<?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[The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24424]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot has been done but it's not necessarily high profile. What we are missing is some kind of high ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32387]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot has been done but it's not necessarily high profile. What we are missing is some kind of high profile project.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At night astronomers agree. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3401]]></link><description><![CDATA[At night astronomers agree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We own the intellectual property. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33205]]></link><description><![CDATA[We own the intellectual property.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it's a woman, its caustic; if it's a man, it's authoritative. -Barbara Walters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27223]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it's a woman, its caustic; if it's a man, it's authoritative. -Barbara Walters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Expos have always been a perfect fit for him. In Montreal he can walk down a street or take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41376]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Expos have always been a perfect fit for him. In Montreal he can walk down a street or take a subway and no one will bother him, and he likes that. But who knows about next year? Everyone is too focused on what's going on with the rest of this season to think about what's going to happen after it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, A Death in the Family, Shorter Fiction ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, A Death in the Family, Shorter Fiction]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Had I but written as many odes in praise of Muhammad and Ali as I have composed for King Mahmud, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55216]]></link><description><![CDATA[Had I but written as many odes in praise of Muhammad and Ali as I have composed for King Mahmud, they would have showered a hundred blessings on me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's hard to argue against cynics - they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10949]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's hard to argue against cynics - they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on their side]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every perfect traveller always creates the country where he travels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every perfect traveller always creates the country where he travels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historically that (bass) number is way, way down. The same with threadfin -- their numbers are up, but it's still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Historically that (bass) number is way, way down. The same with threadfin -- their numbers are up, but it's still way, way down from historic levels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mother loves her child most divinely, not when she surrounds him with comfort and anticipates his wants, but when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43189]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mother loves her child most divinely, not when she surrounds him with comfort and anticipates his wants, but when she resolutely holds him to the highest standards and is content with nothing less than his best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One has no great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the sound. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37234]]></link><description><![CDATA[One has no great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the sound.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a huge step forward, and it's going to make it easier for all city employees because they are going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33679]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a huge step forward, and it's going to make it easier for all city employees because they are going to know what is expected.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best thing to hold onto in life is each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63576]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you laid all our laws end to end, there would be no end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24274]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you laid all our laws end to end, there would be no end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shows like 'CSI' are teaching people that without forensic evidence you can't convict anybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shows like 'CSI' are teaching people that without forensic evidence you can't convict anybody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58575]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book. [Fr., Une louange en grec est ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24009]]></link><description><![CDATA[A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book. [Fr., Une louange en grec est d'une merveilleuse efficace a la tete d'un livre.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I should like to spend the whole of my life in travelling abroad, if I could anywhere borrow another life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59577]]></link><description><![CDATA[I should like to spend the whole of my life in travelling abroad, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend afterwards at home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Excellence is in the details. Give attention to the details and excellence will come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Excellence is in the details. Give attention to the details and excellence will come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We lost some key games last year that we shouldn't have. We got off to a great start and then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34262]]></link><description><![CDATA[We lost some key games last year that we shouldn't have. We got off to a great start and then our hitting kind of fizzled out. We should be similar to last year, but with more experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mistake, error, is the discipline through which we advance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14151]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mistake, error, is the discipline through which we advance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4227]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men have ascribed to God imperfections that they would deplore in themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56894]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men have ascribed to God imperfections that they would deplore in themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The defender of his country--the founder of liberty, The friend of man,  History and tradition are explored in vain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61234]]></link><description><![CDATA[The defender of his country--the founder of liberty, The friend of man,  History and tradition are explored in vain   For a parallel to his character.    In the annals of modern greatness     He stands alone;      And the noblest names of antiquity       Lose their lustre in his presence.        Born the benefactor of mankind,         He united all the greatness necessary          To an illustrious career.           