<?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[To be happy with a man you have to understand him a lot and love him less , but...to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2227]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be happy with a man you have to understand him a lot and love him less , but...to be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and never ever try to understand her !.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We believe these are a solid set of figures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31606]]></link><description><![CDATA[We believe these are a solid set of figures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15078]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do any thing. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people leave, they're happy they can check it off their list. They can also see what other programs they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29149]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people leave, they're happy they can check it off their list. They can also see what other programs they qualify for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's wildly impractical to do so in any real sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32066]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's wildly impractical to do so in any real sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His fear was greater than his haste: For fear, though fleeter than the wind,  Believes 'tis always left behind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15501]]></link><description><![CDATA[His fear was greater than his haste: For fear, though fleeter than the wind,  Believes 'tis always left behind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3078]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3655]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mr. Keating: Carpe Diem! Sieze the day! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43343]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mr. Keating: Carpe Diem! Sieze the day!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've been together now for forty years, An' it don't seem a day too much;  There ain't a lady ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26563]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been together now for forty years, An' it don't seem a day too much;  There ain't a lady livin' in the land   As I'd swop for my dear old Dutch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Odd instances of strange coincidence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Odd instances of strange coincidence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rarer action is In virtue than in vengeance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60470]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rarer action is In virtue than in vengeance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64687]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought, which, in the coarse or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought, which, in the coarse or centuries, have enabled man to be less enslaved]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't think we would ever make enough money to pay rent by playing music. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36141]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't think we would ever make enough money to pay rent by playing music.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no riches but my thoughts. Yet these are wealth enough for me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59250]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no riches but my thoughts. Yet these are wealth enough for me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54269]]></link><description><![CDATA[The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a clear message addressed to the journalists in order to [dissuade] them from criticizing the authorities. It's obvious that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29422]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a clear message addressed to the journalists in order to [dissuade] them from criticizing the authorities. It's obvious that referring to terms like territorial integrity, religious hostility, violence, the [Uzbek] authorities mean that they are afraid [of] another riot or revolution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unbelievable. He was great. It was the best I've seen him -- I've had Gibby for three years, and he's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34464]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unbelievable. He was great. It was the best I've seen him -- I've had Gibby for three years, and he's had some great performances, including a no-hitter against Maryland, but today was the best performance I've seen him have -- total control, total command. ... He was outstanding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What pays under capitalism is satisfying the common man, the customer. The more people you satisfy, the better for you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15722]]></link><description><![CDATA[What pays under capitalism is satisfying the common man, the customer. The more people you satisfy, the better for you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C,' the idea must be feasible. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15245]]></link><description><![CDATA[The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C,' the idea must be feasible. -- A Yale University management professor in response to Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service. (Smith went on to found Federal Express Corp.).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some men are born with cold feet; some acquire cold feet; and some have cold feet thrust upon them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some men are born with cold feet; some acquire cold feet; and some have cold feet thrust upon them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know my Republican friends were glad to see my wife feeding an elephant in India. She gave him sugar ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45594]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know my Republican friends were glad to see my wife feeding an elephant in India. She gave him sugar and nuts. But of course the elephant wasn't satisfied.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because of the difficulties I am encountering in my movements to the detention center, the Americans offered me a place ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because of the difficulties I am encountering in my movements to the detention center, the Americans offered me a place to sleep. I turned down the offer to be in a camp that is set up in country ... they are occupying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to have an enemy, one must be somebody. One must be a force before he can be resisted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13862]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to have an enemy, one must be somebody. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force. A malicious enemy is better than a clumsy friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61703]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The march of intellect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22886]]></link><description><![CDATA[The march of intellect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4946]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15741]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century. During the period we may be tempted to abandon some of the time-honored principles and commitments which have been proven during the difficult times of past generations. We must never yield to this temptation. Our American values are not luxuries, but necessities - not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself.in his farewell address.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The North! the South! the West! the East! No one the most and none the least,  But each with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2403]]></link><description><![CDATA[The North! the South! the West! the East! No one the most and none the least,  But each with its own heart and mind,   Each of its own distinctive kind,    Yet each a part and none the whole,     But all together form one soul;      That soul Our Country at its best,       No North, no South, no East, no West,        No yours, no mine, but always Ours,         Merged in one Power our lesser powers,          For no one's favor, great or small,           But all for Each and each for All.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64255]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talker with a sore ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25178]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without adventure civilization is in full decay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without adventure civilization is in full decay.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1044]]></link><description><![CDATA[The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Runs are going to be at a premium. Every team has two guys they can run out there that can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Runs are going to be at a premium. Every team has two guys they can run out there that can be very good. Defense is definitely going to be key.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is an island- he is a holon. A Janus-faced entity who, looking inward, sees himself as a self-contained ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52030]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is an island- he is a holon. A Janus-faced entity who, looking inward, sees himself as a self-contained unique whole, looking outward as a dependent part. His self-assertive tendency is the dynamic manifestation of his unique wholeness, his autonomy and independence as a holon. Its equally universal antagonist, the integrative tendency, expresses his dependence on the larger whole to which he belongs: his 'part-ness.'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not addicted to nicotine. Why must I participate in your drug addiction? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13032]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not addicted to nicotine. Why must I participate in your drug addiction?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5690]]></link><description><![CDATA[And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is not a niche product. The technology will become mainstream quickly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32591]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is not a niche product. The technology will become mainstream quickly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't put equipment on your gravestone.*Ian Stewart's father about the risks he was taking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/670]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't put equipment on your gravestone.*Ian Stewart's father about the risks he was taking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The effect of having other interests beyond those domestic works well. The more one does and sees and feels, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11349]]></link><description><![CDATA[The effect of having other interests beyond those domestic works well. The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one's appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the strange things about living in the world is that it is only now and then one is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11111]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the strange things about living in the world is that it is only now and then one is quite sure one is going to live forever and ever and ever. One knows it sometimes when one gets up at the tender solemn dawn-time and goes out and stands alone and throws one's head far back and looks up and up and watches the pale sky slowly changing and flushing and marvelous unknown things happening until the East almost makes one cry out and one's heart stands still at the strange unchanging majesty of the rising of the sun—which has been happening every morning for thousands and thousands and thousands of years. One knows it then for a moment or so...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is so little to be so large! Why, a train of cars, or a whale-back barge  Couldn't carry ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3631]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is so little to be so large! Why, a train of cars, or a whale-back barge  Couldn't carry the freight   Of the monstrous weight    Of all of his qualities, good and great.     And tho' one view is as good as another      Don't take my word for it. Ask his mother!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't see how the company can have that kind of visibility, especially with a management team that had to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28341]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't see how the company can have that kind of visibility, especially with a management team that had to revise earnings three times within one quarter last year. They don't have credibility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We just have to take charge and get the job done, we had our opportunities and that's the name of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38262]]></link><description><![CDATA[We just have to take charge and get the job done, we had our opportunities and that's the name of the game. You have to lay it on the line and get it done and those who make the plays win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worse ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24493]]></link><description><![CDATA[A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worse when they despise him....But of a good leader who talks little when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say, "We did it ourselves. Chinese proverb -Lao Tzu.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/672</guid></item></channel></rss>