<?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[We wanted to show how over his head he is, ... We were always terrified of that scene. The audience ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39260]]></link><description><![CDATA[We wanted to show how over his head he is, ... We were always terrified of that scene. The audience is so uncomfortable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give them all the credit. We didn't execute on offense, especially in the first half. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give them all the credit. We didn't execute on offense, especially in the first half.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A small heart hath small desires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49077]]></link><description><![CDATA[A small heart hath small desires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/858]]></link><description><![CDATA[The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And that's the world in a nutshell, which is an appropriate receptacle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14550]]></link><description><![CDATA[And that's the world in a nutshell, which is an appropriate receptacle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation. . . the other eight are unimportant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28013]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation. . . the other eight are unimportant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To stay young requires unceasing cultivation of the ability to unlearn old falsehoods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52234]]></link><description><![CDATA[To stay young requires unceasing cultivation of the ability to unlearn old falsehoods.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People that make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on the railroad tracks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23231]]></link><description><![CDATA[People that make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on the railroad tracks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, Teacher, 407  You must not lose confidence in God because you lost ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6495]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, Teacher, 407  You must not lose confidence in God because you lost confidence in your pastor. If our confidence in God had to depend upon our confidence in any human person, we would be on shifting sand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's nobody "out there." It's all in here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21959]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's nobody "out there." It's all in here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A church debt is the devil's salary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11504]]></link><description><![CDATA[A church debt is the devil's salary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63367]]></link><description><![CDATA[If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mony refused looseth its brightnesse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49633]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65789]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The imagination and the senses cannot be gratified at the same time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55133]]></link><description><![CDATA[The imagination and the senses cannot be gratified at the same time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stoop, boys. This gate Instructs you how t' adore the heavens and bows you  To a morning's holy office. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stoop, boys. This gate Instructs you how t' adore the heavens and bows you  To a morning's holy office.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Across the narrow beach we flit, One little sand-piper and I;  And fast I gather, bit by bit.  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54668]]></link><description><![CDATA[Across the narrow beach we flit, One little sand-piper and I;  And fast I gather, bit by bit.   The scattered drift-wood, bleached and dry,    The wild waves reach their hands for it.     The wild wind raves, the tide runs high,      As up and down the beach we flit,       One little sand-piper and I.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have one's individuality completely ignored is like being pushed quite out of life--like being blown out as one blows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1255]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have one's individuality completely ignored is like being pushed quite out of life--like being blown out as one blows out a light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To give up your seat in a car to a woman, and tread on your neighbor's foot to get even. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17153]]></link><description><![CDATA[To give up your seat in a car to a woman, and tread on your neighbor's foot to get even.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57611]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I guess to just keep playing music; to just keep outdoing the last record. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30693]]></link><description><![CDATA[I guess to just keep playing music; to just keep outdoing the last record.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the first time, we found fossils that allow us to connect the first phase of human evolution and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30083]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the first time, we found fossils that allow us to connect the first phase of human evolution and the second phase.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take heed of foul dirty wayes, and long sicknesse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49778]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take heed of foul dirty wayes, and long sicknesse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But it is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52168]]></link><description><![CDATA[But it is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have computers, and they may have other weapons of mass destruction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9591]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have computers, and they may have other weapons of mass destruction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2419]]></link><description><![CDATA[We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count maybe 25 or 30 little scuzzball countries like Scotland that we could vaporize in seconds if we felt like it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is part of our compliance with the Press Law, which bans all obscene publications. It is also part of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34724]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is part of our compliance with the Press Law, which bans all obscene publications. It is also part of our agreement with our owners, the U.S. Playboy magazine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an extremely difficult time for both the airline and the industry and the cuts we're proposing are painful but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38976]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an extremely difficult time for both the airline and the industry and the cuts we're proposing are painful but in our judgment they're also necessary if the airline is going to survive. If there's an industry or business that's in worse shape than the airline industry, I don't know what it is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love another person is to see the face of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2166]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love another person is to see the face of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being English, I always laugh at anything to do with the lavatory or bottoms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being English, I always laugh at anything to do with the lavatory or bottoms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love the name of honor, more than I fear death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63883]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The higher a man is in grace, the lower he will be in his own esteem.   - Charles ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20036]]></link><description><![CDATA[The higher a man is in grace, the lower he will be in his own esteem.   - Charles Hadden Spurgeon,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real reason for not committing suicide is because you always know how swell life gets again after the hell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25033]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real reason for not committing suicide is because you always know how swell life gets again after the hell is over.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Q:'You don't spoil your grandchildren do you?A:'Not this morning, I haven't seen them yet.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Q:'You don't spoil your grandchildren do you?A:'Not this morning, I haven't seen them yet.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As pure as a pearl, And as perfect: a noble and innocent girl. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5791]]></link><description><![CDATA[As pure as a pearl, And as perfect: a noble and innocent girl.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, "Here is an opportunity for me to celebrate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/87]]></link><description><![CDATA[Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, "Here is an opportunity for me to celebrate like never before, my own power, my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/87</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace,love, prosperity, happiness... all the good things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23398]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace,love, prosperity, happiness... all the good things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a better use of our resources to inform consumers what to do about fish than spending money and time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32907]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a better use of our resources to inform consumers what to do about fish than spending money and time testing more fish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And since geometry is the right foundation of all painting, I have decided to teach its rudiments and principles to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17377]]></link><description><![CDATA[And since geometry is the right foundation of all painting, I have decided to teach its rudiments and principles to all youngsters eager for art. . . .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20552]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is harder to be poor without complaining than to be rich without boasting ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9249]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is harder to be poor without complaining than to be rich without boasting]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[) Music is the balm that heals the forlorn ache of a distant star. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18902]]></link><description><![CDATA[) Music is the balm that heals the forlorn ache of a distant star.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must sometimes get away from the Authorized Version, if for no other reason, simply because it is so beautiful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8505]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must sometimes get away from the Authorized Version, if for no other reason, simply because it is so beautiful and so solemn. Beauty exalts, but beauty also lulls. Early associations endear, but they also confuse. Through that beautiful solemnity, the transporting or horrifying realities of which the Book tells may come to us blunted and disarmed, and we may only sigh with tranquil veneration when we ought to be burning with shame, or struck dumb with terror, or carried out of ourselves by ravishing hopes and adorations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, forthat determines our success or failure. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22633]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, forthat determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact maydefeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by thefact because you think you are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12203]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43927]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I'm convinced of the opposite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That took the wind out of our sail, that's for sure. You'd like it not to, but that's a pretty ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33523]]></link><description><![CDATA[That took the wind out of our sail, that's for sure. You'd like it not to, but that's a pretty big hit by that kid. He did a good job. I think he was on base all day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42842]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42842</guid></item></channel></rss>