<?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 wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63783]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not, 'What a lovely sermon!' but 'I will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48059]]></link><description><![CDATA[The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not, 'What a lovely sermon!' but 'I will do something.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are a terrible lot of lies going round the world, and the worst of it is that they're true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26151]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are a terrible lot of lies going round the world, and the worst of it is that they're true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our guys decided at halftime we weren't going to let this game get away. That's what it amounted to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30663]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our guys decided at halftime we weren't going to let this game get away. That's what it amounted to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And he that stands upon a slippery place Makes nice of no vile hold to stay him up. -King John. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55793]]></link><description><![CDATA[And he that stands upon a slippery place Makes nice of no vile hold to stay him up. -King John. Act iii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is just an awesome pitcher. He can really pitch ... the velocity he has, mixing his pitches. His outside ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40565]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is just an awesome pitcher. He can really pitch ... the velocity he has, mixing his pitches. His outside pitch was really catching us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46413]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not deserve to live; before killing other good, decent fellows like himself, his gun would fall from his hands]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was the start of a new generation of country stars. (He) really changed the whole persona of country as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38523]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was the start of a new generation of country stars. (He) really changed the whole persona of country as well, into something hip.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropology is the only discipline that can access evidence about the entire human experience on this planet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2662]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anthropology is the only discipline that can access evidence about the entire human experience on this planet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will be all the disappointments that attract everyone's attention. They will get the headlines, but the underlying strength of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34711]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will be all the disappointments that attract everyone's attention. They will get the headlines, but the underlying strength of the market will continue through this quarter easily.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be kind to unkind people - they need it the most ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be kind to unkind people - they need it the most]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some excitement is warranted, but the question is, how much? Either the stock is correct in that the recovery and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34054]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some excitement is warranted, but the question is, how much? Either the stock is correct in that the recovery and earnings are going to be faster than analysts like me have predicted, or we're going to see the stock grind lower to a more sensible level in the next few months.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To understand the world one must not be worrying about one's self. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62215]]></link><description><![CDATA[To understand the world one must not be worrying about one's self.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11859]]></link><description><![CDATA[As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty billows of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/603]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty billows of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, the compass of the ocean, and the circuits of the stars, and pass themselves by.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We surrounded ourselves with some really experienced professionals who helped us along. The development team had some really great knowledge ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30680]]></link><description><![CDATA[We surrounded ourselves with some really experienced professionals who helped us along. The development team had some really great knowledge and insight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to take anything away from Martins Ferry because they did a real good job. We just didn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35470]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to take anything away from Martins Ferry because they did a real good job. We just didn't slam the door shut when we had some chances, but a coach once told me that a win's a win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O ye! who teach the ingenious youth of nations, Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain,  I pray ye flog ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58732]]></link><description><![CDATA[O ye! who teach the ingenious youth of nations, Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain,  I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,   It mends their morals, never mind the pain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark of true science. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65179]]></link><description><![CDATA[Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark of true science.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65179</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[Since twelve honest men have decided the cause, And were judges of fact, tho' not judges of laws. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since twelve honest men have decided the cause, And were judges of fact, tho' not judges of laws.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whims. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12342]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whims.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was a time early on in the days of Danni's Hard Drive that we were within the top 10 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32617]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was a time early on in the days of Danni's Hard Drive that we were within the top 10 Web sites in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or imagine they have made in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or imagine they have made in their existing journey thorough the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me an orchestra that likes its conductor and I'll show you a lousy conductor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me an orchestra that likes its conductor and I'll show you a lousy conductor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have not converted a man because you have silenced him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11630]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All science is either physics or stamp collecting. -E. Rutherford. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9396]]></link><description><![CDATA[All science is either physics or stamp collecting. -E. Rutherford.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suddenly we found the Sunnis pushed out of the Iraqi government. Because of that, we decided to go to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28537]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suddenly we found the Sunnis pushed out of the Iraqi government. Because of that, we decided to go to the new election, we voted for the Sunni list.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60994]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The now wherein God made the first man, and the now wherein the last man disappears, and the now I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8387]]></link><description><![CDATA[The now wherein God made the first man, and the now wherein the last man disappears, and the now I am speaking in, all are the same in God, where this is but the now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been promoted to middle management. I never thought I'd sink so low. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15776]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been promoted to middle management. I never thought I'd sink so low.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't win the presidency if you don't carry Florida. That gives us a leg up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28629]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't win the presidency if you don't carry Florida. That gives us a leg up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10570]]></link><description><![CDATA[The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45967]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But leave me to my beer! Gold is dross, love is loss, so if I gulp my sorrows down, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35617]]></link><description><![CDATA[But leave me to my beer! Gold is dross, love is loss, so if I gulp my sorrows down, or see them drown in foamy draughts of old nut-brown, then I do wear the crown, without the cross!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NATO has not received any formal request from the U.N. or from the African Union for anything beyond what it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37055]]></link><description><![CDATA[NATO has not received any formal request from the U.N. or from the African Union for anything beyond what it is currently doing. NATO is continuing to do what it has been doing for many months, and that is airlifting in and out African Union battalions ... as well as providing training.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In (the) tsunami-affected region, we are trying to do that, to say 'This is an opportunity to go about things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41517]]></link><description><![CDATA[In (the) tsunami-affected region, we are trying to do that, to say 'This is an opportunity to go about things the right way and take the time to do it right,']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictionsprecede great actions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22322]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictionsprecede great actions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What moves me about...what's called technique...is that it comes from some mysterious deep place. I mean it can have something ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33602]]></link><description><![CDATA[What moves me about...what's called technique...is that it comes from some mysterious deep place. I mean it can have something to do with the paper and the developer and all that stuff, but it comes mostly from some very deep choices somebody has made that take a long time and keep haunting them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course I was disappointed. My expectation was to play a more senior role, but this is politics. You don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course I was disappointed. My expectation was to play a more senior role, but this is politics. You don't always get what you want.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is not guilty who is not guilty of his own free will. [Lat., Haud est nocens, quicumque non sponte ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18476]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is not guilty who is not guilty of his own free will. [Lat., Haud est nocens, quicumque non sponte est nocens.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you were a purist about language, you might think that this was a disease that people were contracting from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42401]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you were a purist about language, you might think that this was a disease that people were contracting from contact with the show. If you are somebody who delights in that ephemeral novelty in language, then you realize that people are so impressed with what the show and that it's affected them so much, that at least mildly in their own language practices, they want to be a part of it, and I think that's interesting to see happen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've been talking about a garage sale and we talked about what we could send them, ... Then we thought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42180]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been talking about a garage sale and we talked about what we could send them, ... Then we thought why not have a garage sale and just send them the money, it would be faster and they could buy whatever they really need.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44394]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the man, who would be grateful, think of repaying a kindness, even while receiving it. [Lat., Qui gratus futurus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the man, who would be grateful, think of repaying a kindness, even while receiving it. [Lat., Qui gratus futurus est statim dum accipit de reddendo cogitet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18163</guid></item></channel></rss>