<?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[Our defensive motto is ? get in it and don't get out of it. When (the other team gets) uncomfortable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29520]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our defensive motto is ? get in it and don't get out of it. When (the other team gets) uncomfortable like that, it's very hard and it creates offense for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We loved with a love that was more than love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63906]]></link><description><![CDATA[We loved with a love that was more than love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Putting a computer in front of a child and expecting it to teach him is like putting a book under ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Putting a computer in front of a child and expecting it to teach him is like putting a book under his pillow, only more expensive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24246]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14565]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything has happened; nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again... the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5618]]></link><description><![CDATA[He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Autumn wood the aster knows, The empty nest, the wind that grieves,  The sunlight breaking thro' the shade, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3386]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Autumn wood the aster knows, The empty nest, the wind that grieves,  The sunlight breaking thro' the shade,   The squirrel chattering overhead,    The timid rabbits lighter tread     Among the rustling leaves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33536]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe. One moment they make us despair of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43565]]></link><description><![CDATA[The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe. One moment they make us despair of our kind, and the next we see in them the reflection of the divine image.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some minds are like concrete: thoroughly mixed up and permanently set. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some minds are like concrete: thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams shall be prophets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12941]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams shall be prophets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each story I've written starts out as a vague idea that seems to be going nowhere, then suddenly materializes as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each story I've written starts out as a vague idea that seems to be going nowhere, then suddenly materializes as a completed concept. It almost seems like a discovery, as if the story was always there. The few elements I start out with are actually clues. If I figure out what they mean, I can discover the story that's waiting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They see nothing wrong in the rule, that to the victors belong the spoils of the enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60585]]></link><description><![CDATA[They see nothing wrong in the rule, that to the victors belong the spoils of the enemy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much lies in Laughter: the cipher-key, wherewith we decipher the whole man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24165]]></link><description><![CDATA[How much lies in Laughter: the cipher-key, wherewith we decipher the whole man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things: One is that God loves you and you're going to burn in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53601]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things: One is that God loves you and you're going to burn in hell. The other is that sex is the most awful, filthy thing on earth and you should save it for someone you love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you see fair hair Be pitiful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18585]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you see fair hair Be pitiful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30, the wit; at 40, the judgment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61836]]></link><description><![CDATA[At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30, the wit; at 40, the judgment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66688]]></link><description><![CDATA[A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rich live hand-to-mouth too-just on a higher level. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22369]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rich live hand-to-mouth too-just on a higher level.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time. My people are Americans and my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43531]]></link><description><![CDATA[True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time. My people are Americans and my time is today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The verdict of the world is conclusive. [Lat., Securus judicat orbis terrarum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62191]]></link><description><![CDATA[The verdict of the world is conclusive. [Lat., Securus judicat orbis terrarum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64691]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, sons of earth! attempt ye still to rise. By mountains pil'd on mountains to the skies?  Heav'n still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2338]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, sons of earth! attempt ye still to rise. By mountains pil'd on mountains to the skies?  Heav'n still with laughter the vain toil surveys,   And buries madmen in the heaps they raise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two other precious drops that ready stood, Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell  Kiss'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two other precious drops that ready stood, Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell  Kiss'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The finest eloquence is that which gets things done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22604]]></link><description><![CDATA[The finest eloquence is that which gets things done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And then I stole all courtesy from heaven, And dressed myself in such humility  That I did pluck allegiance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59652]]></link><description><![CDATA[And then I stole all courtesy from heaven, And dressed myself in such humility  That I did pluck allegiance from men's hearts,   Loud shouts and salutations from their mouths    Even in the presence of the crowned king.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14740]]></link><description><![CDATA[If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Riches are deservedly despised by a man of honor, because a well-stored chest intercepts the truth. [Lat., Opes invisae merito ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Riches are deservedly despised by a man of honor, because a well-stored chest intercepts the truth. [Lat., Opes invisae merito sunt forti viro,  Quia dives arca veram laudem intercipit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57417]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to escape from his hand; he can hardly catch it again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is still not as fast as today's silicon chips, but we can make it orders of magnitude better. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38298]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is still not as fast as today's silicon chips, but we can make it orders of magnitude better. We have a very clear picture of how to move on. Developing the first car is much harder than making a car that can go faster.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637  There is a pride of faith, more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637  There is a pride of faith, more unforgiveable and dangerous than the pride of the intellect. It reveals a split personality in which faith is "observed" and appraised, thus negating that unity born of a dying-unto-self, which is the definition of faith. To "value" faith is to turn it into a metaphysical magic, the advantages of which ought to be reserved for a spiritual elite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62640]]></link><description><![CDATA[A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12122]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63766]]></link><description><![CDATA[A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then horn for horn they stretch and strive; Deil tak the hindmost, on they drive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18771]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then horn for horn they stretch and strive; Deil tak the hindmost, on they drive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had chances. Even at nine points we come out and throw the ball away three or four straight times ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33764]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had chances. Even at nine points we come out and throw the ball away three or four straight times to start the third quarter. We just got into force mode a little early and when you don't take care of the basketball, nothing good is going to happen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Especially with the murder, people are wondering what's going on. I don't even want to really say anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42544]]></link><description><![CDATA[Especially with the murder, people are wondering what's going on. I don't even want to really say anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We griev'd, we sigh'd, we wept; we never blushed before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4375]]></link><description><![CDATA[We griev'd, we sigh'd, we wept; we never blushed before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is not the most important thing in the world. Love is. Fortunately, I love money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42941]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is not the most important thing in the world. Love is. Fortunately, I love money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love. Whomever I love and am with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20848]]></link><description><![CDATA[The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love. Whomever I love and am with most of the time, or whomever I remember most vividly. I think that's true of everyone, don't you?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is a vital element toward the individual success of every man or woman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22504]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is a vital element toward the individual success of every man or woman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The goal of yesterday will be our starting-point to-morrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48799]]></link><description><![CDATA[The goal of yesterday will be our starting-point to-morrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62896]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think you are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope that happened by mistake. By mistake, I forgive her (the 15-year-old girl). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28933]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope that happened by mistake. By mistake, I forgive her (the 15-year-old girl).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51040]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who come from dysfunctional families are not destined for a dysfunctional life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65144]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who come from dysfunctional families are not destined for a dysfunctional life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one in the world can take the place of your mother. Right or wrong, from her viewpoint you are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63095]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one in the world can take the place of your mother. Right or wrong, from her viewpoint you are always right. She may scold you for little things, but never for the big ones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11773]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11773</guid></item></channel></rss>