35984]]></link><description><![CDATA[The new organization will further enhance the regional identity of our electric distribution businesses and provide a greater focus on the electric generation business. The leaders of these business units bring a high level of knowledge and experience to their new positions with the common objective to deliver outstanding service to their customers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words may lie,but actions will always tell the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words may lie,but actions will always tell the truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66593]]></link><description><![CDATA[The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I really like our team - we are a team that (opponents) really can't figure out. We run the football ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31701]]></link><description><![CDATA[I really like our team - we are a team that (opponents) really can't figure out. We run the football well; this is an athletic team. We just have to keep working hard in practice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace proposals unaccompanied by a sworn covenant indicate a plot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45901]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace proposals unaccompanied by a sworn covenant indicate a plot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's all nonviolence is - organized love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44627]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's all nonviolence is - organized love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4929]]></link><description><![CDATA[To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ego has a voracious appetite, the more you feed it, the hungrier it gets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ego has a voracious appetite, the more you feed it, the hungrier it gets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Till then, good-night! You wish the time were now? And I.  You do not blush to wish it so? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Till then, good-night! You wish the time were now? And I.  You do not blush to wish it so?   You would have blush'd yourself to death    To own so much a year ago.     What! both these snowy hands? ah, then      I'll have to say, Good-night again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is the wrath of God--His hate of sin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is the wrath of God--His hate of sin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51809]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50239]]></link><description><![CDATA[He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47633]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48481]]></link><description><![CDATA[But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, night; come, Romeo; come, thou day in night; For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night  Whiter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, night; come, Romeo; come, thou day in night; For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night  Whiter than new snow upon a raven's back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your spirit is the true shield. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65173]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your spirit is the true shield.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with some women is that they get allexcited about nothing and then marry him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21183]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with some women is that they get allexcited about nothing and then marry him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21183</guid></item></channel></rss>