<?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 Polar Express is about faith, and the power of imagination to sustain faith. It's also about the desire to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31612]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Polar Express is about faith, and the power of imagination to sustain faith. It's also about the desire to reside in a world where magic can happen, the kind of world we all believed in as children, but one that disappears as we grow older.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Give him a religion, and he'll starve to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Give him a religion, and he'll starve to death while praying for a fish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16574]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[During the quarter, we maintained our focus on managing costs, increasing revenue in our growth businesses, and improving customer satisfaction, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42520]]></link><description><![CDATA[During the quarter, we maintained our focus on managing costs, increasing revenue in our growth businesses, and improving customer satisfaction,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've been getting 40 players out to training sessions and we've had to start a second team this season. There ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32785]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been getting 40 players out to training sessions and we've had to start a second team this season. There is a real buzz around the club. All we need now is to get WRU status and we could think about climbing up the leagues.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have the advanced class and periodically I start another beginners class, ... The classes have a feeling of comradery. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28988]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have the advanced class and periodically I start another beginners class, ... The classes have a feeling of comradery. They really enjoy the classes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I didn't know much about directing a movie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37334]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I didn't know much about directing a movie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What, is the jay more precious than the lark Because his feathers are more beautiful?  Or is the adder ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23127]]></link><description><![CDATA[What, is the jay more precious than the lark Because his feathers are more beautiful?  Or is the adder better than the eel   Because his painted skin contents the eye?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power of imagination makes us infinite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62806]]></link><description><![CDATA[The power of imagination makes us infinite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is perhaps not entirely so, though it has often been said, that man makes his God in his own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52332]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is perhaps not entirely so, though it has often been said, that man makes his God in his own image. Rather does he create Him in the image of his cravings and dreams- in the image of what man wants to be. God making could be part of the process by which a society realizes its aspirations: it first embodies them in the conception of a particular God, and then proceeds to imitate that God. The confidence requisite for attempting the unprecedented is most effectively generated by the fiction that in realizing the new we are imitating rather than originating. Our preoccupation with heaven can be part of an effort to find precedents for the unprecedented.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Houses that are priced right are still selling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Houses that are priced right are still selling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life, which all creatures love and strive to keep Wonderful, dear and pleasant unto each,  Even to the meanest; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24833]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life, which all creatures love and strive to keep Wonderful, dear and pleasant unto each,  Even to the meanest; yea, a boon to all   Where pity is, for pity makes the world    Soft to the weak and noble for the strong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The children will not leave unless I do. I shall not leave unless their father does, and the King will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52709]]></link><description><![CDATA[The children will not leave unless I do. I shall not leave unless their father does, and the King will not leave the country in any circumstances whatever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But all (underclassmen) have a little chip on their shoulder. I don't know what happens in middle school, but they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39063]]></link><description><![CDATA[But all (underclassmen) have a little chip on their shoulder. I don't know what happens in middle school, but they get to high school and they think they know everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The modern definition of 'racist' is someone who is winning an argument with a liberal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47182]]></link><description><![CDATA[The modern definition of 'racist' is someone who is winning an argument with a liberal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65589]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always thought I should be treated like a star. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26070]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always thought I should be treated like a star.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18079]]></link><description><![CDATA[There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A coalition of groups is waging a massive propaganda campaign against the president of the United States. an all-out attack. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48420]]></link><description><![CDATA[A coalition of groups is waging a massive propaganda campaign against the president of the United States. an all-out attack. Their aim is total victory for themselves and total defeat for him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He serves his party best who serves the country best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45598]]></link><description><![CDATA[He serves his party best who serves the country best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They hit the ball very well even though we played good defense. They got too many hits. I think we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31320]]></link><description><![CDATA[They hit the ball very well even though we played good defense. They got too many hits. I think we [also] hit the ball pretty well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The vigor of a mass movement stems from the propensity of its followers for united action and self-sacrifice. When we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56862]]></link><description><![CDATA[The vigor of a mass movement stems from the propensity of its followers for united action and self-sacrifice. When we ascribe the success of a movement to its faith, doctrine, propaganda, leadership, ruthlessness and so on, we are but referring to instruments of unification and to means used to inculcate a readiness for self-sacrifice. It is perhaps impossible to understand the nature of a mass movement unless it is recognized that their chief preoccupation is to foster, perfect and perpetuate a facility for united action and self-sacrifice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have to be told that they must begin destroying their stocks of chicken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29303]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have to be told that they must begin destroying their stocks of chicken.