<?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 limits of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have words for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60901]]></link><description><![CDATA[The limits of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have words for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Omnipotence is not knowing how everything is done; it's just doing it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63477]]></link><description><![CDATA[Omnipotence is not knowing how everything is done; it's just doing it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1214]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We change, whether we like it or not ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5489]]></link><description><![CDATA[We change, whether we like it or not]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How lovely are the portals of the night, When stars come out to watch the daylight die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59918]]></link><description><![CDATA[How lovely are the portals of the night, When stars come out to watch the daylight die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had this dream with CBS about promoting this type of music to people who did not know about it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35223]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had this dream with CBS about promoting this type of music to people who did not know about it and we thought the best way to do that was in English,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I destroy things every day in the act of working and often recall a picture I had considered finished in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35091]]></link><description><![CDATA[I destroy things every day in the act of working and often recall a picture I had considered finished in order to rework it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can fool too many of the people too much of the time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59179]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All this I see; and I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man. But art not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15348]]></link><description><![CDATA[All this I see; and I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man. But art not thou thyself giddy with the fashion too, that thou hast shifted out of thy tale into telling me of the fashion?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be afraid to take a big step when one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be afraid to take a big step when one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small steps.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How blest is he who crowns in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23936]]></link><description><![CDATA[How blest is he who crowns in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Preconcieved notions are the locks on the door to wisdom. -Merry Browne. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Preconcieved notions are the locks on the door to wisdom. -Merry Browne.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no respect for others without humility in one's self. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66569]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These are the days when it takes all you've got just to keep up with the losers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9228]]></link><description><![CDATA[These are the days when it takes all you've got just to keep up with the losers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you write, one of the questions you're always trying to answer is, Where do you get your ideas? And, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64956]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you write, one of the questions you're always trying to answer is, Where do you get your ideas? And, if you write, you know how pointless a question this is and how difficult it is to answer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woo the fair one when around Early birds are singing;  When o'er all the fragrant ground   Early ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61998]]></link><description><![CDATA[Woo the fair one when around Early birds are singing;  When o'er all the fragrant ground   Early herbs are springing:    When the brookside, bank, and grove     All with blossom laden,      Shine with beauty, breathe of love,       Woo the timid maiden.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heritage of the state is very agricultural. Re-energizing agriculture is the key to Indiana's economy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33366]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heritage of the state is very agricultural. Re-energizing agriculture is the key to Indiana's economy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24547]]></link><description><![CDATA[By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But beyond the bright searchlights of science, Out of sight of the windows of sense,  Old riddles still bid ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54837]]></link><description><![CDATA[But beyond the bright searchlights of science, Out of sight of the windows of sense,  Old riddles still bid us defiance,   Old questions of Why and of Whence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...no civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47105]]></link><description><![CDATA[...no civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics isn't about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics isn't about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us have faith that Right makes Might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us have faith that Right makes Might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As long as ugly people are not on TV, you should only ever have interesting people on TV. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41407]]></link><description><![CDATA[As long as ugly people are not on TV, you should only ever have interesting people on TV.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A word of optimism and hope. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A word of optimism and hope. And you can do it when things are tough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66324]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lintel low enough to keep out pomp and pride; The threshold high enough to turn deceit aside;  The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19869]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lintel low enough to keep out pomp and pride; The threshold high enough to turn deceit aside;  The doorband strong enough from robbers to defend;   This door will open at a touch to welcome every friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It reflects the very nature that we're changing directions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34895]]></link><description><![CDATA[It reflects the very nature that we're changing directions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a mistress, and then it becomes a master, and then a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster, and fling him out to the public.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we found out that they were going to close, we had to go out and find another supplier. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38693]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we found out that they were going to close, we had to go out and find another supplier. It is possible that we could purchase some things from them on a spot basis. But that wouldn't be much compared to the way things were.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History belongs to the winner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19351]]></link><description><![CDATA[History belongs to the winner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51601]]></link><description><![CDATA[He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people drop out along the way and you need others to stay for a support group, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people drop out along the way and you need others to stay for a support group,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wonder [said Socrates] is very much the affection of a philosopher; for there is no other beginning of philosophy than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wonder [said Socrates] is very much the affection of a philosopher; for there is no other beginning of philosophy than this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's wounded no matter what. Just the fact that he had to campaign, and call on the people he's supposed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42138]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's wounded no matter what. Just the fact that he had to campaign, and call on the people he's supposed to be leading to bail him out, You never want to call him dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've been pushing instant messaging because it allows instant communication between people who are not necessarily available by other means, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39034]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been pushing instant messaging because it allows instant communication between people who are not necessarily available by other means,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that lives upon hope will die fasting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20171]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that lives upon hope will die fasting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A stoic of the woods,--a man without a tear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58789]]></link><description><![CDATA[A stoic of the woods,--a man without a tear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love flying. I've been to almost as many places as my luggage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65833]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love flying. I've been to almost as many places as my luggage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you\'ll make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66890]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you\'ll make the news or something. But if you want music to be your livelihood, then play, play, play and play! And eventually you\'ll get to where you want to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the same time, they broke into our pastures and turned loose 35 or 40 head of horses. We got ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38668]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the same time, they broke into our pastures and turned loose 35 or 40 head of horses. We got them all back in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. -Samuel Ullman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430  I endeavor to keep all Shibboleths, and forms and terms of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430  I endeavor to keep all Shibboleths, and forms and terms of distinction out of sight, as we keep knives and razors out of the way of children; and if my hearers had not some other means of information, I think they would not know from me that there are such creatures as Arminians and Calvinists in the world. But we [would] talk a good deal about Christ.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am bourgeois to the core and parochial beyond belief, and yet I am drawn to art and scholarship as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58708]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am bourgeois to the core and parochial beyond belief, and yet I am drawn to art and scholarship as my anti-type, my shadow, the voice of distinction I never possessed. I don't think of myself as a teacher so much as an impersonator of profundities, inhabiting the wisdom of texts with the naked confidence that the value of the genius I espouse transcends the particular fraud that I am the one espousing it. And it doesn't even matter to me that no one seems to be listening; those who listen that I don't know about are enough to keep me going--soaring on the wings of borrowed metaphors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For me being depressed means you can spend all day in bed, and still not get a good night’s rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11927]]></link><description><![CDATA[For me being depressed means you can spend all day in bed, and still not get a good night’s rest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Anderson understands that Evelyn runs the risk of seeming a little too saintly.] That's why the character of Tuff is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37205]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Anderson understands that Evelyn runs the risk of seeming a little too saintly.] That's why the character of Tuff is such a great sounding board, because she's the one who says, `How can you bear it?' ... And Evelyn Ryan, being who she was, could find satisfaction in any situation that she was living in. She found the magic, and the profundity, in the act of raising children. And, oh man, I couldn't do that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't understand people who don't like good production. It drives me crazy. We hear all the time from people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32467]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't understand people who don't like good production. It drives me crazy. We hear all the time from people who prefer the way our first records sounded, but if we had more money and time back then, we would have made them sound better. I always want our albums to sound more polished, as they say. Polished is the point for what we do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32467</guid></item></channel></rss>