<?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[I'm not a huge risk taker... I'm not going to jump out of an airplane and parachute and things like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37948]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not a huge risk taker... I'm not going to jump out of an airplane and parachute and things like that. That's not really me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a caldron, and at some point it's just going to boil over. We're at the edge, and this administration ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31860]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a caldron, and at some point it's just going to boil over. We're at the edge, and this administration and this Legislature need to do something before we lose (control of) a prison.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roosevelt plays an up-tempo -- I call it helter-skelter -- kind of game, and they try to pull you into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Roosevelt plays an up-tempo -- I call it helter-skelter -- kind of game, and they try to pull you into it. If they get you into it, you're in trouble. They play a bumping and pushing style, and if it's not called, your kids try to do it, too. It worked (for them) tonight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54175]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The safest words are always those which bring us most directly to facts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62017]]></link><description><![CDATA[The safest words are always those which bring us most directly to facts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Editor: A person employed on a newspaper whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Editor: A person employed on a newspaper whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are ill make haste to forgive your enemies, for you may recover. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13872]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are ill make haste to forgive your enemies, for you may recover.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/678]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too great refinement is false delicacy, and true delicacy is solid refinement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9155]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too great refinement is false delicacy, and true delicacy is solid refinement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61039]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Set all at sixe and seven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50151]]></link><description><![CDATA[Set all at sixe and seven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You do not play then at whist, sir? Alas, what a sad old age you are preparing for yourself! [Fr., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5244]]></link><description><![CDATA[You do not play then at whist, sir? Alas, what a sad old age you are preparing for yourself! [Fr., Vous ne jouez donc pas le whist, monsieur? Helas! quelle triste vieilesse vous vous preparez!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mmmmmmmmmm....You can almost smell the burning pork...Hey you ever thrown rocks at cops? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mmmmmmmmmm....You can almost smell the burning pork...Hey you ever thrown rocks at cops?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you look closely people are so strange & so complicated that they're actually beautiful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3818]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you look closely people are so strange & so complicated that they're actually beautiful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So fades a summer cloud away; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er;  So gently shuts the eye ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11175]]></link><description><![CDATA[So fades a summer cloud away; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er;  So gently shuts the eye of day;   So dies a wave along the shore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is hard to tell if a man is telling the truth when you know you would lie if you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26156]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is hard to tell if a man is telling the truth when you know you would lie if you were in his place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have no idea how to classify ourselves. We pull from everything -- rock, hardcore, punk, indie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40113]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have no idea how to classify ourselves. We pull from everything -- rock, hardcore, punk, indie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that's secure is not safe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54641]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that's secure is not safe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give me, kind Heaven, a private station, A mind serene for contemplation:  Title and profit I resign;   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give me, kind Heaven, a private station, A mind serene for contemplation:  Title and profit I resign;   The post of honor shall be mine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Promise yourself to live your life as a revolution and not just a process of evolution. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14339]]></link><description><![CDATA[Promise yourself to live your life as a revolution and not just a process of evolution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine . . . . War is hell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19147]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine . . . . War is hell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am moved by the light. [Lat., A lumine motus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58318]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am moved by the light. [Lat., A lumine motus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man acquires property without acquiring with it a little arithmetic also. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48430]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man acquires property without acquiring with it a little arithmetic also.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The devil personifies not the nature that is around us but the nature that is within us- the infinitely ferocious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53654]]></link><description><![CDATA[The devil personifies not the nature that is around us but the nature that is within us- the infinitely ferocious and cunning prehuman creature that is still within us, sealed in the subconscious cellars of the psyche.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I stew all night in my own grease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52559]]></link><description><![CDATA[I stew all night in my own grease.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a tiny, neurotic man, standing in the back of the room throwing tomatoes at the chalk board. And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59001]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a tiny, neurotic man, standing in the back of the room throwing tomatoes at the chalk board. And that's really it. And what we do is we come in in the morning and we go, "Did you see that thing last night? Aahh!" And then we spend the next 8 or 9 hours trying to take this and make it into something funny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can take away a man's gods, but only to give himothers in return. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27437]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can take away a man's gods, but only to give himothers in return.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is a fool who lets slip a bird in the hand for a bird in the bush. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4243]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is a fool who lets slip a bird in the hand for a bird in the bush.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53182]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking, and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63918]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15611]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character...Would you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11149]]></link><description><![CDATA[If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character...Would you slow down? Or speed up?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fires the proud tops of the eastern pines. -King Richard II. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fires the proud tops of the eastern pines. -King Richard II. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If your every human plan and calculation has miscarried, if, one by one, human props have been knocked out, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7982]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your every human plan and calculation has miscarried, if, one by one, human props have been knocked out, and doors have shut in your face, take heart. God is trying to get a message through to you, and the message is: "Stop depending on inadequate human resources. Let me handle the matter.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63594]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many other schools have strong programs, too, but Rick Pillsbury's Casa Grande teams are exceptional. You can tell by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37996]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many other schools have strong programs, too, but Rick Pillsbury's Casa Grande teams are exceptional. You can tell by the way his students present themselves: They all dress properly, act appropriately and have resumes and other materials neatly typed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm in charge of the EOC ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31559]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm in charge of the EOC]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men heap together the mistakes of their lives, and create a monster they call Destiny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12100]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men heap together the mistakes of their lives, and create a monster they call Destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[See what a rent the envious Casca made. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10794]]></link><description><![CDATA[See what a rent the envious Casca made.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good memory is one that can remember the day's blessings and forget the day's troubles ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4306]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good memory is one that can remember the day's blessings and forget the day's troubles]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a good tax. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58697]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a good tax.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, ''Blessed are they that mourn.'' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58189]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, ''Blessed are they that mourn.'']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never did a day's work in my life, it was all fun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56533]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never did a day's work in my life, it was all fun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Princes are like to heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil times; and which have much veneratoin, but no rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54441]]></link><description><![CDATA[Princes are like to heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil times; and which have much veneratoin, but no rest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For, bless the gude mon, gin he had his ain way, He's na let a cat on the Sabbath say ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54593]]></link><description><![CDATA[For, bless the gude mon, gin he had his ain way, He's na let a cat on the Sabbath say "mew;"  Nae birdie maun whistle, nae lambie maun play,   An' Phoebus himsel' could na travel that day,    As he'd find a new Joshua in Andie Agnew.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All who (like him) have writ ill plays before, For they, like thieves, condemned, are hangman made,  To execute ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10747]]></link><description><![CDATA[All who (like him) have writ ill plays before, For they, like thieves, condemned, are hangman made,  To execute the members of their trade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commitment means that it is possible for a man to yield the nerve center of his consent to a purpose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commitment means that it is possible for a man to yield the nerve center of his consent to a purpose or cause, a movement or an ideal, which may be more important to him than whether he lives or dies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9011</guid></item></channel></rss>