<?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://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Birth of John the Baptist   The Present is the point at which Time touches Eternity. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8548]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Birth of John the Baptist   The Present is the point at which Time touches Eternity. Of the present moment -- and of it only -- humans have an experience analogous to the experience which God has of reality as a whole; in it alone, freedom and actuality are offered them. He would therefore have them continually concerned either with Eternity (which means being concerned with Him) or with the Present -- either meditating on their eternal union with, or separation from, Himself; or else obeying the present voice of conscience, bearing the present cross, receiving the present grace, giving thanks for the present pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59155]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49118]]></link><description><![CDATA[An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behold him setting in his western skies, The shadows lengthening as the vapours rise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behold him setting in his western skies, The shadows lengthening as the vapours rise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Citizen participation [is] a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45549]]></link><description><![CDATA[Citizen participation [is] a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell me the tales that to me were so dear, Long, long ago, long, long ago. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell me the tales that to me were so dear, Long, long ago, long, long ago.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Some participants were disappointed.] I was expecting a bigger celebration, ... It doesn't fit the size of the victory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28315]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Some participants were disappointed.] I was expecting a bigger celebration, ... It doesn't fit the size of the victory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She blushed and smiled nonstop for 20 minutes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34389]]></link><description><![CDATA[She blushed and smiled nonstop for 20 minutes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63360]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He might have failed against Sri Lanka but we still believe that he has the potential to serve the country ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34854]]></link><description><![CDATA[He might have failed against Sri Lanka but we still believe that he has the potential to serve the country in the longer-version game. We are trying to find a solid combination -- that's why we went for the same team.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more ways we have to connect, the more many of us seem desperate to unplug.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64409]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more ways we have to connect, the more many of us seem desperate to unplug.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I found golf was too time consuming, but I did enjoy it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65494]]></link><description><![CDATA[I found golf was too time consuming, but I did enjoy it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I am unaware of love, I live drably. If I become intoxicated with love, I live in dreamland. If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25917]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I am unaware of love, I live drably. If I become intoxicated with love, I live in dreamland. If I recognize love, and shake his hand then comfort, dreams, and sometimes intoxication become mine to drench in and give away as well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At present, people don't trust him due to his status as a criminal suspect for a purported fake diploma, so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37480]]></link><description><![CDATA[At present, people don't trust him due to his status as a criminal suspect for a purported fake diploma, so Rudolf should show that he has leadership skills and honesty to encourage people to build the province together and use natural resources for the people's benefits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgment, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20878]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgment, the manner in which information is collected and used]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature encourages no looseness, pardons no errors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35132]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is politics, raw and urgent, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36896]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is politics, raw and urgent,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a grim one-horse hearse in a jolly round trot; To the churchyear a pauper is going I wot;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60071]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a grim one-horse hearse in a jolly round trot; To the churchyear a pauper is going I wot;  The road it is rough, and the hearse has no springs,   And hark to the dirge that the sad driver sings--    Rattle his bones over the stones,     He's only a pauper whom nobody owns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The things we hate about ourselves aren't more real than things we like about ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63314]]></link><description><![CDATA[The things we hate about ourselves aren't more real than things we like about ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cartoons have always been an enjoyment to me... a relaxation... I get my ideas from everyday events. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42231]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cartoons have always been an enjoyment to me... a relaxation... I get my ideas from everyday events.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't know if this will be the shareholders' choice, or a political choice. For the steel industry, this is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42677]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't know if this will be the shareholders' choice, or a political choice. For the steel industry, this is Microsoft buying Apple.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52226]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is. - Strong Opinions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Starter) Ike (Martinez) was getting tired. He was losing velocity on his stuff. So right now we only have the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30573]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Starter) Ike (Martinez) was getting tired. He was losing velocity on his stuff. So right now we only have the two pitchers due to all the injuries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humans can learn to like anything, that's why we are such a successful species. You can drop humans anywhere and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19977]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humans can learn to like anything, that's why we are such a successful species. You can drop humans anywhere and they'll thrive--only the rat does as well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ass and the Frogs AN ASS, carrying a load of wood, passed through a pond. As hewas crossing through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1509]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ass and the Frogs AN ASS, carrying a load of wood, passed through a pond. As hewas crossing through the water he lost his footing, stumbled andfell, and not being able to rise on account of his load, groanedheavily. Some Frogs frequenting the pool heard his lamentation,and said, What would you do if you had to live here always as wedo, when you make such a fuss about a mere fall into the water?Men often bear little grievances with less courage thanthey do large misfortunes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life [is] a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12597]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life [is] a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45135]]></link><description><![CDATA[All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18549]]></link><description><![CDATA[The unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13197]]></link><description><![CDATA[He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's the subject of life - to get rich? All of those fellows out there getting rich could be dancing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5035]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's the subject of life - to get rich? All of those fellows out there getting rich could be dancing around the real subject of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cell phone has transformed public places into giant phone-a-thons in which callers exist within narcissistic cocoons of private conversations. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9382]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cell phone has transformed public places into giant phone-a-thons in which callers exist within narcissistic cocoons of private conversations. Like faxes, computer modems and other modern gadgets that have clogged out lives with phony urgency, cell phones represent the 20th Century's escalation of imaginary need. We didn't need cell phones until we had them. Clearly, cell phones cause not only a breakdown of courtesy, but the atrophy of basic skills.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64489]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At this point, the compute grid is well understood. But much less time has been devoted to getting data where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38328]]></link><description><![CDATA[At this point, the compute grid is well understood. But much less time has been devoted to getting data where it needs to be, when it needs to be there, as well as to how this process is managed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is the reward for a lifetime of listening ... when you'd have preferred to talk. -D.J. Kaufman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is the reward for a lifetime of listening ... when you'd have preferred to talk. -D.J. Kaufman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thing about Manny is that he can score in so many ways. He's one of the most athletic kids ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30479]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thing about Manny is that he can score in so many ways. He's one of the most athletic kids in our section, and he's one of the toughest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hat is the ultimatum moriens of respectability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18886]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hat is the ultimatum moriens of respectability.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, and will never be wiser on the morrow than he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44957]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When unhappy, one doubts everything; when happy, one doubts nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12758]]></link><description><![CDATA[When unhappy, one doubts everything; when happy, one doubts nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And sanguine hope through every storm of life, Shoots her bright beams, and calms the internal strife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51854]]></link><description><![CDATA[And sanguine hope through every storm of life, Shoots her bright beams, and calms the internal strife.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't take it personally. The nation's Guardian readers all just arrived at our incredibly right-on jobs and are wondering if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't take it personally. The nation's Guardian readers all just arrived at our incredibly right-on jobs and are wondering if drinking seven fair trade coffees in a row will make us feel better about third world debt. It's hard to get involved in a game between a porcine American and small, dull looking Belgian.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's not a whole lot of new atoms out there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22425]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's not a whole lot of new atoms out there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59493]]></link><description><![CDATA[A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignorethem long enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignorethem long enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He believes that marriage and a career don't mix. So after the wedding he plans to quit his job. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27295]]></link><description><![CDATA[He believes that marriage and a career don't mix. So after the wedding he plans to quit his job.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sun also shines on the wicked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61558]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sun also shines on the wicked.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's exactly what I think both parties are trying to do, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42441]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's exactly what I think both parties are trying to do,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here comes a pair of very strange beasts, which in all tongues are called fools. -As You Like It. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55692]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here comes a pair of very strange beasts, which in all tongues are called fools. -As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55692</guid></item></channel></rss>