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5204]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we can't tolerate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our job is not to set things right but to see them right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our job is not to set things right but to see them right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If your head tells you one thing, and your heart tells you another, before you do anything, you should first ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19023]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your head tells you one thing, and your heart tells you another, before you do anything, you should first decide whether you have a better head or a better heart]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be determined to handle any challenge in a way that will make you grow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65555]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be determined to handle any challenge in a way that will make you grow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet do I fear thy nature. It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness  To catch the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet do I fear thy nature. It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness  To catch the nearest way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35792]]></link><description><![CDATA[I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating clothing or accessories that are not practical.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't fire weapons in urban areas. It is an urban area. Certainly there are places in Davidson County that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33720]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't fire weapons in urban areas. It is an urban area. Certainly there are places in Davidson County that are extensively wooded. There also are large open fields in Davidson County. I would refer to that area in Bellevue at the movie theater as an urban area.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do it for the joy it brings, cause I'm a joyful girl. 'Cause the world owes us nothing, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23395]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do it for the joy it brings, cause I'm a joyful girl. 'Cause the world owes us nothing, we owe each other the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that every person is born with talent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4079]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that every person is born with talent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can never be too slow when you try to deal with public safety, because as we've seen in other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29473]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can never be too slow when you try to deal with public safety, because as we've seen in other historic periods where we've cut dramatically the size of the police force, there's been a concomitant increase ... in crime, ... You can't compromise public safety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43236]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before every action ask yourself. Will this bring more monkeys on my back. Will the result of my action be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before every action ask yourself. Will this bring more monkeys on my back. Will the result of my action be a blessing or a heavy burden?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lazy man gets round the sun as quickly as the busy one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24399]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lazy man gets round the sun as quickly as the busy one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Sidney Godophin," said Charles (II), "is never in the way and never out of the way." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55219]]></link><description><![CDATA["Sidney Godophin," said Charles (II), "is never in the way and never out of the way."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all; all shall die. How a good yoke of bullocks at Stamford ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all; all shall die. How a good yoke of bullocks at Stamford fair? -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50898]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judicial judgment must take deep account of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Judicial judgment must take deep account of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O lady, nobility is thine, and thy form is the reflection of thy nature! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44573]]></link><description><![CDATA[O lady, nobility is thine, and thy form is the reflection of thy nature!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28833]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered an excuse as, for instance, the statement of the law-breaker that he was drunk at the time he committed the crime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His essences turn the live air sick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51698]]></link><description><![CDATA[His essences turn the live air sick.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, (Touch not; taste not; handle not;  Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't fight racism with racism, the best way to fight racism is with solidarity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52922]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't fight racism with racism, the best way to fight racism is with solidarity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She still loves La Jolla very, very much. She had been used to the heat of New Orleans for so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32097]]></link><description><![CDATA[She still loves La Jolla very, very much. She had been used to the heat of New Orleans for so many years, and she found La Jolla cold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The waves were dead; the tides were in their grave, The Moon, their Mistress, had expired before;  The winds ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11084]]></link><description><![CDATA[The waves were dead; the tides were in their grave, The Moon, their Mistress, had expired before;  The winds were wither'd in the stagnant air,   And the clouds perish'd; darkness had no need    Of aid from them--she was the Universe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11084</guid></item></channel></rss>