<?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[They say fingers were made before forks, and hands before knives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13282]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say fingers were made before forks, and hands before knives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do what good thou canst unknown, and be not vain of what ought rather to be felt than seen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do what good thou canst unknown, and be not vain of what ought rather to be felt than seen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He said, 'Gosh, Dad, that mean's we're not going to any more bowl games.' (on his 11-year-old son's reaction after ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57608]]></link><description><![CDATA[He said, 'Gosh, Dad, that mean's we're not going to any more bowl games.' (on his 11-year-old son's reaction after he took the job with the Boilermakers)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every struggle in your life has shaped you into the person you are today. Be thankful for the hard times; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62998]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every struggle in your life has shaped you into the person you are today. Be thankful for the hard times; they can only make you stronger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Birmingham is participating in a national programme of commemorations to mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar in October. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Birmingham is participating in a national programme of commemorations to mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar in October.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Order is repetition of units.Chaos is multiplicity without rythm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Order is repetition of units.Chaos is multiplicity without rythm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the duty of righteous men to make war on all undeserved privilege, but one must not forget that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47176]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the duty of righteous men to make war on all undeserved privilege, but one must not forget that this is a war without end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is when you shed a tear and still want him, it's when he ignores you and you still love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is when you shed a tear and still want him, it's when he ignores you and you still love him, it's when he loves another girl but you still smile and say I'm happy for you, when all you really do is cry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10743]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality, and will never, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58390]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality, and will never, therefore, make any progress]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43466]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt like de Kooning, who was asked to comment on a certain abstract painting, and answered in the negative. He was then told it was the work of a celebrated monkey. 'That's different. For a monkey, it's terrific.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bitter and the sweet come from the outside, the hard from within, from one's own efforts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13634]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bitter and the sweet come from the outside, the hard from within, from one's own efforts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suggestions or comments on this site? Send an email -Frank Zappa. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suggestions or comments on this site? Send an email -Frank Zappa.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is that "Tomorrow" for which all our lives are spent waiting!Man is constantly building the "Image."It is an Edifice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is that "Tomorrow" for which all our lives are spent waiting!Man is constantly building the "Image."It is an Edifice for the entombment of bones!Best to "Realize" the temporal nature of thingsand simply "Do and Die!1973]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is well that war is so terrible--we shouldn't grow too fond of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61205]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is well that war is so terrible--we shouldn't grow too fond of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5069]]></link><description><![CDATA[The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are now in the third stage of the industrial revolution. The first involved machines which extended human muscle; the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15773]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are now in the third stage of the industrial revolution. The first involved machines which extended human muscle; the second used machines to extend the human nervous system (radio, television, telephones); the third is now utilizing machines which extend the human mind-computers. About half of all service workers (43 percent of the labor force by 2000) will be involved in collecting, analyzing, synthesizing, structuring, storing, or retrieving information... By 1995, 80 percent of all management will be "knowledge workers.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It looks like it's coming straight for us in Dominica. We're going to start preparing the hotel tomorrow by boarding ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33166]]></link><description><![CDATA[It looks like it's coming straight for us in Dominica. We're going to start preparing the hotel tomorrow by boarding up the windows and collecting food and water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chaos of thought and passion all confused. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chaos of thought and passion all confused.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a kicker, you don't want to think, ... You can over-analyze any situation. The more I clear my mind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39723]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a kicker, you don't want to think, ... You can over-analyze any situation. The more I clear my mind when I go out on the field, the better I do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not the facts which guide the conduct of men, but their opinions about facts; which may be entirely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/888]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not the facts which guide the conduct of men, but their opinions about facts; which may be entirely wrong. We can only make them right by discussion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is no more than a dream as long as we need the comfort of the clan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45926]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is no more than a dream as long as we need the comfort of the clan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Karma-yoga is a supreme secret indeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62520]]></link><description><![CDATA[Karma-yoga is a supreme secret indeed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a crazy son of a bitch. Do you think I have time to care about what all the other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30239]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a crazy son of a bitch. Do you think I have time to care about what all the other ass holes care? If they don't like us fine. We don't play for the people, we play because we have fun doing it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't invest in R&D, you're going to get left behind, because all the other companies are doing it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30060]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't invest in R&D, you're going to get left behind, because all the other companies are doing it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51805]]></link><description><![CDATA[His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only a life lived for others is a life worth while. