<?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[Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2117]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth...never comes into the world but like a Bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her forth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52175]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth...never comes into the world but like a Bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her forth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1748]]></link><description><![CDATA[In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45201]]></link><description><![CDATA[I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break,  Never dreamed, though right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10275]]></link><description><![CDATA[One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break,  Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph,   Held we fall to rise, are baffled to flight better,    Sleep to wake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Americans are pragmatic, relatively uncomplicated, hearty and given to broad humor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66363]]></link><description><![CDATA[Americans are pragmatic, relatively uncomplicated, hearty and given to broad humor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58930]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of getting ahead is getting started. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1258]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of getting ahead is getting started.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's certainly an honor. When I got the call I didn't sure how to react, to tell you the truth. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36482]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's certainly an honor. When I got the call I didn't sure how to react, to tell you the truth. It wasn't until my wife's gynecologist called and congratulated me that I figured we were onto something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26746]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47225]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it becomes incapable of performing this duty it must be transformed. - Reflections on Life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creator Venus, genial power of love, The bliss of men below, and gods above!  Beneath the sliding sun thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creator Venus, genial power of love, The bliss of men below, and gods above!  Beneath the sliding sun thou runn'st thy race,   Dost fairest shine, and best become thy place;    For thee the winds their eastern blasts forbear,     Thy mouth reveals the spring, and opens all the year;      Thee, goddess, thee, the storms of winter fly,       Earth smiles with flowers renewing, laughs the sky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fool! I mean not That poor-souled piece of heroism, self-slaughter;  Oh no! the miserablest day we live   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fool! I mean not That poor-souled piece of heroism, self-slaughter;  Oh no! the miserablest day we live   There's many a better thing to do than die!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diamonds cut diamonds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48546]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diamonds cut diamonds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are really very happy to have them come back year after year. The public really enjoys them. They normally ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39302]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are really very happy to have them come back year after year. The public really enjoys them. They normally bring 20 to 30 paintings every year. It's become expected.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are uneasy, . . . you never sailed with me before, I see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15514]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are uneasy, . . . you never sailed with me before, I see.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One never rises so high as when one does not know where one is going. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58135]]></link><description><![CDATA[One never rises so high as when one does not know where one is going.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is something peculiarly sinister and insidious in even a charge of disloyalty. Such a charge all too frequently places ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59665]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is something peculiarly sinister and insidious in even a charge of disloyalty. Such a charge all too frequently places a strain on the reputation of an individual which is indelible and lasting, regardless of the complete innocence later proved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is not just a private right - but one belonging to legislators as part of the separation of powers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32889]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is not just a private right - but one belonging to legislators as part of the separation of powers and as part of the essential functions of government.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm of the opinion that school systems in the United States are not funded properly. If a school needs extra ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40685]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm of the opinion that school systems in the United States are not funded properly. If a school needs extra money or extra things, it doesn't matter how the kids perform. I think these schools need a lot more money and a lot more effort put into them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I stew all night in my own grease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52559]]></link><description><![CDATA[I stew all night in my own grease.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more I train the more I realize I have more speed in me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57567]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more I train the more I realize I have more speed in me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alan was selected after a comprehensive search and review process. Our paths have crossed frequently over the past 15 years ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alan was selected after a comprehensive search and review process. Our paths have crossed frequently over the past 15 years and I believe Alan's wealth of experience should be of great value to our Academy in advancing the many exciting initiatives we have for the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65053]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've not only pursued the American dream, I've achieved it. I suppose we could say the last few years, I've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2452]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've not only pursued the American dream, I've achieved it. I suppose we could say the last few years, I've also achieved the American nightmare.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love one another as Jesus loves you. Try to show kindness in all that you do. Be gentle and loving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25646]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love one another as Jesus loves you. Try to show kindness in all that you do. Be gentle and loving in deed and in thought, For these are the things Jesus taught.