<?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[Michael Jackson has an insatiable appetite for money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35927]]></link><description><![CDATA[Michael Jackson has an insatiable appetite for money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, Hope! what would life be, stripped of thy encouraging smiles, that teach us to look behind the dark clouds ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19799]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, Hope! what would life be, stripped of thy encouraging smiles, that teach us to look behind the dark clouds of to-day, for the golden beams that are to gild the morrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The meaning of life is that it stops. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57092]]></link><description><![CDATA[The meaning of life is that it stops.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I guess I kinda lost control, because in the middle of the play I ran up and lit the evil ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11693]]></link><description><![CDATA[I guess I kinda lost control, because in the middle of the play I ran up and lit the evil puppet villain on fire. No, I didn't. Just kidding. I just said that to help illustrate one of the human emotions, which is freaking out. Another emotion is greed, as when you kill someone for money, or something like that. Another emotion is generosity, as when you pay someone double what he paid for his stupid puppet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20281]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sins become more subtle as you grow older: you commit sins of despair rather than lust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56408]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sins become more subtle as you grow older: you commit sins of despair rather than lust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is almost a contradiction in terms: it means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is almost a contradiction in terms: it means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The childish idea that prayer is a handle by which we can take hold of God and obtain whatever we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8062]]></link><description><![CDATA[The childish idea that prayer is a handle by which we can take hold of God and obtain whatever we desire, leads to easy disillusionment with both what we had thought to be God and what we had thought to be prayer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those guys stepped up. I feel fortunate to have them as teammates. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42260]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those guys stepped up. I feel fortunate to have them as teammates.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gowne is his that we ares it, and the world his that enjoyes it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49862]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gowne is his that we ares it, and the world his that enjoyes it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With more of thanks and less of thought, I strive to make my matters meet;  To seek what ancient ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9939]]></link><description><![CDATA[With more of thanks and less of thought, I strive to make my matters meet;  To seek what ancient sages sought,   Physic and food in sour and sweet,    To take what passes in good part,     And keep the hiccups from the heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing lowers the level on conversation more than raising the voice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27699]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing lowers the level on conversation more than raising the voice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And now, I am dying beyond my means. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24142]]></link><description><![CDATA[And now, I am dying beyond my means.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the good of being a genius if you cannot use it as an excuse for being unemployed? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21672]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is the good of being a genius if you cannot use it as an excuse for being unemployed?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52822]]></link><description><![CDATA[The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a good game and we played with a sense of urgency. Chesapeake was a little bit undermanned, so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32744]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a good game and we played with a sense of urgency. Chesapeake was a little bit undermanned, so we can't get overconfident because of this game, but we played with a lot of energy, which I appreciate as a coach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44945]]></link><description><![CDATA[One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It makes a great difference whether Davus or a hero speaks. [Lat., Intererit multum Davusne loquatur an heros.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45237]]></link><description><![CDATA[It makes a great difference whether Davus or a hero speaks. [Lat., Intererit multum Davusne loquatur an heros.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This has got a lot of history. I also got a photo of the original cast standing inside the scene. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41813]]></link><description><![CDATA[This has got a lot of history. I also got a photo of the original cast standing inside the scene. ...That fact that they visited the museum made it a steal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The proper study of mankind is books. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63747]]></link><description><![CDATA[The proper study of mankind is books.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have the highest customer satisfaction that I've seen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38963]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have the highest customer satisfaction that I've seen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brandon really pitched well all game. That first inning his defensive just didn't help him out. That was kind of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32155]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brandon really pitched well all game. That first inning his defensive just didn't help him out. That was kind of a wake up call for us. He threw strikes and kept us in the ball game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21678]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Expecting a carjacker or rapist or drug pusher to care that his possession or use of a gun is unlawful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47221]]></link><description><![CDATA[Expecting a carjacker or rapist or drug pusher to care that his possession or use of a gun is unlawful is like expecting a terrorist to care that his car bomb is taking up two parking spaces. - "Usenet posting in talk.politics.guns".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 'missing link' between ape and man will probably never be found- because it was an embryo. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56891]]></link><description><![CDATA[The 'missing link' between ape and man will probably never be found- because it was an embryo.