<?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[If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5577]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Code of Honor: Never approach a friend's girlfriend or wife withmischief as your goal. There are just too many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1348]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Code of Honor: Never approach a friend's girlfriend or wife withmischief as your goal. There are just too many women in the world tojustify that sort of dishonorable behavior. Unless she's reallyattractive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56813]]></link><description><![CDATA[...each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099  It is a poor thing to strike our colours to God when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099  It is a poor thing to strike our colours to God when the ship is going down under us; a poor thing to come to Him as a last resort, to offer up "our own" when it is no longer worth keeping. If God were proud, He would hardly have us on such terms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63740]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One approaches the journey's end. But the end is a goal, not a catastrophe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23380]]></link><description><![CDATA[One approaches the journey's end. But the end is a goal, not a catastrophe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25933]]></link><description><![CDATA[As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And grant that when I face the grisly Thing, My song may trumptet down the gray Perhaps  Let me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57222]]></link><description><![CDATA[And grant that when I face the grisly Thing, My song may trumptet down the gray Perhaps  Let me be as a tune-swept fiddlestring   That feels the Master Melody--and snaps.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are going to be most creative and productive when they're doing something they're really interested in. So having fun ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13949]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are going to be most creative and productive when they're doing something they're really interested in. So having fun isn't an outrageous idea at all. It's a very sensible one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's very serious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40128]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's very serious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22159]]></link><description><![CDATA[Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every vice has its excuse ready. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60543]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every vice has its excuse ready.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our spirit is . . . to show ourselves eager to work for, and if need be, to die for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45799]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our spirit is . . . to show ourselves eager to work for, and if need be, to die for the Irish Republic. Facing our enemy we must declare an attitude simply. . . . We ask for no mercy and we will make no compromise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The daughter of debate That still discord doth sow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3047]]></link><description><![CDATA[The daughter of debate That still discord doth sow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_, a part limited in time and space. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65426]]></link><description><![CDATA[A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gently running made sweet music with the enameled stones and seemed to give a gentle kiss to every sedge he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gently running made sweet music with the enameled stones and seemed to give a gentle kiss to every sedge he overtook in his watery pilgrimage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The American lives even more for his goals, for the future, than the European. Life for him is always becoming, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17625]]></link><description><![CDATA[The American lives even more for his goals, for the future, than the European. Life for him is always becoming, never being.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The average family exists only on paper and its average budget is a fiction, invented by statisticians for the convenience ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4970]]></link><description><![CDATA[The average family exists only on paper and its average budget is a fiction, invented by statisticians for the convenience of statisticians.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're a controversial band, so big that everyone wants to hate us. We get a lot of bad press. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32555]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're a controversial band, so big that everyone wants to hate us. We get a lot of bad press. I don't listen to it. We take it with a grain of salt and keep moving on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roche is one of the most outstanding companies in the pharmaceutical industry in our view. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Roche is one of the most outstanding companies in the pharmaceutical industry in our view.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I will trace the footsteps of the chief events. [Lat., Sed summa sequar fastigia rerum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16417]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I will trace the footsteps of the chief events. [Lat., Sed summa sequar fastigia rerum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was better than the last one. He spotted the ball exceptionally well and kept the ball down, throwing all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30460]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was better than the last one. He spotted the ball exceptionally well and kept the ball down, throwing all of his pitches.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Gay panic' is insidious. It is corrupt because it appeals to a public that is used to discarding and disregarding ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53996]]></link><description><![CDATA['Gay panic' is insidious. It is corrupt because it appeals to a public that is used to discarding and disregarding gay lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11069]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/174]]></link><description><![CDATA[The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The renewal of our natures is a work of great importance. It is not to be done in a day. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6523]]></link><description><![CDATA[The renewal of our natures is a work of great importance. It is not to be done in a day. We have not only a new house to build up, but an old one to pull down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first king was a successful soldier; He who serves well his country has no need of ancestors.  [Fr., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54527]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first king was a successful soldier; He who serves well his country has no need of ancestors.  [Fr., Le premier qui fut roi, fut un soldat heureux;   Qui sert bien son pays, n'a pas besoin d'aleux.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's hard being a leader for so long, being a focal point for so long, and then it kind of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40545]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's hard being a leader for so long, being a focal point for so long, and then it kind of abruptly stops. It's nice to be back in the mix. It's also nice not to have 'THE PLAYER' pressure on me anymore. It's on other guys this year. It's going to give me an opportunity to go ahead and play and let the other people have that type of attention.