<?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[Platonic love is love from the neck up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Platonic love is love from the neck up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all manufacturers. Making good, making trouble, or making excuses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15971]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all manufacturers. Making good, making trouble, or making excuses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've already seen the effect the film has on young people, especially girls. We were at the Pan-American Film Festival ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33995]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've already seen the effect the film has on young people, especially girls. We were at the Pan-American Film Festival in Los Angeles, and one girl told me, 'This movie makes me feel like I can do anything I want.' It shows that even if you don't have the resources, you can use your own will to change things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ideas that come out of most brainstorming sessions are usually superficial, trivial, and not very original. They are rarely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21996]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideas that come out of most brainstorming sessions are usually superficial, trivial, and not very original. They are rarely useful. The process, however, seems to make uncreative people feel that they are making innovative contributions and that others are listening to them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54859]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consequently, the cost per channel can be significantly reduced by using the eight-channel device. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30969]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consequently, the cost per channel can be significantly reduced by using the eight-channel device.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We took our time to examine all the alternatives. We tried to make the best deal we could. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31648]]></link><description><![CDATA[We took our time to examine all the alternatives. We tried to make the best deal we could.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They don't want to be taken out of circulation. They want to unplug from the pressures, yes, but they want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40822]]></link><description><![CDATA[They don't want to be taken out of circulation. They want to unplug from the pressures, yes, but they want to plug back in to something they're passionate about: Maybe they always wanted to make violins or save the homeless kids on the mall. Now, the mortgage and orthodontic-bill pressure is gone and they can do things they've always wanted to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No price is set on the lavish summer; June may be had by the poorest comer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23567]]></link><description><![CDATA[No price is set on the lavish summer; June may be had by the poorest comer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For my part, I confess I seldom listen to the players: one has so much to do, in looking about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59052]]></link><description><![CDATA[For my part, I confess I seldom listen to the players: one has so much to do, in looking about and finding out one's acquaintance, that, really, one has no time to mind the stage. One merely comes to meet one's friends, and show that one's alive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature has given man one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear twice as much as we speak ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature has given man one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear twice as much as we speak]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was our season tonight. We had to lay it on the line. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37607]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was our season tonight. We had to lay it on the line.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Private credit is wealth; public honor is security; the feather that adorns the royal bird supports its flight; strip him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Private credit is wealth; public honor is security; the feather that adorns the royal bird supports its flight; strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It struck me that the movies had spent more than half a century saying, "They lived happily ever after" and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43365]]></link><description><![CDATA[It struck me that the movies had spent more than half a century saying, "They lived happily ever after" and the following quarter-century warning that they'll be lucky to make it through the weekend. Possibly now we are now entering a third era in which the movies will be sounding a note of cautious optimism: You know it just might work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What gained we, little moth? Thy ashes, Thy one brief parting pang may show:  And withering thoughts for soul ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43232]]></link><description><![CDATA[What gained we, little moth? Thy ashes, Thy one brief parting pang may show:  And withering thoughts for soul that dashes,   From deep to deep, are but a death more slow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The issues of redistricting using the 2000 Census doesn't seem likely to me to be successful. The political gerrymandering is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42504]]></link><description><![CDATA[The issues of redistricting using the 2000 Census doesn't seem likely to me to be successful. The political gerrymandering is going to be the primary issue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early-onset depression is thought to begin in the teenage years but in fact it is turning out to be as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28461]]></link><description><![CDATA[Early-onset depression is thought to begin in the teenage years but in fact it is turning out to be as early as we can begin to measure it. We ought to be thinking much more about who are the children who already have these disorders.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One thing this [deal] does underscore is that the investment banking business has become a global business in a hurry ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42448]]></link><description><![CDATA[One thing this [deal] does underscore is that the investment banking business has become a global business in a hurry and if you don't have a strong presence on both sides of the Atlantic you might as well not show up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drawn to the dregs of a democracy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drawn to the dregs of a democracy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48865]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a clear message addressed to the journalists in order to [dissuade] them from criticizing the authorities. It's obvious that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29422]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a clear message addressed to the journalists in order to [dissuade] them from criticizing the authorities. It's obvious that referring to terms like territorial integrity, religious hostility, violence, the [Uzbek] authorities mean that they are afraid [of] another riot or revolution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This could be our new favorite place to play. I hope it's not long till we come back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30536]]></link><description><![CDATA[This could be our new favorite place to play. I hope it's not long till we come back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30536</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[Experts often possess more data than judgment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22238]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experts often possess more data than judgment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feelwhen you come in contact with a new idea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22389]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feelwhen you come in contact with a new idea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government is an unnecessary evil. Human beings, when accustomed to taking responsibility for their own behavior, can cooperate on a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18047]]></link><description><![CDATA[Government is an unnecessary evil. Human beings, when accustomed to taking responsibility for their own behavior, can cooperate on a basis of mutual trust and helpfulness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes when I feel like killing someone, I do a little trick to calm myself down. I'll go over to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes when I feel like killing someone, I do a little trick to calm myself down. I'll go over to the person's house and ring the doorbell. When the person comes to the door, I'm gone, but you know what I've left on the porch? A jack-o-lantern with a knife stuck in the side of its head with a note that says 'You.' After that I usually feel a lot better, and no harm done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no abiding success without commitment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64632]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no abiding success without commitment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The promise of yesterday are the taxes of today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15886]]></link><description><![CDATA[The promise of yesterday are the taxes of today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48101]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it will contract.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hardest part of gaining any new idea is sweeping out the false idea occupying that niche. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52235]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hardest part of gaining any new idea is sweeping out the false idea occupying that niche.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus, and we petty men  Walk under his huge ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus, and we petty men  Walk under his huge legs and peep about   To find ourselves dishonorable graves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never letting the competition define you. Instead, you have to define yourself based on a point of view you care ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63317]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never letting the competition define you. Instead, you have to define yourself based on a point of view you care deeply about.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ill vessels seldome miscarry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ill vessels seldome miscarry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let him love none and be by none beloved! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50463]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let him love none and be by none beloved!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where freedom is real, equality is the passion of the masses. Where equality is real, freedom is the passion of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where freedom is real, equality is the passion of the masses. Where equality is real, freedom is the passion of a small minority.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The scourge of life, and death's extreme disgrace, The smoke of hell,--that monster called Paine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45371]]></link><description><![CDATA[The scourge of life, and death's extreme disgrace, The smoke of hell,--that monster called Paine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes guts to get out of the ruts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21575]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes guts to get out of the ruts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like the furtive collectors of stolen art, we [cell biologists] are forced to be lonely admirers of spectacular architecture, exquisite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like the furtive collectors of stolen art, we [cell biologists] are forced to be lonely admirers of spectacular architecture, exquisite symmetry, dramas of violence and death, mobility, self-sacrifice and, yes, rococo sex.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had our chances too, because we got to the foul line, but didn't convert. That makes it pretty tough ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38276]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had our chances too, because we got to the foul line, but didn't convert. That makes it pretty tough because we have lost some tough games this season. It's an area I hope we can solve by the time we begin region play because that is when it counts the most.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One should not talk of hatters in the house of the hanged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18883]]></link><description><![CDATA[One should not talk of hatters in the house of the hanged.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42039]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth of the spirit, in those who are attentive to their own inner life, are slow and exceedingly painful. Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It merely intensifies it. We can have but one great experience ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It merely intensifies it. We can have but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Teachers, 379 & 389 Commemoration of Seraphim, Monk of Sarov, Mystic, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Teachers, 379 & 389 Commemoration of Seraphim, Monk of Sarov, Mystic, Staretz, 1833   The fool for Christ holds a prophetic role in Christianity, from the early church to Russian Orthodox "pilgrims" and such later fools as Luther, Kierkegaard, and Dostoevsky, who were seekers after the true, the good, the holy, the beautiful. They were insane -- not in a clinical sense, but in the madness of the Holy, an insanity which ordinary sanity refuses to admit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A multiple personality is in a certain sense normal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46214]]></link><description><![CDATA[A multiple personality is in a certain sense normal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I started acting when I was 10, doing musical theater. I was a brunette at that time. I was always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40923]]></link><description><![CDATA[I started acting when I was 10, doing musical theater. I was a brunette at that time. I was always cast in all the exotic parts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40923</guid></item></channel></rss>