<?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[She's like John Havlicek right now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36086]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's like John Havlicek right now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare, And beauty draws us with a single hair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50923]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare, And beauty draws us with a single hair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're a Thanksgiving dinner, but you don't like the stuffing or the cranberry sauce or anything else, just pretend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11690]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're a Thanksgiving dinner, but you don't like the stuffing or the cranberry sauce or anything else, just pretend like you're eating it, but instead, put it all in your lap and form it into a big mushy ball. Then, later, when you're out back having cigars with the boys, let out a big fake cough and throw the ball to the ground. Then say, "Boy, these are good cigars!".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[When we filmed Animal House, I] found John [Belushi] astonishingly shy and vulnerable. Rather than being a confident established star, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39462]]></link><description><![CDATA[[When we filmed Animal House, I] found John [Belushi] astonishingly shy and vulnerable. Rather than being a confident established star, he seemed nervous about meeting everyone, about fitting in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33]]></link><description><![CDATA[Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praise the sea; on shore remain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praise the sea; on shore remain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't feel I deserve a raise just because the price of gasoline is going up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30892]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't feel I deserve a raise just because the price of gasoline is going up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14283]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond districts of the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond districts of the mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In keeping with Miramax tradition, I was instructed to find the 'hottest young stars around' to cast in the movie. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29977]]></link><description><![CDATA[In keeping with Miramax tradition, I was instructed to find the 'hottest young stars around' to cast in the movie. I got a list of two names: Michelle Monaghan and Casey Affleck. I was lucky enough to get them both.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fidelity purchased with money, money can destroy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25998]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fidelity purchased with money, money can destroy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis immortality to die aspiring, As if a man were taken quick to heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20605]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis immortality to die aspiring, As if a man were taken quick to heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1145]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snuffling through his nose some stale joke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46427]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63050]]></link><description><![CDATA[The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an extra dividend when you like the girl you've fallen in love with. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25731]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an extra dividend when you like the girl you've fallen in love with.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, Or close the wall up with our English dead! In peace ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, Or close the wall up with our English dead! In peace there 's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility; But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger: Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood. -King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men represent the triumph of mind over morals, whereas women represent the triumph of matter over mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59016]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men represent the triumph of mind over morals, whereas women represent the triumph of matter over mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ill agreement is better then a good judgement. [An ill agreement is better than a good judgment.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49121]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ill agreement is better then a good judgement. [An ill agreement is better than a good judgment.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second to professe it, the third to despise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49850]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second to professe it, the third to despise counsell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women are not forgiven for aging. Robert Redford's lines of distinction are my old-age wrinkles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women are not forgiven for aging. Robert Redford's lines of distinction are my old-age wrinkles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The iron entered into his soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57274]]></link><description><![CDATA[The iron entered into his soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All came from, and will goe to others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49097]]></link><description><![CDATA[All came from, and will goe to others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Act, and God will act ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37969]]></link><description><![CDATA[Act, and God will act]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things aren't moving as fast as they were at this point last year. I just feel a lot more comfortable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38264]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things aren't moving as fast as they were at this point last year. I just feel a lot more comfortable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel the whole issue has been a witchhunt from day one as part of a broader Republican political agenda. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40220]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel the whole issue has been a witchhunt from day one as part of a broader Republican political agenda.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have cut my leg with my own adze. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50834]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have cut my leg with my own adze.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In spite of their hats being very ugly, Goddam! I love the English. [Fr., Quoique leurs chapeaux sont bien laids, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13902]]></link><description><![CDATA[In spite of their hats being very ugly, Goddam! I love the English. [Fr., Quoique leurs chapeaux sont bien laids,  Goddam! j'aime les anglais.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In all forms of government the people is the true legislator. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24595]]></link><description><![CDATA[In all forms of government the people is the true legislator.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But now, after that ye have known God, or rather or known of God, how turn ye again to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5631]]></link><description><![CDATA[But now, after that ye have known God, or rather or known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are bombs the only way of setting fire to the spirit of a people? Is the human will as inert ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61472]]></link><description><![CDATA[Are bombs the only way of setting fire to the spirit of a people? Is the human will as inert as the past two world-wide wars would indicate?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It should be a pretty quiet day. We may see a little follow- through due to the strength of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30768]]></link><description><![CDATA[It should be a pretty quiet day. We may see a little follow- through due to the strength of the dollar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20288]]></link><description><![CDATA[He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think'st thou there is no tyranny but that Of blood and chains? The despotism of vice--  The weakness and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59959]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think'st thou there is no tyranny but that Of blood and chains? The despotism of vice--  The weakness and the wickedness of luxury--   The negligence--the apathy--the evils    Of sensual sloth--produces ten thousand tyrants,     Whose delegated cruelty surpasses      The worst acts of one energetic master,       However harsh and hard in his own bearing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe some of my quest for success comes from Joan of Arc but there's no conscious part of Catholicism in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maybe some of my quest for success comes from Joan of Arc but there's no conscious part of Catholicism in my life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great many of us must move from words to acts - from words of dissent to acts of disobedience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44737]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great many of us must move from words to acts - from words of dissent to acts of disobedience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true source of cheerfulness is benevolence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4148]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true source of cheerfulness is benevolence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4633]]></link><description><![CDATA["Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Rock of Israel, Rock of Salvation, Rock struck and cleft for me, let those two streams of blood and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17688]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Rock of Israel, Rock of Salvation, Rock struck and cleft for me, let those two streams of blood and water which once gushed out of thy side . . . bring down with them salvation and holiness into my soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8013]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever man decides that he is competent to do as he pleases he is soon enjoying Hell on earth, partly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever man decides that he is competent to do as he pleases he is soon enjoying Hell on earth, partly because much of what he pleases, except he know he must obey God, is low-down disgusting and partly because, even when he pleases to do something decent, he is mostly too weak-willed and too addle-pated to bring the same to good effect. Man must be redeemed by a power outside himself. I do not regard the over-determined "optimists" as silly; they seem to me only the victims of a wishful thinking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe you should live each day as if it is your last, which is why I don't have any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25414]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe you should live each day as if it is your last, which is why I don't have any clean laundry, because, come on, who wants to wash clothes on the last day of their life?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is about the tenth station I've come by. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32918]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is about the tenth station I've come by.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away; A single laugh demolished the right arm  Of his own country;--seldom since that day ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away; A single laugh demolished the right arm  Of his own country;--seldom since that day   Has Spain had heroes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh, but you can never truly love someone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53257]]></link><description><![CDATA[You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh, but you can never truly love someone until you find out what makes them cry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47534]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goths are sort of like mimes with long hair and trenchcoats. Neat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17929]]></link><description><![CDATA[Goths are sort of like mimes with long hair and trenchcoats. Neat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17929</guid></item></channel></rss>