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only a life lived for others is a life worth while.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that learnes a trade hath a purchase made. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that learnes a trade hath a purchase made.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all forget. Memories are short. We need to go back and dust some things off. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39851]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all forget. Memories are short. We need to go back and dust some things off.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was kind of sloppy, but we played good. They hit the ball well on us, but we went up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42118]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was kind of sloppy, but we played good. They hit the ball well on us, but we went up big early and kept fighting them off.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gray skies are just clouds passing over. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1053]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gray skies are just clouds passing over.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I was educated, I'd be a damn fool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16358]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I was educated, I'd be a damn fool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't put robbers to work in a bank ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3719]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't put robbers to work in a bank]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like taking over This Is Your Life from Eamonn Andrews - you just open your mouth and hope you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42535]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like taking over This Is Your Life from Eamonn Andrews - you just open your mouth and hope you sound like yourself. That's all you can possibly do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Columba, Abbot of Iona, Missionary, 597 Commemoration of Ephrem of Syria, Deacon, Hymnographer, Teacher, 373  When everything ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7082]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Columba, Abbot of Iona, Missionary, 597 Commemoration of Ephrem of Syria, Deacon, Hymnographer, Teacher, 373  When everything we receive from him is received and prized as fruit and pledge of his covenant love, then his bounties, instead of being set up as rivals and idols to draw our heart from him, awaken us to fresh exercises of gratitude and furnish us with fresh motives of cheerful obedience every hour.'.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Oh, ship ahoy!" rang out the cry; "Oh, give us water or we die!"  A voice came o'er the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45071]]></link><description><![CDATA["Oh, ship ahoy!" rang out the cry; "Oh, give us water or we die!"  A voice came o'er the waters far,   "Just drop your bucket where you are."    And then they dipped and drank their fill     Of water fresh from mead and hill;      And then they knew they sailed upon       The broad mouth of the Amazon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything than in nothing at all ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10614]]></link><description><![CDATA[I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything than in nothing at all]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[See that your own hearth is swept before you lift your neighbor's ashes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44381]]></link><description><![CDATA[See that your own hearth is swept before you lift your neighbor's ashes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These signs have marked me extraordinary, And all the courses of my life do show  I am not in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9612]]></link><description><![CDATA[These signs have marked me extraordinary, And all the courses of my life do show  I am not in the roll of common men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10020]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has lived obscurely and quietly has lived well. [Lat., Bene qui latuit, bene vixit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44766]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has lived obscurely and quietly has lived well. [Lat., Bene qui latuit, bene vixit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is not blind, it sees more not less; But because it sees more it chooses to see less. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is not blind, it sees more not less; But because it sees more it chooses to see less.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What worries me ... (is) that they will penalize European growth through hasty increases in interest rates without any justification. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30091]]></link><description><![CDATA[What worries me ... (is) that they will penalize European growth through hasty increases in interest rates without any justification.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The next time I have meat and mashed potatoes, I think I'll put a very large blob of potatoes on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11779]]></link><description><![CDATA[The next time I have meat and mashed potatoes, I think I'll put a very large blob of potatoes on my plate with just a little piece of meat. And if someone asks me why I didn't get more meat, I'll just say, "Oh, you mean this?" and pull out a big piece of meat from inside the blob of potatoes, where I've hidden it. Good magic trick, huh?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is progress whether ye are going forward or backward! The thing is to move! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64543]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is progress whether ye are going forward or backward! The thing is to move!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not good to know more unless we do more with what we already know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1197]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not good to know more unless we do more with what we already know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When your courtyard twists, do not pour the water abroad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5700]]></link><description><![CDATA[When your courtyard twists, do not pour the water abroad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness still returning;  Alas! the gratitude of men   Hath ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18166]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness still returning;  Alas! the gratitude of men   Hath often left me mourning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56436]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56436</guid></item></channel></rss>