<?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[Whenever you can hold a Class A team to just three field goals you are playing pretty solid defense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36080]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever you can hold a Class A team to just three field goals you are playing pretty solid defense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always be worse. And when they are, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59187]]></link><description><![CDATA[When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always be worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger blows out the lamp of the mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do our cats name us? My former husband swore that Humphrey and Dolly and Bean Blossom called me The Big ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5341]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do our cats name us? My former husband swore that Humphrey and Dolly and Bean Blossom called me The Big Hamburger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They that stand high have many blasts to shake them, And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51510]]></link><description><![CDATA[They that stand high have many blasts to shake them, And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47298]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music is like girlfriends to me; I'm continually astonished by the choices other people make. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music is like girlfriends to me; I'm continually astonished by the choices other people make.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coming off last game (an 81-70 loss Thursday night to San Diego State), we didn't really throw it inside as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coming off last game (an 81-70 loss Thursday night to San Diego State), we didn't really throw it inside as much as we usually do. We wanted to make it a point to go inside out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We learn so many things from golf- how to suffer, for instance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17810]]></link><description><![CDATA[We learn so many things from golf- how to suffer, for instance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the force of arms give place to law and justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I mean, when you've got guys like Ken Griffey Jr. in our stadium, in our locker room, I've got to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35174]]></link><description><![CDATA[I mean, when you've got guys like Ken Griffey Jr. in our stadium, in our locker room, I've got to talk to them. I'm just seizing the opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Wolf and the SheepA wolf, sorely wounded and bitten by dogs, lay sick and maimed in his lair. Being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1593]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Wolf and the SheepA wolf, sorely wounded and bitten by dogs, lay sick and maimed in his lair. Being in want of food, he called to a Sheep who was passing, and asked him to fetch some water from a stream flowing close beside him. For, he said, if you will bring me drink, I will find means to provide myself with meat. Yes, said the Sheep, if I should bring you the draught, you would doubtless make me provide the meat also. Hypocritical speeches are easily seen through.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16601]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mechanism is always important, because without understanding it, it's difficult to predict how animal data would translate to people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mechanism is always important, because without understanding it, it's difficult to predict how animal data would translate to people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every animal is sad after coitus except the human female and the rooster. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52182]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every animal is sad after coitus except the human female and the rooster.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Step by step and the thing is done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Step by step and the thing is done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I threw him back. Then I held him on his back for a minute. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40320]]></link><description><![CDATA[I threw him back. Then I held him on his back for a minute.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we're trying to do is trying to have reproduction of species in captivity so that if we do lose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34645]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we're trying to do is trying to have reproduction of species in captivity so that if we do lose them in the wild, there's an option.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger manages everything badly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2575]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger manages everything badly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The less routine the more life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21422]]></link><description><![CDATA[The less routine the more life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man must learn to forgive himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53273]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man must learn to forgive himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To stop sinning suddenly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11215]]></link><description><![CDATA[To stop sinning suddenly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In peace, competition had become difficult, until the British ship owner cried for war; yet he already felt, without acknowledging ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36468]]></link><description><![CDATA[In peace, competition had become difficult, until the British ship owner cried for war; yet he already felt, without acknowledging it even to himself, that in war he was likely to enjoy little profit or pleasure on the day when the long, low, black hull of the Yankee privateer, with her tapering, bending spars, her long-range guns, and her sharp-faced captain, should appear on the western horizon, and suddenly, at the sight of heavy-lumbering British merchantman, should fling out her white wings of canvas, and fly down on her prey.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23014]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All are not merry that dance lightly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49094]]></link><description><![CDATA[All are not merry that dance lightly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you. [Sp., Haceos miel, y paparos han moscas.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16222]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you. [Sp., Haceos miel, y paparos han moscas.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clashes and vitriol only make it worse. I think what we must learn to do is to read the imagery. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clashes and vitriol only make it worse. I think what we must learn to do is to read the imagery. We need to analyze and understand the subtext.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They spell it Vinci and pronounce it Vinchy; foreigners always spell better than they pronounce. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57369]]></link><description><![CDATA[They spell it Vinci and pronounce it Vinchy; foreigners always spell better than they pronounce.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9168]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rugged trees are mingling Their flowery sprays in love;  The ivy climbs the laurel   To clasp ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23107]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rugged trees are mingling Their flowery sprays in love;  The ivy climbs the laurel   To clasp the boughs above.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brittany is our best closer. We're glad she's back. I thought tonight we came out in the first half afraid ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brittany is our best closer. We're glad she's back. I thought tonight we came out in the first half afraid to make mistakes and sat back and watched things happen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves by our intentions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23473]]></link><description><![CDATA[We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves by our intentions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hey you, don't tell me there's no hope at allTogether we stand, divided we fall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15472]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hey you, don't tell me there's no hope at allTogether we stand, divided we fall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps life is just that... a dream and a fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64987]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps life is just that... a dream and a fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is history but a fable agreed upon? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19500]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is history but a fable agreed upon?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I did actually think about that quite long and hard, I must admit, when you've been No.1 for 10 years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35428]]></link><description><![CDATA[I did actually think about that quite long and hard, I must admit, when you've been No.1 for 10 years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And yonder sits a maiden, The fairest of the fair,  With gold in her garment glittering,   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18589]]></link><description><![CDATA[And yonder sits a maiden, The fairest of the fair,  With gold in her garment glittering,   And she combs her golden hair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men grow old, pearls grow yellow, there is no cure for it. -Chinese proverb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men grow old, pearls grow yellow, there is no cure for it. -Chinese proverb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10364]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5089]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He will burne his house, to warme his hands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49419]]></link><description><![CDATA[He will burne his house, to warme his hands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the meantime, hopefully we can have a fruitful conversation with the government to get his release, perhaps under conditions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42211]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the meantime, hopefully we can have a fruitful conversation with the government to get his release, perhaps under conditions they can impose. We are pleased. This is what we envisioned as going to happen from the beginning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us never negotiate out of fear. But, let us never fear to negotiate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us never negotiate out of fear. But, let us never fear to negotiate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That it should come to this, But two months dead, nay, not so much, not two,  So excellent a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43209]]></link><description><![CDATA[That it should come to this, But two months dead, nay, not so much, not two,  So excellent a king, that was to this   Hyperion to a satyr, so loving to my mother    That he might not beteem the winds of heaven     Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth,      Must I remember? Why, she would hang on him       As if increase of appetite had grown        By what it fed on, and yet within a month--         Let me not think on't; frailty, thy name is woman--          A little month, or ere those shoes were old           With which she followed my poor father's body            Like Niobe, all tears, why she, even she--             O God, a beast that wants discourse of reason              Would have mourned longer--married with my uncle,               My father's brother, but no more like my father                Than I to Hercules.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45041]]></link><description><![CDATA[You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All those involved in the firebombing of Tokyo.. were war criminalsinterviews recorded in the movie The Fogof War.. (the firebombing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10223]]></link><description><![CDATA[All those involved in the firebombing of Tokyo.. were war criminalsinterviews recorded in the movie The Fogof War.. (the firebombing of Tokyo occurred before the atom bombs..100,000 civilians died in one night from American bombs..500,000 altogether over several days say some).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10223</guid></item></channel></rss>