<?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[Gardens, scholars say, are the first sign of commitment to a community. When people plant corn they are saying, let's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gardens, scholars say, are the first sign of commitment to a community. When people plant corn they are saying, let's stay here. And by their connection to the land, they are connected to one another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the late '70s I had come to question the point of a great deal of what we were doing, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28752]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the late '70s I had come to question the point of a great deal of what we were doing, in terms of the CIA's overall charter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It walked around and seemed like she was OK. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41798]]></link><description><![CDATA[It walked around and seemed like she was OK.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I suspect that hunger was my mother. [Lat., Famem fuisse suspicor matrem mihi.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20157]]></link><description><![CDATA[I suspect that hunger was my mother. [Lat., Famem fuisse suspicor matrem mihi.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but only one view. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43902]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but only one view.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the things that we stress is never talk to a stranger. We tell them, 'Run away and tell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42394]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the things that we stress is never talk to a stranger. We tell them, 'Run away and tell your teacher, tell your mother, somebody you can trust. Always trust a policeman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Portia:) A quarrel ho! already! What's the matter? (Gratiano:) About a hoop of gold, a paltry ring  That she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17786]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Portia:) A quarrel ho! already! What's the matter? (Gratiano:) About a hoop of gold, a paltry ring  That she did give me, whose posy was   For all the world like cutler's poetry    Upon a knife--'Love me, and leave me not.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We see high growth with very low inflation. These aren't mutually exclusive. You have to remember the high growth that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42200]]></link><description><![CDATA[We see high growth with very low inflation. These aren't mutually exclusive. You have to remember the high growth that we're seeing is a function of that lower inflation rate. If we had inflation at 3 or 4 percent, growth would be a lot slower.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The city is growing in leaps and bounds and we feel good about that. We want to expand on that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29937]]></link><description><![CDATA[The city is growing in leaps and bounds and we feel good about that. We want to expand on that and help the city keep growing in a positive way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By many indignities we come to dignities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50973]]></link><description><![CDATA[By many indignities we come to dignities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I got the ball I just went hard toward the box and on this field it's easier to stay ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39071]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I got the ball I just went hard toward the box and on this field it's easier to stay in front so I just made sure to keep the ball.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Afflicted, or distressed, in mind, body, or estate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1656]]></link><description><![CDATA[Afflicted, or distressed, in mind, body, or estate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet bird! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear;  Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10811]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet bird! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear;  Thou hast no sorrow in thy song,   No winter in thy year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the healthiest ways to gamble is with a spade and a package of garden seeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17167]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the healthiest ways to gamble is with a spade and a package of garden seeds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret to the future is not about survival, it's about unity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40998]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret to the future is not about survival, it's about unity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When God has once begun to throw down the prosperous, He overthrows them altogether: such is the end of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48494]]></link><description><![CDATA[When God has once begun to throw down the prosperous, He overthrows them altogether: such is the end of the mighty. [Lat., Semel profecto premere felices deus  Cum coepit, urget; hos habent magna exitus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His deeds do not agree with his words. [Lat., Facta ejus cum dictis discrepant.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11679]]></link><description><![CDATA[His deeds do not agree with his words. [Lat., Facta ejus cum dictis discrepant.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Egotism is the anesthetic given by a kindly nature to relieve the pain of being a damned fool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13678]]></link><description><![CDATA[Egotism is the anesthetic given by a kindly nature to relieve the pain of being a damned fool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17042]]></link><description><![CDATA[You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The finishing stroke of all sorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50496]]></link><description><![CDATA[The finishing stroke of all sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5173]]></link><description><![CDATA[The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another thing that's pathetic is this rule that you have to look ugly to get respect as an actress. Jessica ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Another thing that's pathetic is this rule that you have to look ugly to get respect as an actress. Jessica Lange had to make herself look really bad to prove that she had amazing talent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cheerful life is what the Muses love, A soaring spirit is their prime delight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5848]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cheerful life is what the Muses love, A soaring spirit is their prime delight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grasp the subject, the words will follow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grasp the subject, the words will follow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A witty saying proves nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65792]]></link><description><![CDATA[A witty saying proves nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After your death you will be what you were before your birth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4255]]></link><description><![CDATA[After your death you will be what you were before your birth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. -Thomas Edison. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. -Thomas Edison.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a very important moment in Gibraltar's history -- 300 years of being British, which is rather longer than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42459]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a very important moment in Gibraltar's history -- 300 years of being British, which is rather longer than it was ever Spanish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you did wed my sister for her wealth, Then for her wealth's sake use her with more kindness:  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45247]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you did wed my sister for her wealth, Then for her wealth's sake use her with more kindness:  Or if you like elsewhere, do it by stealth;   Muffle your false love with some show of blindness:    Let not my sister read it in your eye;     Be not thy tongue thy own shame's orator;      Look sweet, spear fair, become disloyalty;       Apparel vice like virtue's harbinger;        Bear a fair presence, though your heart be tainted;         Teach sin the carriage of a holy saint;          Be secret-false: what need she be acquainted?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pygmies are pygmies still, though percht on Alps; And pyramids are pyramids in vales. Each man makes his own stature, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55236]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pygmies are pygmies still, though percht on Alps; And pyramids are pyramids in vales. Each man makes his own stature, builds himself. Virtue alone outbuilds the Pyramids; Her monuments shall last when Egypt's fall. -Edward Young.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You walk over red-hot lava hidden beneath treacherous ashes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50402]]></link><description><![CDATA[You walk over red-hot lava hidden beneath treacherous ashes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it, and invent ridiculous embellishments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44485]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it, and invent ridiculous embellishments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many of them made the ultimate sacrifice for their country and we must never forget what they have given to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28883]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many of them made the ultimate sacrifice for their country and we must never forget what they have given to us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The higher cost of money puts a strain on those who were highly leveraged going into it. Developers who have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33991]]></link><description><![CDATA[The higher cost of money puts a strain on those who were highly leveraged going into it. Developers who have enough equity going into this are much more insulated and can continue on with their projects. Those who were reaching quite a bit could be in a bind now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To loathe the taste of sweetness, whereof a little More than a little is by much too much. -King Henry ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55882]]></link><description><![CDATA[To loathe the taste of sweetness, whereof a little More than a little is by much too much. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The White Plume of Navarre. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46933]]></link><description><![CDATA[The White Plume of Navarre.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is a heavy eater of beef. Methinks it doth harm to his wit.Wm Shakespeare in Twelfth Night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18958]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is a heavy eater of beef. Methinks it doth harm to his wit.Wm Shakespeare in Twelfth Night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword on me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword on me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I place love above everything, it is because for me it is the most desperate, the most despairing state ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65636]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I place love above everything, it is because for me it is the most desperate, the most despairing state of affairs imaginable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When one buys some of my artwork I hope it is because they will wish to learn from it and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3338]]></link><description><![CDATA[When one buys some of my artwork I hope it is because they will wish to learn from it and not because they think it will match their drapes! - 1997.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: And put a knife to thy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2893]]></link><description><![CDATA[When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1702]]></link><description><![CDATA[Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're taking action to protect the city up to 52 feet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29943]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're taking action to protect the city up to 52 feet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through want of enterprise and faith men are where they are, buying and selling and spending their lives like servants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through want of enterprise and faith men are where they are, buying and selling and spending their lives like servants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraq is an unjust war.(spoken on the Diane Rehm Show twice..stated in articles written for NY Times.. printedin USA Today). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Iraq is an unjust war.(spoken on the Diane Rehm Show twice..stated in articles written for NY Times.. printedin USA Today).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understanding human needs is half the job of meeting them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60065]]></link><description><![CDATA[Understanding human needs is half the job of meeting them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep close to Nature\'s heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66618]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep close to Nature\'s heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the blessings of age is to learn not to part on a note of sharpness, to treasure the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27598]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the blessings of age is to learn not to part on a note of sharpness, to treasure the moments spent with those we love, and to make them whenever possible good to remember, for time is short.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27598</guid></item></channel></rss>