<?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 noble Lord (Stanley) was the Prince Rupert to the Parliamentary army--his valour did not always serve his own cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3045]]></link><description><![CDATA[The noble Lord (Stanley) was the Prince Rupert to the Parliamentary army--his valour did not always serve his own cause.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't really make another Blur record that's a big landscape sort of thing, due to my very basic guitar ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32347]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't really make another Blur record that's a big landscape sort of thing, due to my very basic guitar ability, ... I want to sing and play so it has to be three chords. I can only do three chords and not look at the guitar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man brings his wife flowers for no reason, there's a reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20198]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man brings his wife flowers for no reason, there's a reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If two men on a job agree all the time, then one is useless. If they disagree all the time, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23280]]></link><description><![CDATA[If two men on a job agree all the time, then one is useless. If they disagree all the time, then both are useless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: "If I stop to help this man, what will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52734]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: "If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?" But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: "If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they have no holidays. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26200]]></link><description><![CDATA[I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they have no holidays.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it's a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it's a letdown, they won't buy anymore. The first page sells that book. The last page sells your next book.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a kind of shabby arrogance to survive in our time, and a fairly romantic nature to want to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46296]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a kind of shabby arrogance to survive in our time, and a fairly romantic nature to want to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't want to judge mothers and we don't want to know the reasons for them abandoning the babies. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39548]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't want to judge mothers and we don't want to know the reasons for them abandoning the babies. We would rather have this than have a baby being abandoned in a rubbish dump.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The holy grail of our research is to convince those cells to regenerate, but now, we need to first understand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41361]]></link><description><![CDATA[The holy grail of our research is to convince those cells to regenerate, but now, we need to first understand what the composition of hair cells are and how they develop. We believe that a molecular understanding of the function of hair cells is needed to ultimately prevent hearing loss, and stimulate the regeneration of hair cells in mammals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right -- shame on you! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56148]]></link><description><![CDATA[I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right -- shame on you!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is a book, and those who do not travel, read only a page. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59586]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is a book, and those who do not travel, read only a page.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In this respect it's unlike almost ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4956]]></link><description><![CDATA[We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In this respect it's unlike almost all other things we do except perhaps making music and dancing. When we make music we don't do it in order to reach a certain point, such as the end of the composition. If that were the purpose of music then obviously the fastest players would be the best. Also, when we are dancing we are not aiming to arrive at a particular place on the floor as in a journey. When we dance, the journey itself is the point, as when we play music the playing itself is the point. And exactly the same thing is true in meditation. Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools and women. We may soon be able to tame the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will take a little longer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Internet security threats are rising at an alarming pace, and while consumers are increasingly aware of the risks, to date ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42363]]></link><description><![CDATA[Internet security threats are rising at an alarming pace, and while consumers are increasingly aware of the risks, to date they have very little ammunition to combat and defend against these threats that are easy to use and cost effective.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We also hope the media will also represent a kind of monitoring over these elections. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34807]]></link><description><![CDATA[We also hope the media will also represent a kind of monitoring over these elections.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers: Of April, May, of June, and July flowers.  I sing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57796]]></link><description><![CDATA[I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers: Of April, May, of June, and July flowers.  I sing of Maypoles, Hock-carts, wassails, wakes,   Of bridegrooms, brides, and of their bridal cakes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43289]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give God thy heart, thy service, and thy gold; The day wears on, and time is waxing old.   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give God thy heart, thy service, and thy gold; The day wears on, and time is waxing old.   - Unattributed Author,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53271]]></link><description><![CDATA[The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The standard of living has risen along with the size of the world's population since the beginning of recorded time. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15735]]></link><description><![CDATA[The standard of living has risen along with the size of the world's population since the beginning of recorded time. There is no convincing economic reason why these trends toward a better life should not continue indefinitely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For want of a naile the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49252]]></link><description><![CDATA[For want of a naile the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In arguing, too, the parson own'd his skill, For even though vanquished he could argue still. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3050]]></link><description><![CDATA[In arguing, too, the parson own'd his skill, For even though vanquished he could argue still.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think there was any doubt at all. We were probably a little nervous when we were down by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39214]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think there was any doubt at all. We were probably a little nervous when we were down by about nine, but we're a fighting team and weren't going down without a fight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You wait a moment to settle your nerves Then make your cast with a right hand curve  The fly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16285]]></link><description><![CDATA[You wait a moment to settle your nerves Then make your cast with a right hand curve  The fly settles down and the float looked good   But the trout refused it and there you stood    A dejected fly fisherman.     