<?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 cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59109]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says. [Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis, in errore perseverae. Posteriores enim cogitationes (ut aiunt) sapientiores solent esse.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be. -Kurt Vonnegut. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be. -Kurt Vonnegut.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, what ecstasy setting fires brings to my body! What power I feel at the thought of fire!...Oh, what pleasure, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15998]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, what ecstasy setting fires brings to my body! What power I feel at the thought of fire!...Oh, what pleasure, what heavenly pleasure!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you have come to the edge Of all light that you know And are about to drop off into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14953]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you have come to the edge Of all light that you know And are about to drop off into the darkness Of the unknown, Faith is knowing One of two things will happen: There will be something solid to stand on or You will be taught to fly]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human body is a machine which winds its own springs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4442]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human body is a machine which winds its own springs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46343]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We received permission from the federal government to load April benefits early on March 27 since April 1 is on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38942]]></link><description><![CDATA[We received permission from the federal government to load April benefits early on March 27 since April 1 is on a Saturday. This way, both the vendor and our local and state offices would be open and staffed to help people with problems during the week. We certainly apologize to anyone who has experience difficulty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15544]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But then I sigh, and, with a piece of Scripture, Tell them that Gods bids us do good for evil: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60651]]></link><description><![CDATA[But then I sigh, and, with a piece of Scripture, Tell them that Gods bids us do good for evil:  And thus I clothe my naked villainy   With odd old ends stol'n forth of holy writ,    And seems a saint, when most I play the devil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65190]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As you put into practice the qualities of patience, punctuality, sincerity, and solicitude, you will have a better opinion of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47983]]></link><description><![CDATA[As you put into practice the qualities of patience, punctuality, sincerity, and solicitude, you will have a better opinion of the world around you]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nick Machiavel had ne'er a trick (Though he gave his name to our Old Nick). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nick Machiavel had ne'er a trick (Though he gave his name to our Old Nick).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's always pretty obvious to most of the public when something was done with heart and mind. You ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36839]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's always pretty obvious to most of the public when something was done with heart and mind. You can't fake it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, we knocked the bastard off! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, we knocked the bastard off!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59358]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Its hard to wait around for something you know might never happen; but its harder to give up when you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65899]]></link><description><![CDATA[Its hard to wait around for something you know might never happen; but its harder to give up when you know its everything you want.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27982]]></link><description><![CDATA[One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25594]]></link><description><![CDATA[When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that dislike it, heresy; and yet heresy signifies no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19206]]></link><description><![CDATA[They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that dislike it, heresy; and yet heresy signifies no more than private opinion]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's why it's nerve-wracking; you've just got to sit there. As a coach, you're helpless. There's nothing you can do, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29652]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's why it's nerve-wracking; you've just got to sit there. As a coach, you're helpless. There's nothing you can do, but it's fun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57303]]></link><description><![CDATA[Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the drug store, but that's just peanuts to space.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the long hours do pass away, So doth the life of man decay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58302]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the long hours do pass away, So doth the life of man decay.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Living with integrity means: Not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationships. Asking for what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Living with integrity means: Not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speaking your truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values. Making choices based on what you believe, and not what others believe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The emergency we face in the Horn today is the result of successive seasons of failed rains. Consequently, pastoralists living ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36565]]></link><description><![CDATA[The emergency we face in the Horn today is the result of successive seasons of failed rains. Consequently, pastoralists living in these arid, remote lands have very few survival strategies left and require our assistance to make it through until the next rains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You'll be able to trade Intel at midnight, ... a definite eventually in this marketplace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42134]]></link><description><![CDATA[You'll be able to trade Intel at midnight, ... a definite eventually in this marketplace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man must consider what a rich realm he abdicates when he becomes a conformist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9730]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man must consider what a rich realm he abdicates when he becomes a conformist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57044]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Both of them work very hard on their game. Both of them were outstanding in the classroom, and both of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Both of them work very hard on their game. Both of them were outstanding in the classroom, and both of them do the right things most all the time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct,or more uncertain in its success, than to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21726]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct,or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in theintroduction of a new order of things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When all else fails, duck. It's not practical, but it can be momentarily comforting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14909]]></link><description><![CDATA[When all else fails, duck. It's not practical, but it can be momentarily comforting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need less posturing and more genuine charisma. Charisma was originally a religious term, meaning "of the spirit" or "inspired." ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5673]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need less posturing and more genuine charisma. Charisma was originally a religious term, meaning "of the spirit" or "inspired." It's about letting God's light shine through us. It's about a sparkle in people that money can't buy. It's an invisible energy with visible effects. To let go, to just love, is not to fade into the wallpaper. Quite the contrary, it's when we truly become bright. We're letting our own light shine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I'd known how old I was going to be I'd have taken better care of myself. -Adolph Zukor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1873]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I'd known how old I was going to be I'd have taken better care of myself. -Adolph Zukor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is. (on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57575]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is. (on the spartan training regimen of heavyweight Andrew Golota)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Put your trust in God, but keep your powder dry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Put your trust in God, but keep your powder dry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I turned the house into a studio and invited over a bunch of sailors, who were actually students I'd met ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39870]]></link><description><![CDATA[I turned the house into a studio and invited over a bunch of sailors, who were actually students I'd met at USC. They were studying cinema to become technical cameramen. They weren't real sailors picked up off the street, but they were very happy to play these roles in my film.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A chicken doesn't stop scratching just because worms are scarce. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44242]]></link><description><![CDATA[A chicken doesn't stop scratching just because worms are scarce.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My goal was to be the greatest athlete that ever lived.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The proximity of the Bay Area's 7 million residents places our local parks under intense pressure from residential development on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39576]]></link><description><![CDATA[The proximity of the Bay Area's 7 million residents places our local parks under intense pressure from residential development on their boundaries. Such development disrupts the natural rhythm of the forest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mt. Hope and North Kingstown are both physical teams. We'll have a battle if we get there. They did the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mt. Hope and North Kingstown are both physical teams. We'll have a battle if we get there. They did the right thing with the seeds. They did it based on record not division winners. St. Ray's is on a collision course with North Smithfield in the semis. It should be interesting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[aren't critical to the strategy of the infrastructure we are building throughout North America. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37781]]></link><description><![CDATA[aren't critical to the strategy of the infrastructure we are building throughout North America.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another lean unwashed artificer. -King John. Act iv. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Another lean unwashed artificer. -King John. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55800</guid></item></channel></rss>