<?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[A system support specialist's life is a sorry one. The only advantage he has over ER doctors is that malpractice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9596]]></link><description><![CDATA[A system support specialist's life is a sorry one. The only advantage he has over ER doctors is that malpractice suits are rare. On the other hand, ER doctors never have to deal with patients installing new versions of their own innards! Dick Maliska  Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining. •Jeff Raskin   Applying computer technology is simply finding the right wrench to pound in the correct screw. •Anonymous   The Programmer's Time-Space Continuum is defined as "Programmers continuously space the time." •Leon Lanthier   Computers are useless - they only give you answers. •Pablo Picasso   "Paradosfunctionoracle" is the term used by technicians to describe the reason no one knows why your computer won't work. •J. H. Goldfuss   No machine will increase the possibilities of life. They only increase the possibilities of idleness. •John Ruskin   All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors. •Anonymous  Computers can figure out all kinds of problems, except the things in the world that just don't add up. •James Magary  Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. •E W Dijkstra  Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equpped with 18,000 vaccuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vaccuum tubes and perhaps weigh 1 1/2 tons. •Popular Mechanics, 1949  Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done. •Andy Rooney  Not even computers will replace committees, because committees buy computers. •Edward Shepherd Mead  A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. •John Gall   There won't be anything we won't say to people to try and convince them that our way is the way to go. •Bill Gates  If you can't make it good, at least make it look good. •Bill Gates  Looking at the proliferation of personal web pages on the net, it looks like very soon everyone on earth will have 15 Megabytes of fame. •MG Siriam   Surfing on the Internet is like sex; everyone boasts about doing more than they actually do. But in the case of the Internet, it's a lot more. •Tom Fasulo   Cyberspace: A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation. •William Gibson   URLs are the 800 numbers of the 1990's. •Chris Clark   My favorite thing about the Internet is that you get to go into the private world of real creeps without having to smell them. •Penn Jillett   We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true. •Robert Wilensky   It shouldn't be too much of a surprise that the Internet has evolved into a force strong enough to reflect the greatest hopes and fears of those who use it. After all, it was designed to withstand nuclear war, not just the puny huffs and puffs of politicians and religious fanatics. •Denise Caruso   Wow! They've got the internet on computers now! •Homer Simpson  Man is a game playing animal and a computer is another way to play games. •Scott Adams  I do not fear computers. I fear lack of them. •Isaac Asimov   Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to produce bigger and better idoits. So far, the Universe is winning. •Rich Cook   If automobiles had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside. •Robert Cringely   I try to get people to see what I have... When you run a computer company, you have to get people to buy into your dreams. •Steve Jobs   The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against wacking them around a little. •Porterfield   People who buy Macs are the same people who said BETA is better than VHS 15 years ago. •Anonymous  Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand. •Anonymous  But in our enthusiasm, we could not resist a radical overhaul of the system, in which all of its major weaknesses have been exposed, analyzed, and replaced with new weaknesses. •Bruce Leverett  Anybody who's studied software engineering knows that a schedule which underestimates the time needed to develop a project actually makes the project take longer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be the widow of a hero than he wife of a coward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61564]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be the widow of a hero than he wife of a coward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is full of infinite absurdities, which, strangely enough, do not even need to appear plausible, since they are true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/214]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is full of infinite absurdities, which, strangely enough, do not even need to appear plausible, since they are true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When God gave you to me he never said that you were mine, that I could keep you always--only borrowed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17643]]></link><description><![CDATA[When God gave you to me he never said that you were mine, that I could keep you always--only borrowed for a time. Now, He's called you home, I'm sad and I shed tears. Yet, I'm glad He loaned you to me and we had these many years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26659]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rebuilding process has begun. The architects are currently finalizing the plans. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36397]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rebuilding process has begun. The architects are currently finalizing the plans.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hot July brings cooling showers, Apricots and gillyflowers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23560]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hot July brings cooling showers, Apricots and gillyflowers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With this rescue in West Virginia , I feel even more helpless because I'm here, and not doing much other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30208]]></link><description><![CDATA[With this rescue in West Virginia , I feel even more helpless because I'm here, and not doing much other than praying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's all about good taste, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35794]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's all about good taste,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cisco has an excellent track record of meeting analysts' expectations and the probability of them missing the estimate is low. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cisco has an excellent track record of meeting analysts' expectations and the probability of them missing the estimate is low.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some white people hate black people, and some white people love black people, some black people hate white people, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some white people hate black people, and some white people love black people, some black people hate white people, and some black people love white people. So you see it's not an issue of black and white, it's an issue of Lovers and Haters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Business Objects is known for the excellence of both its business intelligence applications and its exceptional customer support organization. With ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Business Objects is known for the excellence of both its business intelligence applications and its exceptional customer support organization. With an industry leading product platform and a growing customer base, the need to continue to deliver exceptional customer service is paramount. We are delighted that Business Objects has selected Knova's service resolution management applications for customer service and look forward to a strong partnership.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a number of killed in the action in Nasiriya with the Marines -- I believe that number will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38359]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a number of killed in the action in Nasiriya with the Marines -- I believe that number will remain less than 10 -- and a number of wounded,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, herbaceous treat! 'Twould tempt the dying anchorite to eat;  Back to the world he'd turn his fleeting soul, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, herbaceous treat! 'Twould tempt the dying anchorite to eat;  Back to the world he'd turn his fleeting soul,   And plunge his fingers in the salad bowl;    Serenely full the epicure would say,     "Fate cannot harm me,--I have dined to-day."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She walks in beauty like the night Of cloudless chimes and starry skies;  And all that's best of dark ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3845]]></link><description><![CDATA[She walks in beauty like the night Of cloudless chimes and starry skies;  And all that's best of dark and bright   Meet in her aspect and her eyes:    Thus mellowed to that tender light     Which heaven to gaudy day denies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no one subsists by himself alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11922]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no one subsists by himself alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is warme, thinkes all so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49370]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is warme, thinkes all so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some remedies are worse than the disease itself. [Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some remedies are worse than the disease itself. [Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is so unlike theory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is so unlike theory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're exploiting the s--- out of Comic-Con. Spread the word because Warner Bros. doesn't know what in hell to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32729]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're exploiting the s--- out of Comic-Con. Spread the word because Warner Bros. doesn't know what in hell to do with this movie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Choose an author as you choose a friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4593]]></link><description><![CDATA[Choose an author as you choose a friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[things without defense: insects, kittens, small boys. