<?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[Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree;  Th' expectant wee-things, toddling, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19608]]></link><description><![CDATA[At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree;  Th' expectant wee-things, toddling, stacher thro'   To meet their Dad, wi' flichterin noise an' glee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't swim. I can't drive, either. I was going to learn to drive but then I thought, well, what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13021]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't swim. I can't drive, either. I was going to learn to drive but then I thought, well, what if I crash into a lake?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The university is very concerned by this disturbance and any injury to students, ... We will reevaluate the security procedures ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42399]]></link><description><![CDATA[The university is very concerned by this disturbance and any injury to students, ... We will reevaluate the security procedures for this type of event and make every effort to assure that it will not happen again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had a good start, ... Everything was, 'Yes, ma'am.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40824]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had a good start, ... Everything was, 'Yes, ma'am.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think all good writing is a struggle. To write as well as you feel you can has to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37225]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think all good writing is a struggle. To write as well as you feel you can has to be a struggle, almost by definition, because you could always improve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though they rushed back and forth across the country on the slightest pretext, gathering kicks along the way, the real ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though they rushed back and forth across the country on the slightest pretext, gathering kicks along the way, the real journey was inward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing eases my suffering... writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing eases my suffering... writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Americans are the only people in the world known to me whose status anxiety prompts them to advertise their college ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/326]]></link><description><![CDATA[Americans are the only people in the world known to me whose status anxiety prompts them to advertise their college and university affiliations in the rear window of their automobiles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The simplicity of the interaction is one of the most critical things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32067]]></link><description><![CDATA[The simplicity of the interaction is one of the most critical things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A liar should have a good memory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26144]]></link><description><![CDATA[A liar should have a good memory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Abrams described a historically significant episode that revealed how the medical establishment -not just the government- has upheld prohibition.] In ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33822]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Abrams described a historically significant episode that revealed how the medical establishment -not just the government- has upheld prohibition.] In 1997 after the law was changed in California, Jerome Kassirer, who was Editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, wrote an editorial on medical marijuana called 'federal foolishness,' saying 'We know this drug works, everybody has their anecdotal experience of people who have benefited from it, get over it, reschedule it, make it schedule 2.' Unfortunately, ... he very shortly thereafter became no longer the editor in chief of the New England Journal of Medicine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is state-of-the-art for right now, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29224]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is state-of-the-art for right now,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The finest eloquence is that which gets things done: the worst is that which delays them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62128]]></link><description><![CDATA[The finest eloquence is that which gets things done: the worst is that which delays them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as he pleased and displeased them. . . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51277]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as he pleased and displeased them. . . . I am no true man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there was one thing all the losses in her life had taught her it was that life was short, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66100]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there was one thing all the losses in her life had taught her it was that life was short, fleeting, and way too precious to waste waiting around for happiness to hit you over the head and make itself known. Happiness wasn't something you found, happiness was something you made - by living in the moment, by cherishing the people in your life right now, by finding the courage to change those things you didn't like]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Killing the West Side stadium gave Shelly Silver a new image as a populist defender of his constituency. Bruno is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35638]]></link><description><![CDATA[Killing the West Side stadium gave Shelly Silver a new image as a populist defender of his constituency. Bruno is a winner because he is as strong - if not stronger - than Gov. Pataki with Republicans, because he is going to be around in New York while Pataki is a lame duck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences after all but they were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences after all but they were the consequences to things you didn't even know you'd done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It looks like it's coming straight for us in Dominica, ... We're going to start preparing the hotel tomorrow by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33164]]></link><description><![CDATA[It looks like it's coming straight for us in Dominica, ... We're going to start preparing the hotel tomorrow by boarding up the windows and collecting food and water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are rednecks in our society and they can take law into their own hands, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29077]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are rednecks in our society and they can take law into their own hands,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Give him a religion, and he'll starve to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Give him a religion, and he'll starve to death while praying for a fish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are some who bear a grudge even to those that do them good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18420]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are some who bear a grudge even to those that do them good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I discovered a rare man. In days of confused identities, this man knew who he was. Nothing could deter or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37923]]></link><description><![CDATA[I discovered a rare man. In days of confused identities, this man knew who he was. Nothing could deter or confuse him. ... This man lived his whole life fighting for freedom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Example is the best precept. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Example is the best precept.