You looked things over and were not yet beat      Then changed flies again and were ready to repeat       The next try was poor because you rushed the cast        You hold your breath in solemn anticipation         You must be a fly fisherman!          The fly floats gently on its way to the trout           You know it will "take it" without a doubt.            You're all charged up and ready to strike             But the fly floats by because something's not right              You are still a fly fisherman.               You open your fly box and select a new fly                Then lengthen the tippet before the next try                 Change your position to help with the cast                  And hope you have made the right decision at last                   Now you are a doubtful fly fisherman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A rainbow in the morning Is the Shepherd's warning;  But a rainbow at night   Is the Shepherd's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52951]]></link><description><![CDATA[A rainbow in the morning Is the Shepherd's warning;  But a rainbow at night   Is the Shepherd's delight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To swallow and follow, whether old doctrine or new propaganda, is a weakness still dominating the human mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53683]]></link><description><![CDATA[To swallow and follow, whether old doctrine or new propaganda, is a weakness still dominating the human mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the left or right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18000]]></link><description><![CDATA[A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know — we've had to imagine the war here, and we have imagined that it was being fought by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61148]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know — we've had to imagine the war here, and we have imagined that it was being fought by aging men like ourselves. We had forgotten that the wars were fought by babies. When I saw those freashly shaved faces, it was a shock. 'My God, my God —' I said to myself, 'it's the Children's Crusade.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They like being in front. They don't like losing. Hopefully we can let them not like losing a couple more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31646]]></link><description><![CDATA[They like being in front. They don't like losing. Hopefully we can let them not like losing a couple more times.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was unbelievably difficult to get it made. Studios are extremely allergic to risk. Finally, after a long courtship, Lions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33996]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was unbelievably difficult to get it made. Studios are extremely allergic to risk. Finally, after a long courtship, Lions Gate Films agreed to make the film. They liked the idea of a sports movie where spelling was the sport, something that might be compared to 'Hoosiers' or other good sports movies, but with a younger lead character.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now stiff on a pillar with a phallic air nelson stylites in Trafalgar square reminds the British what once they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now stiff on a pillar with a phallic air nelson stylites in Trafalgar square reminds the British what once they were.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17030]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Fannius from his foe did fly Himself with his own hands he slew;  Who e'er a greater madness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58243]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Fannius from his foe did fly Himself with his own hands he slew;  Who e'er a greater madness knew?   Life to destroy for fear to die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25335]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sinews of business (or state). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42951]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sinews of business (or state).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own experiences is to put a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14651]]></link><description><![CDATA[To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of one's life. It is no less than a denial of the soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24950]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone looks at the records and talks about how this team plays so many sub-.500 teams and this team plays ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone looks at the records and talks about how this team plays so many sub-.500 teams and this team plays so many teams above .500, and it's all a load of crap. You've got to go out and win your games no matter what anyone else does.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou said'st--O, it comes o'er my memory As doth the raven o'er the infected house,  Boding to all!--He had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou said'st--O, it comes o'er my memory As doth the raven o'er the infected house,  Boding to all!--He had my handkerchief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven  Upon the place beneath. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27350]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven  Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest;   It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.    'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes     The throned monarch better than his crown.      His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,       The attribute to awe and majesty,        Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;         But mercy is above this scept'red sway;          It is enthroned in the hearts of kings;           It is an attribute to God himself,            And earthly power doth then show likest God's             When mercy seasons justice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What it comes down to is that anybody can win with the best horse. What makes you good is if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57610]]></link><description><![CDATA[What it comes down to is that anybody can win with the best horse. What makes you good is if you can take the second or third-best horse and win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You only have to bat a thousand two things; flying and heart transplants. Everything else you can go 4 for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57578]]></link><description><![CDATA[You only have to bat a thousand two things; flying and heart transplants. Everything else you can go 4 for five.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20117]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correction does much, but encouragement does more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Correction does much, but encouragement does more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's a broad, bold claim. We'll know in a year if they delivered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28979]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's a broad, bold claim. We'll know in a year if they delivered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A telescope will magnify a star a thousand times, but a good press agent can do even better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35134]]></link><description><![CDATA[A telescope will magnify a star a thousand times, but a good press agent can do even better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35134</guid></item></channel></rss>