<?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[God Almighty hates a quitter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10368]]></link><description><![CDATA[God Almighty hates a quitter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the twelfth day I left it, my Unix gave to me: Twelve boards a-blowing; Eleven chips a-smoking; Ten ports ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60261]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the twelfth day I left it, my Unix gave to me: Twelve boards a-blowing; Eleven chips a-smoking; Ten ports a-jamming; Nine floppies frying; Eight gettys dying; Seven blown partitions; Six bad controllers; Five core dumps; Four bad blocks; Three heads crashed; Two faulty tapes; And a burnt-out V.D.T.  On the thirteenth day I started adapting my Nintendo for the VME bus.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where two take counsel there is no lack of plans. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64710]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where two take counsel there is no lack of plans.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47998]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I looked up my family tree and found three dogs using it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66525]]></link><description><![CDATA[I looked up my family tree and found three dogs using it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must overcome the notion that we must be regular. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26769]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must overcome the notion that we must be regular. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Practice as if you are the worst, perform as if you are the best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/405]]></link><description><![CDATA[Practice as if you are the worst, perform as if you are the best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love taught him shame; and shame, with love at strife, Soon taught the sweet civilities of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love taught him shame; and shame, with love at strife, Soon taught the sweet civilities of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water. -King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56054]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water. -King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must get beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23379]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must get beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew what I was getting into. Routes, things like that, making sure I'm in shape, that's what they're looking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33538]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew what I was getting into. Routes, things like that, making sure I'm in shape, that's what they're looking for. ... I need to get in and out of cuts ASAP. I need to be as good at that as possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Husbands are like fires. They go out when unattended. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Husbands are like fires. They go out when unattended.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15160]]></link><description><![CDATA[The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future ain't what it used to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17079]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future ain't what it used to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. -Ferdinand Foch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22804]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. -Ferdinand Foch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One trouble with trouble is that is usually starts out like fun ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59716]]></link><description><![CDATA[One trouble with trouble is that is usually starts out like fun]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48773]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pygmies are pygmies still, though percht on Alps; And pyramids are pyramids in vales. Each man makes his own stature, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55236]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pygmies are pygmies still, though percht on Alps; And pyramids are pyramids in vales. Each man makes his own stature, builds himself. Virtue alone outbuilds the Pyramids; Her monuments shall last when Egypt's fall. -Edward Young.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love those who yearn for the impossible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65921]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love those who yearn for the impossible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We knew this game would have a playoff feel with Central Catholic being undefeated and all the section championships they've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32154]]></link><description><![CDATA[We knew this game would have a playoff feel with Central Catholic being undefeated and all the section championships they've won.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man can never hope to be more than he is if he is not first honest about what he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20675]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man can never hope to be more than he is if he is not first honest about what he isn’t.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I grew up on a farm so I thought driving a fire truck would be like handling a grain truck. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29275]]></link><description><![CDATA[I grew up on a farm so I thought driving a fire truck would be like handling a grain truck. But the first time I was behind the wheel of a fire truck, I was awestruck by the responsibility. Sure you can run a stoplight, but you have to make sure the intersection is clear before you do. That's when I realized each level you reach in the fire department brings on new responsibility. And there are more people under your wing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one who hopes they are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27065]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one who hopes they are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see where Bill Belichick wore a navy blue shirt during (last week's) opener. What, he has abandoned that gray ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37858]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see where Bill Belichick wore a navy blue shirt during (last week's) opener. What, he has abandoned that gray sweatshirt he borrowed from the Unabomber?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Donald Abrams, MD, also commented on the biased federal approach to research. In the late '90s Abrams conducted a federally ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33823]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Donald Abrams, MD, also commented on the biased federal approach to research. In the late '90s Abrams conducted a federally funded study to determine the safety of smoked marijuana in AIDS patients taking protease inhibitors.] At that time we could not use the federal government's marijuana to show that it might be beneficial because NIDA has a mandate from Congress that they could only supply marijuana for research to show that it might be dangerous, ... Subsequently NIDA has changed their mechanism so we can look for benefit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing which cannot be perverted by being told badly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54564]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing which cannot be perverted by being told badly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every castle of the air Sleeps in the fine black grains, and there  Are seeds for every romance, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every castle of the air Sleeps in the fine black grains, and there  Are seeds for every romance, or light   Whiff of a dream for a summer night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those others that have been tried from time to time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This airline is grateful for his extensive contributions and we will miss his friendship and support. We extend our deepest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35681]]></link><description><![CDATA[This airline is grateful for his extensive contributions and we will miss his friendship and support. We extend our deepest sympathies to the Casey family on its personal loss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It hurt us deeply because the family was actually a part of our family at the veterans of foreign wars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38885]]></link><description><![CDATA[It hurt us deeply because the family was actually a part of our family at the veterans of foreign wars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every person, all the events of your life are drawn there because you have them there. What you choose to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6108]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every person, all the events of your life are drawn there because you have them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a free country. You can say anything you want. True baseball fans don't say stuff like that. What can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34251]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a free country. You can say anything you want. True baseball fans don't say stuff like that. What can you do?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science is not a sacred cow. Science is a horse. Don't worship it. Feed it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science is not a sacred cow. Science is a horse. Don't worship it. Feed it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two wrongs will never make a right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two wrongs will never make a right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46402]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the skull of the man grows broader, so do his creeds. And his gods they are shaped in his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62310]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the skull of the man grows broader, so do his creeds. And his gods they are shaped in his image and mirror his needs.  And he clothes them with thunders and beauty,   He clothes them with music and fire,    Seeing not, as he bows by their altars,     That he worships his own desire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9511]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12932]]></link><description><![CDATA[We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Union Carbide desecratedIndia withkiller insecticidesbrought to BhopalThey violated HinduismAll bugs are sacredto Ahimsa's Gopal***(the biggest industrial accident of all time.. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Union Carbide desecratedIndia withkiller insecticidesbrought to BhopalThey violated HinduismAll bugs are sacredto Ahimsa's Gopal***(the biggest industrial accident of all time.. involved several thousand deaths..as killer insecticide gas killed humans.. )Ahimsa nonviolenceGopal.. name for Krishna as protector of cows and all beings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The law has no power over heroes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66530]]></link><description><![CDATA[The law has no power over heroes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just by being out you're doing your part. It's like recycling. You're doing your part for the environment if you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just by being out you're doing your part. It's like recycling. You're doing your part for the environment if you recycle; you're doing your part for the gay movement if you're out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power is neither male nor female. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power is neither male nor female.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know nothing of what will happen in future, but by the analogy of experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14742]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know nothing of what will happen in future, but by the analogy of experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust not the physician; His antidotes are poison, and he slays  More than you rob. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust not the physician; His antidotes are poison, and he slays  More than you rob.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are what their mothers made them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12105]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are what their mothers made them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only little boys and old men sneer at love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only little boys and old men sneer at love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is not every meanest day the confluence of two eternities? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11131]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is not every meanest day the confluence of two eternities?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11131</guid></item></channel></rss>