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But when it comes time to play, you have to be ready. Those (banners) are things from the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30265]]></link><description><![CDATA[But when it comes time to play, you have to be ready. Those (banners) are things from the past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42808]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is still better. -Tryon Edwards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2608]]></link><description><![CDATA[To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is still better. -Tryon Edwards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that goes softly goes safely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50985]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that goes softly goes safely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a designer, you have to solve a lot of problems. Even though people are wearing clothes that are supposed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32084]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a designer, you have to solve a lot of problems. Even though people are wearing clothes that are supposed to look beautiful, they'll have to do all kinds of things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The highest stage in moral culture at which we can arrive is when we recognize that we ought to control ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52429]]></link><description><![CDATA[The highest stage in moral culture at which we can arrive is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who never ate his bread in sorrow, Who never spent the darksome hours  Weeping, and watching for the morrow,-- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who never ate his bread in sorrow, Who never spent the darksome hours  Weeping, and watching for the morrow,--   He knows ye not, ye gloomy Powers.    [Ger., Wer nie sein Brod mit Thranen ass,     Wer nicht die kummervollen Nachte      Auf seinem Bette weinend sass,       Der kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlischen Machte.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1883]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In life, as in chess, forethought wins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27737]]></link><description><![CDATA[In life, as in chess, forethought wins.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it were not for hopes, the heart would break. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19792]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9664]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace and power in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace and power in it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A system support specialist's life is a sorry one. The only advantage he has over ER doctors is that malpractice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9596]]></link><description><![CDATA[A system support specialist's life is a sorry one. The only advantage he has over ER doctors is that malpractice suits are rare. On the other hand, ER doctors never have to deal with patients installing new versions of their own innards! Dick Maliska  Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining. •Jeff Raskin   Applying computer technology is simply finding the right wrench to pound in the correct screw. •Anonymous   The Programmer's Time-Space Continuum is defined as "Programmers continuously space the time." •Leon Lanthier   Computers are useless - they only give you answers. •Pablo Picasso   "Paradosfunctionoracle" is the term used by technicians to describe the reason no one knows why your computer won't work. •J. H. Goldfuss   No machine will increase the possibilities of life. They only increase the possibilities of idleness. •John Ruskin   All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors. •Anonymous  Computers can figure out all kinds of problems, except the things in the world that just don't add up. •James Magary  Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. •E W Dijkstra  Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equpped with 18,000 vaccuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vaccuum tubes and perhaps weigh 1 1/2 tons. •Popular Mechanics, 1949  Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done. •Andy Rooney  Not even computers will replace committees, because committees buy computers. •Edward Shepherd Mead  A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. •John Gall   There won't be anything we won't say to people to try and convince them that our way is the way to go. •Bill Gates  If you can't make it good, at least make it look good. •Bill Gates  Looking at the proliferation of personal web pages on the net, it looks like very soon everyone on earth will have 15 Megabytes of fame. •MG Siriam   Surfing on the Internet is like sex; everyone boasts about doing more than they actually do. But in the case of the Internet, it's a lot more. •Tom Fasulo   Cyberspace: A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation. •William Gibson   URLs are the 800 numbers of the 1990's. •Chris Clark   My favorite thing about the Internet is that you get to go into the private world of real creeps without having to smell them. •Penn Jillett   We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true. •Robert Wilensky   It shouldn't be too much of a surprise that the Internet has evolved into a force strong enough to reflect the greatest hopes and fears of those who use it. After all, it was designed to withstand nuclear war, not just the puny huffs and puffs of politicians and religious fanatics. •Denise Caruso   Wow! They've got the internet on computers now! •Homer Simpson  Man is a game playing animal and a computer is another way to play games. •Scott Adams  I do not fear computers. I fear lack of them. •Isaac Asimov   Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to produce bigger and better idoits. So far, the Universe is winning. •Rich Cook   If automobiles had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside. •Robert Cringely   I try to get people to see what I have... When you run a computer company, you have to get people to buy into your dreams. •Steve Jobs   The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against wacking them around a little. •Porterfield   People who buy Macs are the same people who said BETA is better than VHS 15 years ago. •Anonymous  Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand. •Anonymous  But in our enthusiasm, we could not resist a radical overhaul of the system, in which all of its major weaknesses have been exposed, analyzed, and replaced with new weaknesses. •Bruce Leverett  Anybody who's studied software engineering knows that a schedule which underestimates the time needed to develop a project actually makes the project take longer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alone!--That worn-out word, So idly spoken, and so coldly heard;  Yet all that poets sing, and grief hath known, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alone!--That worn-out word, So idly spoken, and so coldly heard;  Yet all that poets sing, and grief hath known,   Of hope laid waste, knells in that word--Alone!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52057]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18112]]></link><description><![CDATA[To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who doesn't want to win, especially at home, with family here and an opportunity to enjoy it? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29690]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who doesn't want to win, especially at home, with family here and an opportunity to enjoy it?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you’re thirty you’re old enough to know better, but still young enough to go ahead and do it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27445]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you’re thirty you’re old enough to know better, but still young enough to go ahead and do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stay a little and news will find you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stay a little and news will find you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9611]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the difference of opinion that makes horse races. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44970]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the difference of opinion that makes horse races.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44970</guid></item></channel></rss>