<?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[Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea -- massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea -- massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And then from 2003 to now I developed myself, my driving style, and I grew up with the team to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34886]]></link><description><![CDATA[And then from 2003 to now I developed myself, my driving style, and I grew up with the team to be in this position.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How do you live a long life? "Take a two- mile walk every morning before breakfast." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25522]]></link><description><![CDATA[How do you live a long life? "Take a two- mile walk every morning before breakfast."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau. -- Irving Fisher, Professor of Economics, Yale University, 1929. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau. -- Irving Fisher, Professor of Economics, Yale University, 1929.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capitalism is our only moral system. All other systems take advantage of man's rights and liberties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Capitalism is our only moral system. All other systems take advantage of man's rights and liberties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such pains, such pleasures now alike are o'er, And beaus and etiquette shall soon exist no more  At their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such pains, such pleasures now alike are o'er, And beaus and etiquette shall soon exist no more  At their speed behold advancing   Modern men and women dancing;    Step and dress alike express     Above, below from heel to toe,      Male and female awkwardness.       Without a hoop, without a ruffle,        One eternal jig and shuffle,         Where's the air and where's the gait?          Where's the feather in the hat?           Where the frizzed toupee? and where            Oh! where's the powder for the hair?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intimate or drastic elements in the work of others are untouchable and should not be commented upon even in their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intimate or drastic elements in the work of others are untouchable and should not be commented upon even in their absence. Private conflicts, quarrels, sentiments, animosities are unavoidable in any human group. It is our duty towards creation to keep these in check in so far as they might deform and wreck the work process.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We sat around and I fed them barbecue and whiskey. And pretty soon everyone started to compete with each other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35331]]></link><description><![CDATA[We sat around and I fed them barbecue and whiskey. And pretty soon everyone started to compete with each other on the guitars. It seemed the more everyone drank and ate, the more everyone got into it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lightning is the shorthand of a storm, and tells of chaos. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43826]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lightning is the shorthand of a storm, and tells of chaos.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52199]]></link><description><![CDATA[The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To appreciate heaven well, it's good for a person to have some fifteen minutes of hell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11257]]></link><description><![CDATA[To appreciate heaven well, it's good for a person to have some fifteen minutes of hell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tight little bundle of wailing and flannel, Perplex'd with the newly found fardel of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3641]]></link><description><![CDATA[A tight little bundle of wailing and flannel, Perplex'd with the newly found fardel of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm going to play man-to-man, I think. If we play zone, she'll have 50 (points). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41774]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm going to play man-to-man, I think. If we play zone, she'll have 50 (points).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our rural ancestors with little blest, Patient of labour when the end was rest,  Indulg'd the day that hous'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1963]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our rural ancestors with little blest, Patient of labour when the end was rest,  Indulg'd the day that hous'd their annual grain,   With feasts, and off'rings, and a thankful strain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I speak two languages, Body and English. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17059]]></link><description><![CDATA[I speak two languages, Body and English.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never knew so young a body with so old a head. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55603]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never knew so young a body with so old a head. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is some soul of goodness in things evil, Would men observingly distill it out;  For our bad neighbor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51367]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is some soul of goodness in things evil, Would men observingly distill it out;  For our bad neighbor makes us early stirrers,   Which is both healthful, and good husbandry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who can blind lover's eyes? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who can blind lover's eyes?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Generally the ridiculous touches the sublime. [Fr., En general, le ridicule touche au sublime.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Generally the ridiculous touches the sublime. [Fr., En general, le ridicule touche au sublime.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do what you should, not what you may. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do what you should, not what you may.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scot is a tremendous player. I look forward to him anchoring our defense on what I hope will be a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scot is a tremendous player. I look forward to him anchoring our defense on what I hope will be a very strong team in 2006.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great fishpond (the sea). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16068]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great fishpond (the sea).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A healthy mind has an easy breath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65716]]></link><description><![CDATA[A healthy mind has an easy breath.