<?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[It's funny, this thing about happiness. It's a commodity that was imported from America in the Fifties. I see myself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34971]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's funny, this thing about happiness. It's a commodity that was imported from America in the Fifties. I see myself simply as living my life . . . I feel it's pushing your luck to define how happy you are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Festination may prove Precipitation; Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Festination may prove Precipitation; Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is life, except excuse for death, or death but an escape from life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28087]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is life, except excuse for death, or death but an escape from life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66720]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without a country, I am not a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47516]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without a country, I am not a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is now life and not art that requires the willing suspension of disbelief. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24911]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is now life and not art that requires the willing suspension of disbelief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now don't say you can't swear off drinking; it's easy. I've done it a thousand times. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now don't say you can't swear off drinking; it's easy. I've done it a thousand times.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despite the cold weather, more than 2,000 concerned New Yorkers are taking part in HOPE 2006 and will be surveying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despite the cold weather, more than 2,000 concerned New Yorkers are taking part in HOPE 2006 and will be surveying city streets, parks and other public spaces to count the number of street homeless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Straight is the line of duty; Curved is the line of beauty;  Follow the straight line, thou shalt see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Straight is the line of duty; Curved is the line of beauty;  Follow the straight line, thou shalt see   The curved line ever follow thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a couple of posts with good size that kind of helped diminish some of her effectiveness against us, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41932]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a couple of posts with good size that kind of helped diminish some of her effectiveness against us, but she definitely has some talent. (Brown's) biggest thing is her aggressiveness and athleticism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With winsome cruelty she refuses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50397]]></link><description><![CDATA[With winsome cruelty she refuses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like the lily That once was mistress of the field and flourished,  I'll hang my head and perish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25093]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like the lily That once was mistress of the field and flourished,  I'll hang my head and perish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waubay is the only team we never full-court pressed this year. Otherwise, we get teams to have 25 to 30 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Waubay is the only team we never full-court pressed this year. Otherwise, we get teams to have 25 to 30 turnovers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66341]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is it that makes a complete stranger dive into an icy river to save a solid gold baby? Maybe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11746]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is it that makes a complete stranger dive into an icy river to save a solid gold baby? Maybe we'll never know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65089]]></link><description><![CDATA[The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56645]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somebody is going to have to step in and take the load. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Somebody is going to have to step in and take the load.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up, there's no law against whacking them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9530]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up, there's no law against whacking them around a little.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11947]]></link><description><![CDATA[Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19395]]></link><description><![CDATA[History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know myself now, and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities,  A still and quiet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51361]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know myself now, and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities,  A still and quiet conscience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whip me such honest knaves! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whip me such honest knaves!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Aziz's patrol continues on past one of the two main mosques in Karmah. Over the past few days, the Iraqi ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40058]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Aziz's patrol continues on past one of the two main mosques in Karmah. Over the past few days, the Iraqi soldiers have told the Marines what the imams have blasted over loudspeakerscalls to rise up and attack the Americans. But, under strict orders, the Marines may not enter mosques or schools. They don't like it.] What I'd give to be able to look in there, ... You know they're hiding something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young man, there is America--which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2397]]></link><description><![CDATA[Young man, there is America--which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners; yet shall, before you taste of death, show itself equal to the whole that commerce which now attracts the envy of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we're saying Big Tobacco is going to be held to account for their products, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35509]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we're saying Big Tobacco is going to be held to account for their products,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hasten slowly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5378]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hasten slowly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say a reasonable amount o' fleas is good for a dog--keeps him from broodin' over bein' a bog, mebbe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27795]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say a reasonable amount o' fleas is good for a dog--keeps him from broodin' over bein' a bog, mebbe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sense of death is most in apprehension. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3919]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sense of death is most in apprehension.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Farmer and the StorkA farmer placed nets on his newly-sown plowlands and caught a number of Cranes, which came ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1526]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Farmer and the StorkA farmer placed nets on his newly-sown plowlands and caught a number of Cranes, which came to pick up his seed. With them he trapped a Stork that had fractured his leg in the net and was earnestly beseeching the Farmer to spare his life. Pray save me, Master, he said, and let me go free this once. My broken limb should excite your pity. Besides, I am no Crane, I am a Stork, a bird of excellent character; and see how I love and slave for my father and mother. Look too, at my feathers-- they are not the least like those of a Crane.  The Farmer laughed aloud and said, It may be all as you say, I only know this: I have taken you with these robbers, the Cranes, and you must die in their company. Birds of a feather flock together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is with trifles and when he is off guard that a man best reveals his character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59698]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is with trifles and when he is off guard that a man best reveals his character.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Akaka and others in the delegation downplayed the Justice Department's statement yesterday.] Every practical policy issue raised by DOJ in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32563]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Akaka and others in the delegation downplayed the Justice Department's statement yesterday.] Every practical policy issue raised by DOJ in our negotiations has been addressed and resolved, ... Although I realize and respect that there are those who have differing views, the bill is constitutional.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Superstition is the religion of feeble minds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53905]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for everydream precedes the goal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for everydream precedes the goal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What! upon compulsion? No! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51301]]></link><description><![CDATA[What! upon compulsion? No!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our view is that we get above-trend growth and that will cause the Fed to raise rates to 5 percent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our view is that we get above-trend growth and that will cause the Fed to raise rates to 5 percent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did you ever hear anyone say "That work had better be banned because I might read it and it might ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Did you ever hear anyone say "That work had better be banned because I might read it and it might be very dangerous to me?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644   God's Road is all uphill, but do not tire:  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644   God's Road is all uphill, but do not tire:   Rejoice that we may still keep climbing higher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It'll take most of the quarter to ramp up production of the iMac, and we're unlikely to be able meet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35148]]></link><description><![CDATA[It'll take most of the quarter to ramp up production of the iMac, and we're unlikely to be able meet expected demand for the quarter, ... We certainly hope more than half of the iMac sales this quarter will be the new iMacs. How much over half it goes will depend on supply.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["What is a church?" Let Truth and reason speak, They would reply, "The faithful, pure and meek,  From Christian ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8671]]></link><description><![CDATA["What is a church?" Let Truth and reason speak, They would reply, "The faithful, pure and meek,  From Christian folds, the one selected race,   Of all professions, and in every place."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and 'chuck 'im out, the brute,' But it's 'Savior of his Country,' When the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25221]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and 'chuck 'im out, the brute,' But it's 'Savior of his Country,' When the guns begin to shoot!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dictum is what a court thinks but is afraid to decide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10430]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dictum is what a court thinks but is afraid to decide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lycoris has buried all the female friends she had, Fabianus: would she were the friend of my wife! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lycoris has buried all the female friends she had, Fabianus: would she were the friend of my wife!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63457]]></link><description><![CDATA[By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called "Huckleberry Finn." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25256]]></link><description><![CDATA[All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called "Huckleberry Finn."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy don't rule the world, You'd better get that in your head; This world is ruled by violence, But I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy don't rule the world, You'd better get that in your head; This world is ruled by violence, But I guess that's better left unsaid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strong are her sons, though rocky are her shores. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57941]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strong are her sons, though rocky are her shores.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57941</guid></item></channel></rss>