<?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[You don't always get what you ask for, but you never get what you don't ask for... unless it's contagious!. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1064]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't always get what you ask for, but you never get what you don't ask for... unless it's contagious!.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have not the time to take our time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64203]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have not the time to take our time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61177]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Offensively, his shooting has really opened up a lot for his game. He does it all. He's tough. He can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Offensively, his shooting has really opened up a lot for his game. He does it all. He's tough. He can slash to the basket. Now, he's scoring off the dribble a little bit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Never see . . . a dead post-boy, did you?" inquired Sam. . . . "No," rejoined Bob, "I never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61979]]></link><description><![CDATA["Never see . . . a dead post-boy, did you?" inquired Sam. . . . "No," rejoined Bob, "I never did." "No!" rejoined Sam triumphantly. "Nor never vill; and there's another thing that no man never see, and that's a dead donkey."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apoplexic, and Lethargie, As forlorn hope, assault the enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12483]]></link><description><![CDATA[Apoplexic, and Lethargie, As forlorn hope, assault the enemy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24384]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A vow is fixed and unalterable determination to do a thing, when such a determination is related to something noble ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61029]]></link><description><![CDATA[A vow is fixed and unalterable determination to do a thing, when such a determination is related to something noble which can only uplift the man who makes the resolve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His prostate cancer is no issue, it is completely controlled, ... There is no need to expect the imminent demise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28255]]></link><description><![CDATA[His prostate cancer is no issue, it is completely controlled, ... There is no need to expect the imminent demise of the Honorable Louis Farrakhan. He isn't going anywhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone came out intense. We hit them with a punch in the first quarter and added another punch in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39968]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone came out intense. We hit them with a punch in the first quarter and added another punch in the second quarter and they didn't have an answer for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29854]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to find the courage to say NO to the things and people that are not serving us if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10395]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to find the courage to say NO to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blaming "society" makes it awfully easy for a person of weak character to shrug off his own responsibility for his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52142]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blaming "society" makes it awfully easy for a person of weak character to shrug off his own responsibility for his actions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find it painful and angering to look in a mirror. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36826]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find it painful and angering to look in a mirror.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31463]]></link><description><![CDATA[A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most distressing aspect of the world into which you are going is its indifference to the basic issues, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20746]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most distressing aspect of the world into which you are going is its indifference to the basic issues, which now, as always, are moral issues]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire, Begin it with weak straws. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire, Begin it with weak straws.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43631]]></link><description><![CDATA[But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let 's go hand in hand, not one before another. -The Comedy of Errors. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let 's go hand in hand, not one before another. -The Comedy of Errors. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I support the McCartney family. I support their demand for justice. I think that there is an onus upon everyone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35691]]></link><description><![CDATA[I support the McCartney family. I support their demand for justice. I think that there is an onus upon everyone who can help, to help. So good luck to them. And when I go back home I will continue to work on their behalf.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity is living easily and happily in the real world, whether you have money or not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity is living easily and happily in the real world, whether you have money or not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Storm water is a source of pollution, because there are pollutants in our environment that the storm water picks up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Storm water is a source of pollution, because there are pollutants in our environment that the storm water picks up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sarcasm is the language of the devil, for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sarcasm is the language of the devil, for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understanding brings control. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2076]]></link><description><![CDATA[Understanding brings control.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not seldom clad in radiant vest Deceitfully goes forth the dawn,  Not seldom evening in the west   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not seldom clad in radiant vest Deceitfully goes forth the dawn,  Not seldom evening in the west   Sinks smilingly forsworn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once when I was in Hawaii, on the island of Kauai, I met a mysterious old stranger. He said he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once when I was in Hawaii, on the island of Kauai, I met a mysterious old stranger. He said he was about to die and wanted to tell someone about the treasure. I said, "Okay, as long as it's not a long story. Some of us have a plane to catch, you know." He stared telling hes story, about the treasure and his life and all, and I thought: "This story isn't too long." But then, he kept going, and I started thinking, "Uh-oh, this story is getting long." But then the story was over, and I said to myself: "You know, that story wasn't too long after all." I forget what the story was about, but there was a good movie on the plane. It was a little long, though.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to using sandbags and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30580]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to using sandbags and loose timbers to protect a house against flood. Writers are vulnerable creatures like anyone else. For what do they have in reality? Not sandbags, not timbers. Just a flimsy reputation and a name.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is paved with good intentions, roofed in with lost opportunities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is paved with good intentions, roofed in with lost opportunities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most married couples, even though they love each other very much in theory, tend to view each other in practice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most married couples, even though they love each other very much in theory, tend to view each other in practice as large teeming flaw colonies, the result being that they get on each other's nerves and regularly erupt into vicious emotional shouting matches over such issues as toaster settings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To me [the pope] was the incarnation of all that is capitalism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42344]]></link><description><![CDATA[To me [the pope] was the incarnation of all that is capitalism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's generally my belief and those of others in this field of cultural studies that popular culture has a big ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42531]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's generally my belief and those of others in this field of cultural studies that popular culture has a big effect on the people who consume it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being No. 1, we were definitely content with that. We got too lax about it. I guess we couldn't finish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being No. 1, we were definitely content with that. We got too lax about it. I guess we couldn't finish today. We couldn't beat their 10-man ride. They were all over the place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be free minded and cheerfully disposed at hours of meat and sleep and of exercise is one of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21536]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be free minded and cheerfully disposed at hours of meat and sleep and of exercise is one of the best precepts of long lasting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6060]]></link><description><![CDATA[God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23355]]></link><description><![CDATA[I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The music soars within the little lark, And the lark soars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24089]]></link><description><![CDATA[The music soars within the little lark, And the lark soars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most famous example is probably early on in the Harper government. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32985]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most famous example is probably early on in the Harper government.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Optimism is the foundation of courage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Optimism is the foundation of courage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here the two great interests Imperium et Libertas, res olim insociabiles (saith Tacitus), began to incounter each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46949]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here the two great interests Imperium et Libertas, res olim insociabiles (saith Tacitus), began to incounter each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The twig is so easily bended I have banished the rule and the rod:  I have taught them the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58739]]></link><description><![CDATA[The twig is so easily bended I have banished the rule and the rod:  I have taught them the goodness of knowledge,   They have taught me the goodness of God;    My heart is the dungeon of darkness,     When I shut them for breaking a rule;      My frown is sufficient correction;       My love is the law of the school.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evil thoughts often come from idleness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20358]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evil thoughts often come from idleness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the citizens of Florida who may in fact, like any corporation, be brought into our court system, that they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37693]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the citizens of Florida who may in fact, like any corporation, be brought into our court system, that they be held to one simple standard. They will be held accountable for their share.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's one of the most emotionally eloquent performances of the year. It shows how Hollywood has just scratched the surface ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33122]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's one of the most emotionally eloquent performances of the year. It shows how Hollywood has just scratched the surface of her talent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My New Year's resolution is to stick to a good workout plan that will keep me healthy and happy.
 ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62727]]></link><description><![CDATA[My New Year's resolution is to stick to a good workout plan that will keep me healthy and happy.
]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sir, I would rather be right than be President. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sir, I would rather be right than be President.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had a long time in the hot seat (race lead), and I did kind of hope to hold on. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40268]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had a long time in the hot seat (race lead), and I did kind of hope to hold on. But I'm just happy to be up here with Joane and Karin. I look up to both of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53762]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53762</guid></item></channel></rss>