<?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[Avoid delays: procrastination always does harm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50585]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avoid delays: procrastination always does harm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not consider self-expression as important. It's not important as a method of teaching. And it's not important as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39106]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not consider self-expression as important. It's not important as a method of teaching. And it's not important as an aim of any art branch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because we do not understand the brain very well we are constantly tempted to use the latest technology as a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because we do not understand the brain very well we are constantly tempted to use the latest technology as a model for trying to understand it. In my childhood we were always assured that the brain was a telephone switchboard. ('What else could it be?') I was amused to see that Sherrington, the great British neuroscientist, thought that the brain worked like a telegraph system. Freud often compared the brain to hydraulic and electro-magnetic systems. Leibniz compared it to a mill, and I am told some of the ancient Greeks thought the brain functions like a catapult. At present, obviously, the metaphor is the digital computer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16713]]></link><description><![CDATA[The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These arrests have taken place under the present structures of laws, which proves that these laws can tackle this issue ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29079]]></link><description><![CDATA[These arrests have taken place under the present structures of laws, which proves that these laws can tackle this issue adequately.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65316]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Didn't the lion of Islam, the Mujahid Shaykh Osama bin Laden, may Allah protect him, offer you a truce so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Didn't the lion of Islam, the Mujahid Shaykh Osama bin Laden, may Allah protect him, offer you a truce so that you might depart from the Islamic lands? But you were obstinate and were led by arrogance to more crime and your foreign secretary, Jack Straw, said these proposals deserve to be met with contempt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature means Necessity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature means Necessity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lady, you know no rules of charity, Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5710]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lady, you know no rules of charity, Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course that is not the whole story, but that is the way with stories; we make them what we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course that is not the whole story, but that is the way with stories; we make them what we will. It's a way of explaining the universe while leaving the universe unexplained, it's a way of keeping it all alive, not boxing it into time. Everyone who tel]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory, a neat metaphysical system. Man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63730]]></link><description><![CDATA[Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory, a neat metaphysical system. Man has re-created Europe in his own image.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou art so witty, profligate and thin, At once we think thee Satan, Death and Sin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou art so witty, profligate and thin, At once we think thee Satan, Death and Sin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now, by St. Paul, the work goes bravely on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58133]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now, by St. Paul, the work goes bravely on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's good to shut up sometimes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46355]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's good to shut up sometimes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ear is something we cannot close at will, and we are the poorer for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25197]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ear is something we cannot close at will, and we are the poorer for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They got beat pretty bad by Elk Creek last year. They knew they needed this win to set the tone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37337]]></link><description><![CDATA[They got beat pretty bad by Elk Creek last year. They knew they needed this win to set the tone for the season.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was a (missed assignment). The guy was holding him, man, but you can't wait on a ref to make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35239]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was a (missed assignment). The guy was holding him, man, but you can't wait on a ref to make the play. The cat safety didn't get outside. He failed, we all failed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43501]]></link><description><![CDATA[The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm happy for the girls. A state championship is something you can take with you the rest of your life. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38080]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm happy for the girls. A state championship is something you can take with you the rest of your life. They've worked very hard for this, and I'm very happy for them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Act the part and you will become the part. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Act the part and you will become the part.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c.326    If one could talk absolutely humanly about Christ, one would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c.326    If one could talk absolutely humanly about Christ, one would have to say that the words: "my God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" are impatient and untrue. They can only be true if God says them, and consequently also when the God-Man says them. And indeed since it is true, it is the very limit of suffering.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ultimate mystery is one's own self. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43577]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ultimate mystery is one's own self.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14223]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A longer campaign would tend to attract more candidates. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32986]]></link><description><![CDATA[A longer campaign would tend to attract more candidates.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a woman is twenty, a child deforms her; when she is thirty, he preserves her; and when forty, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43190]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a woman is twenty, a child deforms her; when she is thirty, he preserves her; and when forty, he makes her young again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65251]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19441]]></link><description><![CDATA[People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've rarely seen an issue in which such strong opinion that is so one-sided, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38986]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've rarely seen an issue in which such strong opinion that is so one-sided,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to wear out than to rust out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/501]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to wear out than to rust out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live ye, he says, I flee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live ye, he says, I flee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20947]]></link><description><![CDATA[When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I worked at the college - that my job was to teach people how to draw. She stared at me, incredulous, and said, "You mean they forget?"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Priestly was the first (unless it was Becarria) who taught my lips to pronounce this sacred truth--that the greatest happiness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18633]]></link><description><![CDATA[Priestly was the first (unless it was Becarria) who taught my lips to pronounce this sacred truth--that the greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We feel completely vindicated by the sentencing. This is somebody who ruins lives, he ruined my life and ruined many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38815]]></link><description><![CDATA[We feel completely vindicated by the sentencing. This is somebody who ruins lives, he ruined my life and ruined many other people?s lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth is the first victim of war; the first fruit of peace. It takes 20 years or more of peace ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth is the first victim of war; the first fruit of peace. It takes 20 years or more of peace to make a man; it takes only 20 seconds of war to destroy him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We did have a very solid fall, which is a little bit unusual. A couple years ago, we had a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30882]]></link><description><![CDATA[We did have a very solid fall, which is a little bit unusual. A couple years ago, we had a real good fall, and that was the year when we had a very good team. So I'm hoping this is a good sign.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One can present people with opportunities. One cannot make them equal to them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45098]]></link><description><![CDATA[One can present people with opportunities. One cannot make them equal to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask not what your country can do for you: Ask what you can do for your country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ask not what your country can do for you: Ask what you can do for your country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have resigned from MSG (Madison Square Garden Network) and have been let go from NBC. I fully understand the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41961]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have resigned from MSG (Madison Square Garden Network) and have been let go from NBC. I fully understand the position in which the networks found themselves due to my very painful situation. In the interest of my family, my friends and my many supporters, I step aside with deep humility and seek to reconstruct my personal and professional life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is pleasing a woman enormously when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9258]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is pleasing a woman enormously when he says to her a whole heap of things that he doesn't mean]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is not diminished by being shared. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is not diminished by being shared.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hero is not fed on sweets, Daily his own heart he eats;  Chambers of the great are jails, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19228]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hero is not fed on sweets, Daily his own heart he eats;  Chambers of the great are jails,   And head-winds right for royal sails.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A political career brings out the basest qualities in human nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47032]]></link><description><![CDATA[A political career brings out the basest qualities in human nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dedication is not what others expect of you, it is what you can give to others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dedication is not what others expect of you, it is what you can give to others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But innocence has nothing to dread. [Fr., Mais l'innocence enfin n'a rien a redouter.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20959]]></link><description><![CDATA[But innocence has nothing to dread. [Fr., Mais l'innocence enfin n'a rien a redouter.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I got the script to this movie, The Good Girl, I read it in an hour. The writer, Mike ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37790]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I got the script to this movie, The Good Girl, I read it in an hour. The writer, Mike White, has an ability to create characters that are so creepy and dysfunctional and human, with this duality that makes people feel empathy for them at the same time. My first thought was 'Was this sent to the right person?' I called my agent. 'Are they sure? Let's say yes before they realize they've sent it to the wrong person!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19680]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gaming commission would look long and hard. We think it would be hard to get licensed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37303]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gaming commission would look long and hard. We think it would be hard to get licensed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37303</guid></item></channel></rss>