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is foolish to pluck out one's hair for sorrow, as if grief could be assuaged by baldness. [Lat., Stultum ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18579]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is foolish to pluck out one's hair for sorrow, as if grief could be assuaged by baldness. [Lat., Stultum est in luctu capillum sibi evellere, quasi calvito maeror levaretur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The demand is going to come later and be stretched over an extended period of time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38962]]></link><description><![CDATA[The demand is going to come later and be stretched over an extended period of time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It depends on what these organizations tell us they need. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29038]]></link><description><![CDATA[It depends on what these organizations tell us they need.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In science, "fact" can only mean "confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent." ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9337]]></link><description><![CDATA[In science, "fact" can only mean "confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent." I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn! Look to this Day! For it is Life,  The very Life of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn! Look to this Day! For it is Life,  The very Life of Life.   In its brief course lie all the Varieties    And Realities of your Existence;     The Bliss of Growth,      The Glory of Action,       The Splendor of Beauty;        For Yesterday is but a Dream,         And Tomorrow is only a Vision;          But Today well lived           Makes every Yesterday a Dream of Happiness,            And every Tomorrow a Vision of Hope.             Look well therefore to this Day!              Such is the Salutation of Dawn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fool beckons fool, and dunce awakens dunce. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fool beckons fool, and dunce awakens dunce.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most kids, once they see it once are hooked. It's a physical sport, a lot of football players are interested ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most kids, once they see it once are hooked. It's a physical sport, a lot of football players are interested in it, and every year we seem to get double the amount of kids involved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is sad not to love, but it is much sadder not to be able to love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65314]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is sad not to love, but it is much sadder not to be able to love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel like I'm giving a little something back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31422]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel like I'm giving a little something back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it where the flow'r of the orange blows, And the fireflies dance thro' the myrtle boughs? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16029]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is it where the flow'r of the orange blows, And the fireflies dance thro' the myrtle boughs?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63963]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gentle words, quiet words, are after all the most powerful words. They are more convincing, more compelling, more prevailing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gentle words, quiet words, are after all the most powerful words. They are more convincing, more compelling, more prevailing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we leave people on their own, we are delivering them into the hands of a ruthless taskmaster from whose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52329]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we leave people on their own, we are delivering them into the hands of a ruthless taskmaster from whose bondage there is no escape. The individual who has to justify his existence by his own efforts is in eternal bondage to himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[develop internal resources and transform them into internal investments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29696]]></link><description><![CDATA[develop internal resources and transform them into internal investments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not all that tempts your wandering eyes And heedless hearts is lawful prize,  Not all that glisters gold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not all that tempts your wandering eyes And heedless hearts is lawful prize,  Not all that glisters gold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll potch at him some way; Or wrath or craft may get him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51236]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll potch at him some way; Or wrath or craft may get him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2657]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51165]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people can't think, most of the remainder won't think, the small fraction who do think mostly can't do it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people can't think, most of the remainder won't think, the small fraction who do think mostly can't do it very well. The extremely tiny fraction who think regularly, accurately, creatively, and without self-delusion- in the long run, these are the only people who count.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The price of wisdom is eternal thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1004]]></link><description><![CDATA[The price of wisdom is eternal thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's only so much we can do. We can send letters to these people and we can make them pick ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40679]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's only so much we can do. We can send letters to these people and we can make them pick the stuff up, but if you have a neighborhood association ... that goes much farther than what we can do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In quarrelling the truth is always lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52681]]></link><description><![CDATA[In quarrelling the truth is always lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's true; this stuff can't be made up, folks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40291]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's true; this stuff can't be made up, folks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It so falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth  Whiles we enjoy it; but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51433]]></link><description><![CDATA[It so falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth  Whiles we enjoy it; but being lacked and lost,   Why, then we rack the value.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not God's way that great blessings should descend without the sacrifice first of great sufferings. If the truth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7184]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not God's way that great blessings should descend without the sacrifice first of great sufferings. If the truth is to be spread to any wide extent among the people, how can we dream, how can we hope, that trial and trouble shall not accompany its going forth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are glad to have a football game. Anytime you open a season up, a lot of things can happen. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40368]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are glad to have a football game. Anytime you open a season up, a lot of things can happen. I don't think it matters who you play, in this situation, I think it's a great opportunity for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40368</guid></item></channel></rss>