<?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[A favorite has no friend! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1304]]></link><description><![CDATA[A favorite has no friend!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How you choose to respond each moment to the movie of life determines how you see the next frame, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6085]]></link><description><![CDATA[How you choose to respond each moment to the movie of life determines how you see the next frame, and the next, and eventually how you feel when the movie ends. -Doc Childre.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To get something done a committee should consist of three men, two of whom are absent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9006]]></link><description><![CDATA[To get something done a committee should consist of three men, two of whom are absent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29575]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First he wrought, and afterward he taught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25379]]></link><description><![CDATA[First he wrought, and afterward he taught.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We probably wouldn't worry about what people think of us if we could know how seldom they do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44975]]></link><description><![CDATA[We probably wouldn't worry about what people think of us if we could know how seldom they do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44756]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations win and preserve the heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To make pleasures pleasant shorten them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2053]]></link><description><![CDATA[To make pleasures pleasant shorten them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11868]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ye rigid Ploughman! bear in mind Your labor is for future hours.  Advance! spare not! nor look behind!  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1954]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ye rigid Ploughman! bear in mind Your labor is for future hours.  Advance! spare not! nor look behind!   Plough deep and straight with all your powers!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On with the dance, let joy be unconfined. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48755]]></link><description><![CDATA[On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where round some mould'ring tow'r pale ivy creeps, And low-brow'd rocks hang nodding o'er the deeps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where round some mould'ring tow'r pale ivy creeps, And low-brow'd rocks hang nodding o'er the deeps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't write a scene unless I've visualized it. Unless I can actually see it, and that's why a lot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65367]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't write a scene unless I've visualized it. Unless I can actually see it, and that's why a lot of reviewers have said my books are very cinematic, because I actually do see them before I write them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never utter these words: 'I do not know this, therefore it is false.' One must study to know; know to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23482]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never utter these words: 'I do not know this, therefore it is false.' One must study to know; know to understand; understand to judge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We welcome moves towards reforms such as these, but it remains to be seen whether they will lead to better ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41752]]></link><description><![CDATA[We welcome moves towards reforms such as these, but it remains to be seen whether they will lead to better quality trials and a significant reduction in the number of people sentenced to death. Whatever their impact, they must not be seen as a substitute for more wide-ranging reforms aimed at the complete abolition of the death penalty in China.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You learn something every day if you pay attention. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24508]]></link><description><![CDATA[You learn something every day if you pay attention.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miss Flora McFlimsey of Madison Square, Has made three separate journeys to Paris,  And her father assures me each ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Miss Flora McFlimsey of Madison Square, Has made three separate journeys to Paris,  And her father assures me each time she was there   That she and her friend Mrs. Harris . . .    Spent six consecutive weeks, without shopping     In one continuous round of shopping,-- . . .      And yet, though scarce three months have passed since the day       This merchandise went on twelve carts, up Broadway,        This same Miss McFlimsey of Madison Square         The last time we met was in utter despair          Becasue she had nothing whatever to wear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our emergency preparedness is always an ongoing priority. We're constantly working on it at the Clinic and drills like these ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42079]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our emergency preparedness is always an ongoing priority. We're constantly working on it at the Clinic and drills like these help us work even closer with the emergency agencies to build a closer, more effective relationship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is pleasure in calm remembrance of a past sorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44314]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is pleasure in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone, and the word solitude to express the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone, and the word solitude to express the glory of being alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, the croaking raven doth bellow for revenge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, the croaking raven doth bellow for revenge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not like work even when someone else does it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62171]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not like work even when someone else does it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Individuality is either the mark of genius or the reverse. Mediocrity finds safety in standardization. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20774]]></link><description><![CDATA[Individuality is either the mark of genius or the reverse. Mediocrity finds safety in standardization.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it. -David Star Jordan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it. -David Star Jordan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key to happiness is having dreams. The key to success is making your dreams come true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62911]]></link><description><![CDATA[The key to happiness is having dreams. The key to success is making your dreams come true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Asia, for a long time we have been in denial about the sustainability of high oil prices. There is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36689]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Asia, for a long time we have been in denial about the sustainability of high oil prices. There is tremendous potential for Asia to improve efficiency.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[About the Oscars] Is the ultimate prize for any producer. It would have been a dream if Javier Bardem had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28768]]></link><description><![CDATA[[About the Oscars] Is the ultimate prize for any producer. It would have been a dream if Javier Bardem had been nominated for best actor]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5528]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rejoicing not in the many but in the probity of the few, we toil for truth alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56911]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rejoicing not in the many but in the probity of the few, we toil for truth alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no rule, no law, no regulation that says you can't come back. So I have every right to come ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64550]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no rule, no law, no regulation that says you can't come back. So I have every right to come back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know one of the reasons God gave me kids was to test my patience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66556]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know one of the reasons God gave me kids was to test my patience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This even-handed justice Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice  To our own lips. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51380]]></link><description><![CDATA[This even-handed justice Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice  To our own lips.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've lately had two spiders Crawling upon my startled hopes--  Now though thy friendly hand has brushed 'em from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57370]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've lately had two spiders Crawling upon my startled hopes--  Now though thy friendly hand has brushed 'em from me,   Yet still they crawl offensive to mine eyes:    I would have some kind friend to tread upon 'em.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We think it's a good step for Afghanistan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40047]]></link><description><![CDATA[We think it's a good step for Afghanistan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even I don't wake up looking like Cindy Crawford. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even I don't wake up looking like Cindy Crawford.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In New York -- whose subway trains in particular have been ''tattooed'' with an energy to put our own rude ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35765]]></link><description><![CDATA[In New York -- whose subway trains in particular have been ''tattooed'' with an energy to put our own rude practitioners to shame -- not an inch of free space is spared except that of advertisements . Even the most chronically dispossessed appear prepared to endorse the legitimacy of the ''haves.'']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is a big-time steal for Duquesne. He will have an opportunity to come in and change that program around. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29636]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is a big-time steal for Duquesne. He will have an opportunity to come in and change that program around.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant intelligence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant intelligence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're going to have a strong battery. Our pitching gives us the luxury of a lot of good innings defensively. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30171]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're going to have a strong battery. Our pitching gives us the luxury of a lot of good innings defensively.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16201]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where the virgins are soft as the roses they twine, And all, save the spirit of man, is divine? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26265]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where the virgins are soft as the roses they twine, And all, save the spirit of man, is divine?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child!  Land of brown heath and shaggy wood,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54894]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child!  Land of brown heath and shaggy wood,   Land of the mountain and the flood,    Land of my sires! what mortal hand     Can e'er untie the filial band,      That knits me to thy rugged strand!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's putting the ball over the plate, hitting his spots and trusting the defense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31325]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's putting the ball over the plate, hitting his spots and trusting the defense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Expecting a carjacker or rapist or drug pusher to care that his possession or use of a gun is unlawful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47221]]></link><description><![CDATA[Expecting a carjacker or rapist or drug pusher to care that his possession or use of a gun is unlawful is like expecting a terrorist to care that his car bomb is taking up two parking spaces. - "Usenet posting in talk.politics.guns".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44394]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotion know what it means to want to escape from these]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's sports and we can't do anything about it. We've got to play with the players we have. What can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40668]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's sports and we can't do anything about it. We've got to play with the players we have. What can you do? You have no choice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We feel Brandon still has a chance to be a very good major league player. It was a question of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31651]]></link><description><![CDATA[We feel Brandon still has a chance to be a very good major league player. It was a question of timing. His development and that of our team didn't align.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a fair amount of resilience in the consumer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32880]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a fair amount of resilience in the consumer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16380]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16380</guid></item></channel></rss>