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5994]]></link><description><![CDATA[things without defense: insects, kittens, small boys.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Still desiring, we live without hope. [It., Senza speme vivemo in desio.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19781]]></link><description><![CDATA[Still desiring, we live without hope. [It., Senza speme vivemo in desio.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Man and His Two SweetheartsA middle aged man, whose hair had begun to turn gray, courted two women at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1566]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Man and His Two SweetheartsA middle aged man, whose hair had begun to turn gray, courted two women at the same time. One of them was young, and the other well advanced in years. The elder woman, ashamed to be courted by a man younger than herself, made a point, whenever her admirer visited her, to pull out some portion of his black hairs. The younger, on the contrary, not wishing to become the wife of an old man, was equally zealous in removing every gray hair she could find. Thus it came to pass that between them both he very soon found that he had not a hair left on his head. Those who seek to please everybody please nobody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We feel that our current record could be a little bit better. We want to improve with every game and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42339]]></link><description><![CDATA[We feel that our current record could be a little bit better. We want to improve with every game and we want to be able to peak at the end of the season.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But shapes that come not at an earthly call, Will not depart when mortal voices bid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60887]]></link><description><![CDATA[But shapes that come not at an earthly call, Will not depart when mortal voices bid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't feel much pressure today. I got here, and that was an accomplishment. I got to take some great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42088]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't feel much pressure today. I got here, and that was an accomplishment. I got to take some great runs with my friends. It was great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ill-favoured thing, sir, but mine own. -As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55693]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ill-favoured thing, sir, but mine own. -As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, it's a snug little island! A right little, tight little island! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23082]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, it's a snug little island! A right little, tight little island!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you hit a shot at the end of a quarter or a half, that gives you a lot of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31278]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you hit a shot at the end of a quarter or a half, that gives you a lot of momentum if the game is close. Rochester played us tough and made a lot of shots they needed to. We needed to dig down deep and play well defensively to get some stops.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some day, some day of days, threading the street With idle, heedless pace,  Unlooking for such grace,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some day, some day of days, threading the street With idle, heedless pace,  Unlooking for such grace,   I shall behold your face!    Some day, some day of days, thus may we meet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jock, when he hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in a tree; it will be growing, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jock, when he hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in a tree; it will be growing, Jock, when ye're sleeping.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hope people will walk away with the idea that this was a very frequent act of violence, ... We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37024]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hope people will walk away with the idea that this was a very frequent act of violence, ... We won't be able to deny it any longer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What can be found equal to modesty, uncorrupt faith, the sister of justice, and undisguised truth? [Lat., Cui pudor et ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42909]]></link><description><![CDATA[What can be found equal to modesty, uncorrupt faith, the sister of justice, and undisguised truth? [Lat., Cui pudor et justitiae soror incorrupta fides nudaque veritas quando ullum inveniet parem?]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to keep them (soldiers) busy, especially when they are healing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41546]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to keep them (soldiers) busy, especially when they are healing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My first instinct was not to do it. I didn't want to trample on ( Whipped Cream ). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36481]]></link><description><![CDATA[My first instinct was not to do it. I didn't want to trample on ( Whipped Cream ).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How some they have died, and some they have left me, And some are taken from me; all are departed; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14860]]></link><description><![CDATA[How some they have died, and some they have left me, And some are taken from me; all are departed;  All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the things the hospitality industry offers is employment on every level. Whether someone just made the brave move ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40532]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the things the hospitality industry offers is employment on every level. Whether someone just made the brave move from another country, with perhaps little education or with a lot of education and degrees crossing over from another industry, all of these folks have opportunities in tourism. Young or old, part time or full time, it needs everyone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The loss of jobs is never a pleasant thing. I know short term this is unpleasant, but I know long ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31939]]></link><description><![CDATA[The loss of jobs is never a pleasant thing. I know short term this is unpleasant, but I know long term we'll come out on top.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14327]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10584]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idealists...foolish enough to throw caution to the winds...have advanced mankind and have enriched the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idealists...foolish enough to throw caution to the winds...have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Poet without Love were a physical and metaphysical impossibility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46850]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Poet without Love were a physical and metaphysical impossibility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was in Logic, a great critic, Profoundly skill'd in Analytic;  He could distinguish, and divide   A ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10727]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was in Logic, a great critic, Profoundly skill'd in Analytic;  He could distinguish, and divide   A hair 'twixt south and south-west side.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pets are more sensitive to the needs of humansthan vice versa. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pets are more sensitive to the needs of humansthan vice versa.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No money, no Swiss. [Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51063]]></link><description><![CDATA[No money, no Swiss. [Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished by those who do ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished by those who do]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Booke When Brasse and Marble fade, shall make thee looke  Fresh to all Ages. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55304]]></link><description><![CDATA[This Booke When Brasse and Marble fade, shall make thee looke  Fresh to all Ages.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55304</guid></item></channel></rss>