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those things please more, which are more expensive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those things please more, which are more expensive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51175]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were very disappointed (by the loss). We've lost some wrestlers to attrition and injury, but we just didn't wrestle ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38925]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were very disappointed (by the loss). We've lost some wrestlers to attrition and injury, but we just didn't wrestle particularly well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65146]]></link><description><![CDATA[The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the achievement of the goal itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the government violates the people's rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each portion of the people, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8811]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the government violates the people's rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each portion of the people, the most sacred of the rights and the most indispensible of duties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We thought we'd try something a little bit different. But also, in deference to our fans that do drive quite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38496]]></link><description><![CDATA[We thought we'd try something a little bit different. But also, in deference to our fans that do drive quite a ways, it gives them a chance to get here and get home an hour earlier.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Universe has as many different centers as there are living beings in it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60174]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Universe has as many different centers as there are living beings in it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'd have him here for two or three weeks. He always ate better when I went out there with him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40663]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'd have him here for two or three weeks. He always ate better when I went out there with him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greatly begin! Though thou have time But for a line, be that sublime--  Not failure, but low aim is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14923]]></link><description><![CDATA[Greatly begin! Though thou have time But for a line, be that sublime--  Not failure, but low aim is crime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bells themselves are the best of preachers, Their brazen lips are learned teachers,  From their pulpits of stone, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4117]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bells themselves are the best of preachers, Their brazen lips are learned teachers,  From their pulpits of stone, in the upper air,   Sounding aloft, without crack or flaw,    Shriller than trumpets under the Law,     Now a sermon and now a prayer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evolution as such is no longer a theory for a modern author. It is as much a fact as that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57080]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evolution as such is no longer a theory for a modern author. It is as much a fact as that the earth revolves around the sun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do watch which files we send overseas. There are some [for which] you don't want to have foreign accents, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35850]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do watch which files we send overseas. There are some [for which] you don't want to have foreign accents, such as our government title.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The continued weakness in a number of components of the index suggests that it's more than just high oil prices ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40337]]></link><description><![CDATA[The continued weakness in a number of components of the index suggests that it's more than just high oil prices that are ailing the economy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Game two was) a little sloppier on both sides. The temperature goes down, kids get tired, that's high school baseball. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34548]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Game two was) a little sloppier on both sides. The temperature goes down, kids get tired, that's high school baseball.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad taste is a species of bad morals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad taste is a species of bad morals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had an outstanding first quarter with major wins for all product lines in every geography and the successful completion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37863]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had an outstanding first quarter with major wins for all product lines in every geography and the successful completion of several strategic initiatives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're all stumbling towards the light with varying degrees of grace at any given moment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18098]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're all stumbling towards the light with varying degrees of grace at any given moment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more the world is specialized the more it will be run by generalists. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47522]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more the world is specialized the more it will be run by generalists.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Demons do not exist any more than gods do, being only the products of the psychic activity of man ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Demons do not exist any more than gods do, being only the products of the psychic activity of man]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kind reader! take your choice to cry or laugh; Here Harod lies--but where's his Epitaph?  If such you seek, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kind reader! take your choice to cry or laugh; Here Harod lies--but where's his Epitaph?  If such you seek, try Westminister, and view   Ten thousand, just as fit for him as you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is all very well to talk about being the captain of your soul. It is hard, and only a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47439]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is all very well to talk about being the captain of your soul. It is hard, and only a few heroes, saints, and geniuses have been the captains of their souls for any extended period of their lives. Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort which it brings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was a pilot flying an airplane and it just so happened that where I was flying made what I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1977]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was a pilot flying an airplane and it just so happened that where I was flying made what I was doing spying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1942  I have quitted all forms of devotion and set prayers but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1942  I have quitted all forms of devotion and set prayers but those to which my state obliges me. And I make it my business only to persevere in His holy presence, wherein I keep myself by a simple attention and a general fond regard to God, which I may call an actual presence of God -- or, to speak better, an habitual, silent, and secret conversation of the soul with God, which often causes in me joys and raptures inwardly, and sometimes also outwardly, so great, that I am forced to use means to moderate them, and to prevent their appearance to others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7743</guid></item></channel></rss>