<?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[Every sin is the result of collaboration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56401]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every sin is the result of collaboration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial "we." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial "we."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no downside to it whatsoever. If you make one star out of it, you've come ahead. In a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30829]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no downside to it whatsoever. If you make one star out of it, you've come ahead. In a good season, they'll make a handful of stars. Despite what some hardcore fans might say, a card with five stars on it will do better business than card with zero stars on it, even if those zero stars are the best fighters in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are indeed a nation of shopkeepers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13920]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are indeed a nation of shopkeepers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down & Connor, Priest, Teacher, 1667 Commemoration of Florence Nightingale, Social Reformer, 1910 Commemoration ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down & Connor, Priest, Teacher, 1667 Commemoration of Florence Nightingale, Social Reformer, 1910 Commemoration of Octavia Hill, Worker for the Poor, 1912   The kingdom of God does not consist in words, but in power, the power of Godliness. Though now we are fallen upon another method, we have turned all religion into faith, and our faith is nothing but the production of interest or disputing; it is adhering to a party and a wrangling against all the world beside--and when it is asked of what religion he is, we understand the meaning to be what faction does he follow, what are the articles of his sect, not what is the manner of his life: and if men be zealous for their party and that interest, then they are precious men, though otherwise they be covetous as the grave, factious as Dathan, schismatical as Korah, or proud as the fallen angels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We got 200 e-mails (about it). Lots of people had the same reaction. They were assigned to read it in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40286]]></link><description><![CDATA[We got 200 e-mails (about it). Lots of people had the same reaction. They were assigned to read it in school and didn't. We try to take things that sometimes people turn off of because they're introduced to them too early or for some other reason, and try to make them entertaining.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yeah, I know, some people are against drunk driving, and I call those people ""the cops."" But you know, sometimes, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32858]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yeah, I know, some people are against drunk driving, and I call those people ""the cops."" But you know, sometimes, you've just got no choice; those kids gotta get to school!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes only one other person to say it's so—one other point ofreality—to make something real. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21836]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes only one other person to say it's so—one other point ofreality—to make something real.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Basically, ... he was telling the guys not to take things for granted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38172]]></link><description><![CDATA[Basically, ... he was telling the guys not to take things for granted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In terms of sheer size, it makes a fabulous presentation. You can get the beautiful large pieces of meat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40449]]></link><description><![CDATA[In terms of sheer size, it makes a fabulous presentation. You can get the beautiful large pieces of meat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20585]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20585</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[It's not a shortage of money -- that's just an excuse. It's just a sloppy system. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30974]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not a shortage of money -- that's just an excuse. It's just a sloppy system.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Decisions are the endless uncertainties of life that we'll not know if theyre right until the very end, so do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Decisions are the endless uncertainties of life that we'll not know if theyre right until the very end, so do the best you can and hope its right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is the most valuable thing we have, so I try to conserve it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is the most valuable thing we have, so I try to conserve it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blind zeal can only do harm. [Ger., Blinder Eifer schadet nur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blind zeal can only do harm. [Ger., Blinder Eifer schadet nur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who do remember it will find new ways to screw it up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45692]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who do remember it will find new ways to screw it up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baseball ought never be hurried. It is the only unhurried institution we have left, which is one reason, I think, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baseball ought never be hurried. It is the only unhurried institution we have left, which is one reason, I think, we love it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10431]]></link><description><![CDATA[The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you got in a scene with Don, it was like stepping up onto a surfboard, and you just flew ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33733]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you got in a scene with Don, it was like stepping up onto a surfboard, and you just flew through those waves. It was exhilarating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remorse is the pain of sin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remorse is the pain of sin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This budget is like an Enron budget -- smoke the numbers, cook the books, hide the truth and hope no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12536]]></link><description><![CDATA[This budget is like an Enron budget -- smoke the numbers, cook the books, hide the truth and hope no one finds out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Horse made, and a man to make. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49037]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Horse made, and a man to make.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink, Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48724]]></link><description><![CDATA[But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink, Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A holy day, after all, is a day for considering everything you otherwise think too little about.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64332]]></link><description><![CDATA[A holy day, after all, is a day for considering everything you otherwise think too little about.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25009]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We came out flat, with no intensity. That's the inexperience of our ball club; we didn't look ready to play ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35403]]></link><description><![CDATA[We came out flat, with no intensity. That's the inexperience of our ball club; we didn't look ready to play against one of the top teams around.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19596]]></link><description><![CDATA[I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest obstacle to progress is prejudice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21878]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest obstacle to progress is prejudice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11064]]></link><description><![CDATA[We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is gravity in wisdom, but no particular wisdom in gravity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18237]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is gravity in wisdom, but no particular wisdom in gravity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The swifter hand doth the swift words outrun: Before the tongue hath spoke the hand hath done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46021]]></link><description><![CDATA[The swifter hand doth the swift words outrun: Before the tongue hath spoke the hand hath done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a sort of charm in ugliness, if the person has some redeeming qualities and is only ugly enough ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5763]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a sort of charm in ugliness, if the person has some redeeming qualities and is only ugly enough]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8489]]></link><description><![CDATA[The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However, the inconsistencies of our program, coupled with a poor home record have resulted in a loss of confidence from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31720]]></link><description><![CDATA[However, the inconsistencies of our program, coupled with a poor home record have resulted in a loss of confidence from our community, as evidenced by our last two home games. Chris is a quality person and a solid coach. I wish things would have worked out but the fit is just not there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Service is no Inheritance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Service is no Inheritance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only things they did were headers and throw-ins. But they were good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31262]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only things they did were headers and throw-ins. But they were good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53136]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44293]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66699]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gen. Alexander will have to clean up the mess. We need to know if the money is being properly spent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gen. Alexander will have to clean up the mess. We need to know if the money is being properly spent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's important for us to explain to our nation that life is important. It's not only life of babies, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22956]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's important for us to explain to our nation that life is important. It's not only life of babies, but it's life of children living in, you know, the dark dungeons of the Internet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each believes he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63141]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each believes he gets all the worries and only half the royalties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . Philologists, who chase A painting syllable through time and space  Start it at home, and hunt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25123]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . Philologists, who chase A painting syllable through time and space  Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark,   To Gaul, to Greece, and into Noah's Ark.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[He has had only one close call, when he got his thumb stuck in the spokes of his mom's wheelchair ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30217]]></link><description><![CDATA[[He has had only one close call, when he got his thumb stuck in the spokes of his mom's wheelchair and it caused an under-the-nail blood blister. The injury occurred in the post-Photoshop era, but even so, the resulting lag in work could have cost him trusted clients.] I thought Photoshop was the end of my career, ... I thought they'd be able to get any ol' pair of hands in there. But what most people don't realize is there's a brain that comes connected to these hands. You need to know the tricks of the trade. It's just like fashion modeling: You can get a pretty woman to put on an outfit, but once you send her down the runway, does she know what to do?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21760]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Titles are abolished; and the American Republic swarms with men claiming and bearing them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Titles are abolished; and the American Republic swarms with men claiming and bearing them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any excuse will serve a tyrant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47580]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any excuse will serve a tyrant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47580</guid></item></channel></rss>