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you make an efficient choice in moments of indecision, you establish more effectiveness within a given time span, saving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6078]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you make an efficient choice in moments of indecision, you establish more effectiveness within a given time span, saving energy and stress. That's a time shift. William Jennings Bryan Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. -Doc Childre.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Balance is beautiful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3662]]></link><description><![CDATA[Balance is beautiful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It used to be just the opposite. It used to be us watching them. We know about the established program ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37477]]></link><description><![CDATA[It used to be just the opposite. It used to be us watching them. We know about the established program they have (in baseball). Now, we're trying to establish something on this side of the street.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12317]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22062]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16198]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that in the next 15 days we can have a new government and present it to parliament. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37419]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that in the next 15 days we can have a new government and present it to parliament.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16526]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You look at them (Laurel Highlands) and I think this may be the furthest they've gone. I look up and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37570]]></link><description><![CDATA[You look at them (Laurel Highlands) and I think this may be the furthest they've gone. I look up and down my bench and see a lot of guys who have had gold medals around their necks. That's a big advantage in a game like this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The day when nobody comes back from a war it will be because the war has at last been properly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61147]]></link><description><![CDATA[The day when nobody comes back from a war it will be because the war has at last been properly organized.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The search for truth is more precious than its possession. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47773]]></link><description><![CDATA[The search for truth is more precious than its possession.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48983]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the street of by-and-by, one arrives at the house of never. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14583]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the street of by-and-by, one arrives at the house of never.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You always succeed in producing a result. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21402]]></link><description><![CDATA[You always succeed in producing a result.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on. -King Henry VI. Part III. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55992]]></link><description><![CDATA[The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on. -King Henry VI. Part III. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you put garbage in a computer nothing comes out but garbage. But this garbage, having passed through a very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9503]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you put garbage in a computer nothing comes out but garbage. But this garbage, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow ennobled and none dare criticize it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed night, when first that plain Echoed with the joyful strain, "Peace has come to earth again!" Blessed hills, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed night, when first that plain Echoed with the joyful strain, "Peace has come to earth again!" Blessed hills, that heard the song Of the glorious angel-throng, Swelling all your slopes along. Happy shepherds, on whose ear Fell the tidings glad and dear, "God to man is drawing near." Happy, happy, Bethlehem, Judah's least but brightest gem, Where the rod from Jesse's stem, Scion of a princely race, Sprung in Heaven's own perfect grace, Yet in feeble lowliness. This, the woman's promised seed, Abram's mighty Son indeed; Succourer of earth's great need. This the victor in our war, This the glory see afar, This the light of Jacob's star! Happy Judah, rise and own Him the heir of David's throne David's Lord, and David's Son. Let the dayspring from on high. That arose in Judah's sky. Cover earth eternally. Babe of Bethlehem, to Thee, Infant of eternity, Everlasting glory be!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he will begin to cherish them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15434]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he will begin to cherish them as charming little "personal characteristics."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had been, he said, an unconscionable time dying; but he hoped that they would excuse it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11231]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had been, he said, an unconscionable time dying; but he hoped that they would excuse it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Christmas present to myself each year is to see how much air travel can open up the world and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64412]]></link><description><![CDATA[My Christmas present to myself each year is to see how much air travel can open up the world and take me to places as far from sheltered California and Japan as possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is to be along; this, this is solitude! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57164]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is to be along; this, this is solitude!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is necessity and not pleasure that compels us. [It., Necessita c'induce, e non diletto.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44045]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is necessity and not pleasure that compels us. [It., Necessita c'induce, e non diletto.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My parents are here for my education. I don't want to walk out of class. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41582]]></link><description><![CDATA[My parents are here for my education. I don't want to walk out of class.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is your man secret? Did you ne'er hear say, Two may keep counsel, putting one away? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is your man secret? Did you ne'er hear say, Two may keep counsel, putting one away?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In every passionate pursuit, the pursuit counts more than the object pursued. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52348]]></link><description><![CDATA[In every passionate pursuit, the pursuit counts more than the object pursued.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52348</guid></item></channel></rss>