<?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[I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57497]]></link><description><![CDATA[I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who promises runs in debt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11503]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who promises runs in debt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Merchant bar demand continues to draw strength from business investment while the previously booming consumer end-markets lose some luster. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38640]]></link><description><![CDATA[Merchant bar demand continues to draw strength from business investment while the previously booming consumer end-markets lose some luster.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To give an accurate description of what never happened is the proper occupation of the historian. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19366]]></link><description><![CDATA[To give an accurate description of what never happened is the proper occupation of the historian.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No theater could sanely flourish until there was an umbilical connection between what was happening on the stage and what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59043]]></link><description><![CDATA[No theater could sanely flourish until there was an umbilical connection between what was happening on the stage and what was happening in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65923]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true iswhat we believe. What we believe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true iswhat we believe. What we believe is based upon our perceptions. What weperceive depends upon what we look for. What we look for depends upon whatwe think. What we think depends upon what we perceive. What we perceivedetermines what we believe. What we believe determines what we take to betrue. what we take to be true is our reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Born but to banquet, and to drain the bowl. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Born but to banquet, and to drain the bowl.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45829]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This [report] gives the Fed total latitude to do whatever they think is fitting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42256]]></link><description><![CDATA[This [report] gives the Fed total latitude to do whatever they think is fitting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The plethora of special effects -- some dazzling, some clumsy -- make "Harry Potter" at times resemble a generic Hollywood ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33114]]></link><description><![CDATA[The plethora of special effects -- some dazzling, some clumsy -- make "Harry Potter" at times resemble a generic Hollywood horror movie. That three-headed dog that stands guard over a treasure was better left to the imagination. . .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a common error to suppose that the Higher Life is a matter of reading, and the adoption of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57401]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a common error to suppose that the Higher Life is a matter of reading, and the adoption of theological or metaphysical hypotheses, and that Spiritual Principles can be apprehended by this method.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In most people's vocabularies, design means veneer. It's interior decorating. It's the fabric of the curtains and the sofa. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63978]]></link><description><![CDATA[In most people's vocabularies, design means veneer. It's interior decorating. It's the fabric of the curtains and the sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creativity, as has been said, consists largely of rearranging what we knowin order to find out what we do not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22469]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creativity, as has been said, consists largely of rearranging what we knowin order to find out what we do not know....Hence, to think creatively, wemust be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uncover when the flag goes by, boys, 'Tis freedom's starry banner that you greet,  Flag fames in song and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16124]]></link><description><![CDATA[Uncover when the flag goes by, boys, 'Tis freedom's starry banner that you greet,  Flag fames in song and story   Long may it wave, old glory    The flag that has never known defeat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Encryption...is a powerful defensive weapon for free people. It offers a technical guarantee of privacy, regardless of who is running ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Encryption...is a powerful defensive weapon for free people. It offers a technical guarantee of privacy, regardless of who is running the government... It's hard to think of a more powerful, less dangerous tool for liberty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Damage similar to that caused by Ivan will push oil prices above $75. It took more than six months to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Damage similar to that caused by Ivan will push oil prices above $75. It took more than six months to restore production after Hurricane Ivan. Crude oil prices increased by more than $10 within a month.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my case, adulthood itself was not an advance, although it was a useful waymark. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27143]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my case, adulthood itself was not an advance, although it was a useful waymark.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawyers, I suppose, were children once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24333]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66604]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each of us makes his own weather, determines the color of the skies in the emotional universe which he inhabits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each of us makes his own weather, determines the color of the skies in the emotional universe which he inhabits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not the literal past, the "facts" of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19433]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not the literal past, the "facts" of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're really excited about this. It's a great chance to showcase our league here in this city. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32827]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're really excited about this. It's a great chance to showcase our league here in this city.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This woman is amazing. I should take her to one of the classes I teach on debt, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39470]]></link><description><![CDATA[This woman is amazing. I should take her to one of the classes I teach on debt,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unbounded morality ultimately becomes counterproductive even in terms of the same moral principles being sought. The law of diminishing returns ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unbounded morality ultimately becomes counterproductive even in terms of the same moral principles being sought. The law of diminishing returns applies to morality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We just forget about it and play the next play. We don't worry about it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39041]]></link><description><![CDATA[We just forget about it and play the next play. We don't worry about it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I certainly don't regret my experiences because without them, I couldn't imagine who or where I would be today. Life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21062]]></link><description><![CDATA[I certainly don't regret my experiences because without them, I couldn't imagine who or where I would be today. Life is an amazing gift to those who have overcome great obstacles, and attitude is everything!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60895]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be who you are and be that well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63635]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be who you are and be that well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The freedom to move forward to new opportunities and to produce results comes from living in the present not the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45038]]></link><description><![CDATA[The freedom to move forward to new opportunities and to produce results comes from living in the present not the past]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The weak are not a noble breed. Their sublime deeds of faith, daring, and self-sacrifice usually spring from questionable motives. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52367]]></link><description><![CDATA[The weak are not a noble breed. Their sublime deeds of faith, daring, and self-sacrifice usually spring from questionable motives. The weak hate not wickedness but weakness; and one instance of their hatred of weakness is hatred of self. All the passionate pursuits of the weak are in some degree a striving to escape, blur, or disguise an unwanted self. It is a striving shot through with malice, envy, self-deception, and a host of petty impulses; yet it often culminates in superb achievements.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64906]]></link><description><![CDATA[As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were able to visualize single nuclear pore complexes. This allowed us not only to watch as single pores formed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32592]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were able to visualize single nuclear pore complexes. This allowed us not only to watch as single pores formed but also to demonstrate that they formed from scratch without the help of already existing pores.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clues are often very fleeting in nature. The question has become, 'How much can and should the government be doing, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clues are often very fleeting in nature. The question has become, 'How much can and should the government be doing, and what is the legality?' I'd be comfortable relinquishing some privacy for security. The question is, where is the equilibrium point?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65113]]></link><description><![CDATA[It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We showed a lot of mental toughness. This says a lot about the possibilities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32796]]></link><description><![CDATA[We showed a lot of mental toughness. This says a lot about the possibilities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In that environment, it's only natural to expect the switch from labor into technology. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31063]]></link><description><![CDATA[In that environment, it's only natural to expect the switch from labor into technology.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3800]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20592]]></link><description><![CDATA[To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50873]]></link><description><![CDATA[In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And internalization is used in this country as a very effective political tool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39590]]></link><description><![CDATA[And internalization is used in this country as a very effective political tool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62425]]></link><description><![CDATA[The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We slowed down the offense and concentrated on defense for a while. This will either tire out the team on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31204]]></link><description><![CDATA[We slowed down the offense and concentrated on defense for a while. This will either tire out the team on offense, or defense. Unfortunately, it wore us down a bit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A long and wicked life followed by five minutes of perfect grace gets you into Heaven. An equally long life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27735]]></link><description><![CDATA[A long and wicked life followed by five minutes of perfect grace gets you into Heaven. An equally long life of decent living and good works followed by one outburst of taking the name of the Lord in vain—then have a heart attack at that moment and be damned for eternity. Is that the system?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5402]]></link><description><![CDATA[The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Independence is essential for permanent but fatal to immediate success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Independence is essential for permanent but fatal to immediate success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Post-modernism is modernism with the optimism taken out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Post-modernism is modernism with the optimism taken out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fire is next akin to smoke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50858]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fire is next akin to smoke.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50858</guid></item></channel></rss>