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some day, on the corporate balance sheet, there will be an entry which reads, "Information"; for in most cases, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18734]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some day, on the corporate balance sheet, there will be an entry which reads, "Information"; for in most cases, the information is more valuable than the hardware which processes it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I must respect the opinions of others even if I disagree with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/824]]></link><description><![CDATA[I must respect the opinions of others even if I disagree with them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Content is more than a kingdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50974]]></link><description><![CDATA[Content is more than a kingdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Question your grace the late ambassadors, With what great state he heard their embassy,  How well supplied with noble ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12449]]></link><description><![CDATA[Question your grace the late ambassadors, With what great state he heard their embassy,  How well supplied with noble counsellors,   How modest in exception, and withal    How terrible in constant resolution,     And you shall find his vanities forespent      Were but the outside of the Roman Brutus,       Covering discretion with a coat of folly;        As gardeners do with ordure hide those roots         That shall first spring and be most delicate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're not playing with intensity all the time. We can't just have two innings and then lie down; our little ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35401]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're not playing with intensity all the time. We can't just have two innings and then lie down; our little mental errors make the games look bad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just because a dress is red satin doesn't mean it will come off easily. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just because a dress is red satin doesn't mean it will come off easily.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of people think that the new economy is all about the internet. I think that it's being fueled ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8878]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of people think that the new economy is all about the internet. I think that it's being fueled by the internet - as well as by cell phones, digital assistants, and the like - but that it's really about customers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's three inches thick, so it's going to keep all the heat inside your water heater that otherwise would be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31355]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's three inches thick, so it's going to keep all the heat inside your water heater that otherwise would be radiating out into your room.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cares deny all rest to weary limbs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51786]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cares deny all rest to weary limbs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never trust anyone who wants what you've got. Friend or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never trust anyone who wants what you've got. Friend or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I didn't know much about directing a movie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37334]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I didn't know much about directing a movie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Economy is a way of spending money without getting any pleasure out of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Economy is a way of spending money without getting any pleasure out of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will, like them, only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will, like them, only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful will easily break through them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man lies, he murders some part of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21555]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man lies, he murders some part of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am the last man in the world to say that the succor which is given us from America is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62234]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am the last man in the world to say that the succor which is given us from America is not in itself something to rejoice at greatly. But I also say that I can see more in the knowledge that America is going to win a right to be at the conference table when the terms of peace are discussed. . . . It would have been a tragedy for mankind if America had not been there, and there with all her influence and power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And, weaponless himself, Made arms ridiculous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57942]]></link><description><![CDATA[And, weaponless himself, Made arms ridiculous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ever since I was four years old, I loved making people smile, making them think, making them feel good, feel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ever since I was four years old, I loved making people smile, making them think, making them feel good, feel some kind of emotion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that Spanish people are showing again their strength, their solidarity, and the common effort in order to overcome ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39085]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that Spanish people are showing again their strength, their solidarity, and the common effort in order to overcome the atrocities of pain and terrorism,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I sometimes ask myself how it came about that I was the one to develop the theory of relativity. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/653]]></link><description><![CDATA[I sometimes ask myself how it came about that I was the one to develop the theory of relativity. The reason, I think, is that a normal adult never stops to think about problems of space and time. These are things which he has thought about as a child.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modesty is that feeling by which honorable shame acquires a valuable and lasting authority. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modesty is that feeling by which honorable shame acquires a valuable and lasting authority.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea makes you laugh, and you're instantly sympathetic. We've all lived through that moment where we had sex for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39262]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea makes you laugh, and you're instantly sympathetic. We've all lived through that moment where we had sex for the first time. You're terrified, so the idea of a guy so scared he let it get past him is relatable to us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being Lutheran, Mother believed that self-pity is a deadly sin and so is nostalgia, and she had no time for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being Lutheran, Mother believed that self-pity is a deadly sin and so is nostalgia, and she had no time for either]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46616</guid></item></channel></rss>