Nature made him great,            He made himself virtuous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The smile that flickers on baby's lips when he sleeps--does anybody know where it was born? Yes, there is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56691]]></link><description><![CDATA[The smile that flickers on baby's lips when he sleeps--does anybody know where it was born? Yes, there is a rumor that a young pale beam of a crescent moon touched the edge of a vanishing autumn cloud, and there the smile was first born in the dream of a dew-washed morning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's the kind of person you want in your corner when all the chips are being played, Hit me! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38109]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's the kind of person you want in your corner when all the chips are being played, Hit me!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen; Here's to the widow of fifty;  Here's to the flaunting, extravagant quean; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen; Here's to the widow of fifty;  Here's to the flaunting, extravagant quean;   And here's to the housewife that's thrifty.    (Chorus:) Let the toast pass,--     Drink to the lass,      I'll warrant she'll prove an excuse for the glass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am who I am and I say what I think. I'm not putting a face on for the record. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66383]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am who I am and I say what I think. I'm not putting a face on for the record.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22185]]></link><description><![CDATA[I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we just royally confused some winter campers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29168]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we just royally confused some winter campers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laughter is inner jogging. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laughter is inner jogging.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first question was a laundry list explanation of peoples' activities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37743]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first question was a laundry list explanation of peoples' activities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One mustn't make the Christian life into a punctilious system of law, like the Jewish, for two reasons. (1) It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8543]]></link><description><![CDATA[One mustn't make the Christian life into a punctilious system of law, like the Jewish, for two reasons. (1) It raises scruples when we don't keep the routine. (2) It raises presumption when we do. Nothing gives one a more spuriously good conscience than keeping rules, even if there has been a total absence of all real charity and faith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no shortage of stories that describe just horrendous upbringings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36945]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no shortage of stories that describe just horrendous upbringings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For my part getting up seems not so easy By half as lying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26129]]></link><description><![CDATA[For my part getting up seems not so easy By half as lying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In one compliance report you know exactly where you stand. You can see how many users and licenses you have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30191]]></link><description><![CDATA[In one compliance report you know exactly where you stand. You can see how many users and licenses you have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Folly growes without watering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Folly growes without watering.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lady with her daughters or her nieces, Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48792]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lady with her daughters or her nieces, Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The government is vacillating because it is unable to find an agreement within the coalition for partisan reasons, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35812]]></link><description><![CDATA[The government is vacillating because it is unable to find an agreement within the coalition for partisan reasons,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I got off stage and this guy walked up to me. He's like this ball of energy. His name was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37315]]></link><description><![CDATA[I got off stage and this guy walked up to me. He's like this ball of energy. His name was Lawrence Mathis, a manager. He said. 'I like what you're doing, and I'd like to talk to you. What are your plans? What are you doing?' I said, 'You caught me at a bad time, because I'm probably moving home in a couple of months.' But I met with him that next Monday and told him what was going on. He said, 'Give me a year to work with you.' I said, 'l don't have a year. I've got six months, at best.' He said, 'All right. Six months.' Five weeks later we got offered a deal from Broken Bow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The woman's vision is deep reaching, the man's far reaching. With the man the world is his heart, with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27089]]></link><description><![CDATA[The woman's vision is deep reaching, the man's far reaching. With the man the world is his heart, with the woman the heart is her world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cruelty and fear shake hands together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cruelty and fear shake hands together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[... They haled him, trembling, to the Judgement Seat.  "O Lord, behold the man who made the nails that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6883]]></link><description><![CDATA[... They haled him, trembling, to the Judgement Seat.  "O Lord, behold the man who made the nails that pierced Thy feet!"  The Master laid a thin, scarred hand upon the shame-bowed head.  "They were good nails," he said...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honesty is the best policy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48813]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honesty is the best policy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No words are necessary between two loving hearts ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62028]]></link><description><![CDATA[No words are necessary between two loving hearts]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is dangerous to confuse children with angels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5971]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is dangerous to confuse children with angels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are fears that any supply disruptions could disturb oil markets and such concerns are holding back both economic growth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38858]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are fears that any supply disruptions could disturb oil markets and such concerns are holding back both economic growth and stock prices. In the absence of any such disruptions, we expect that crude will stay in the $50-$70 range this year and will likely always be on investors' minds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38858</guid></item></channel></rss>