<?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[If you weren't shooting, you were rehearsing lines or a song or pre-recording a song. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35106]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you weren't shooting, you were rehearsing lines or a song or pre-recording a song.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Caroline Chisholm, Social Reformer, 1877  I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Caroline Chisholm, Social Reformer, 1877  I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't suddenly get Jedi powers by upgrading. It's just a number. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36294]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't suddenly get Jedi powers by upgrading. It's just a number.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65548]]></link><description><![CDATA[The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is something you rise above. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is something you rise above.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've had a pretty smooth transition. It's almost like nothing changed. If we would have had a brand-new coach, it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30486]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've had a pretty smooth transition. It's almost like nothing changed. If we would have had a brand-new coach, it would have been hard, because we'd have been so used to doing something for so long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33583]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11545]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no expedient to which a man will go to avoid the real labor ofthinking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21258]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no expedient to which a man will go to avoid the real labor ofthinking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Th' newspaper does ivrything f'r us. It runs th' polis foorce an' th' banks, commands th' milishy, controls th'ligislachure, baptizes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Th' newspaper does ivrything f'r us. It runs th' polis foorce an' th' banks, commands th' milishy, controls th'ligislachure, baptizes th' young, marries th' foolish, comforts th' afflicted, afflicts th' comfortable, buries th' dead an' roasts thim aftherward. - "Mr. Dooley's Opinions", 1900.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Destroy his fib, or sophistry--in vain! The creature's at his dirty work again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61540]]></link><description><![CDATA[Destroy his fib, or sophistry--in vain! The creature's at his dirty work again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65275]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24516]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stars are forth, the moon above the tops Of the snow-shining mountains--Beautiful!  I linger yet with Nature, for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44520]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stars are forth, the moon above the tops Of the snow-shining mountains--Beautiful!  I linger yet with Nature, for the night   Hath been to me a more familiar face    Than that of man; and in her starry shade     Of dim and solitary loveliness      I learn'd the language of another world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone can carry his burden, however heavy, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone can carry his burden, however heavy, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, until the sun goes down. And this is all that life really means.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear grows in darkness; if you think there's a bogeyman around, turn on the light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear grows in darkness; if you think there's a bogeyman around, turn on the light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9645]]></link><description><![CDATA[We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I do say is that no man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10059]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I do say is that no man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We came up with a pretty unique scheme that we think the tourism people were impressed with. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33936]]></link><description><![CDATA[We came up with a pretty unique scheme that we think the tourism people were impressed with.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46244]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest gift is a portion of thyself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17404]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21284]]></link><description><![CDATA[One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A beautiful lady is an accident of nature. A beautiful old lady is a work of art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27212]]></link><description><![CDATA[A beautiful lady is an accident of nature. A beautiful old lady is a work of art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That he that readeth may run over it. [Lat., Ut percurrat qui legerit eum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52999]]></link><description><![CDATA[That he that readeth may run over it. [Lat., Ut percurrat qui legerit eum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Damage similar to that caused by Ivan will push oil prices above $75. It took more than six months to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Damage similar to that caused by Ivan will push oil prices above $75. It took more than six months to restore production after Hurricane Ivan. Crude oil prices increased by more than $10 within a month.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24156]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. Murphy's First Corollary If you tell the boss you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. Murphy's First Corollary If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25722]]></link><description><![CDATA[When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every second. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27569]]></link><description><![CDATA[All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every second.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look at us, said the violets blooming at her feet, all last winter we slept in the seeming death but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look at us, said the violets blooming at her feet, all last winter we slept in the seeming death but at the right time God awakened us, and here we are to comfort you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know what they say about Chicago. If you don't like the weather, wait fifteen minutes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5874]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know what they say about Chicago. If you don't like the weather, wait fifteen minutes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the game was lost in the (third) when we gave up five runs, then two more in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41148]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the game was lost in the (third) when we gave up five runs, then two more in the fourth. I think, if we had shut them down or held them to one or two runs, they probably wouldn't have been as aggressive as they were. But they can swing the bats.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9527]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They've done this all on their own. I have a system that they've bought into. It's a defensive in your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40161]]></link><description><![CDATA[They've done this all on their own. I have a system that they've bought into. It's a defensive in your face system. It's a fun game to watch and a fun game to play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The church is the great lost and found department. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53598]]></link><description><![CDATA[The church is the great lost and found department.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don't winunless you hate them—and then you destroy yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21432]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don't winunless you hate them—and then you destroy yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jefferson thought schools would produce free men: we prove him right by putting dropouts in jail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57065]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jefferson thought schools would produce free men: we prove him right by putting dropouts in jail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole race of scribblers flies from the town and yearns for country life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50358]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole race of scribblers flies from the town and yearns for country life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16184]]></link><description><![CDATA[What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's going to be a Major League pitcher -- we caught lightning in a bottle when we acquired this guy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30289]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's going to be a Major League pitcher -- we caught lightning in a bottle when we acquired this guy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language is memory and metaphor ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language is memory and metaphor]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She did a really good job. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40327]]></link><description><![CDATA[She did a really good job.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A DEEP-SWORN VOWOthers because you did not keep That deep-sworn vow have been friends of mine; Yet always when I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/182]]></link><description><![CDATA[A DEEP-SWORN VOWOthers because you did not keep That deep-sworn vow have been friends of mine; Yet always when I look death in the face, When I clamber to the heights of sleep, Or when I grow excited with wine, Suddenly I meet your face.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today, you have 100% of your life left. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today, you have 100% of your life left.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Done to death by slanderous tongues Was the Hero that here lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Done to death by slanderous tongues Was the Hero that here lies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54058]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we heard about the hippies, the barely more than boys and girls who decided to try something different... we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19284]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we heard about the hippies, the barely more than boys and girls who decided to try something different... we laughed at them. We condemned them, our children, for seeking a different future. We hated them for their flowers, for their love, and for their unmistakable rejection of every hideous, mistaken compromise that we had made throughout our hollow, money-bitten, frightened, adult lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They'd say, 'Thank you, but it's the people on the coast we're most concerned about,' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39163]]></link><description><![CDATA[They'd say, 'Thank you, but it's the people on the coast we're most concerned about,']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39163</guid></item></channel></rss>