<?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 fairy stitching gleams On the sides and in the seams,  And it shows   That Pixies were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56216]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fairy stitching gleams On the sides and in the seams,  And it shows   That Pixies were the wags    Who tipped these funny tags     And these toes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Arab, by his earnest gaze, Has clothed a lovely maid with blushes;  A smile within his eyelids plays ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4369]]></link><description><![CDATA[An Arab, by his earnest gaze, Has clothed a lovely maid with blushes;  A smile within his eyelids plays   And into words his longing gushes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Americans are benevolently ignorant about Canada, while Canadians are malevolently well informed about the United States. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Americans are benevolently ignorant about Canada, while Canadians are malevolently well informed about the United States.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only test of leadership is that somebody follows. Lance Secretan, Industry Week, 10/12/98 -Robert K. Greenleaf. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24470]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only test of leadership is that somebody follows. Lance Secretan, Industry Week, 10/12/98 -Robert K. Greenleaf.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miss Piggy to Johnny Carson.. do you think I am Oscar material?Johnny Carson: Oscar Mayer maybeNBC Tonight Show writershttp://www.mad-cow.org. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20105]]></link><description><![CDATA[Miss Piggy to Johnny Carson.. do you think I am Oscar material?Johnny Carson: Oscar Mayer maybeNBC Tonight Show writershttp://www.mad-cow.org.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably tell you. Ask him, however, why, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably tell you. Ask him, however, why, and vagueness is all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without words, and never stops ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19750]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without words, and never stops at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Lord to You we give thanksthat in time Polish horses ... defeat Nazi tanks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18178]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Lord to You we give thanksthat in time Polish horses ... defeat Nazi tanks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221   The mystery revealed, in a unique degree ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8477]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221   The mystery revealed, in a unique degree and form, in Christ's life, is really a universal spiritual human law: the law of suffering and sacrifice, as the one way to joy and possession, which has existed, though veiled till now, since the foundation of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amiable weakness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Amiable weakness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25200]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the breath of life for a conversation. -James Nathan Miller.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the second half, La Conner tightened their defense. They packed defenders into the box ... the ball kept deflecting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30558]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the second half, La Conner tightened their defense. They packed defenders into the box ... the ball kept deflecting off people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listen to that song, and learn it! Half my kingdom would I give,  As I live,   If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57221]]></link><description><![CDATA[Listen to that song, and learn it! Half my kingdom would I give,  As I live,   If by such songs you would earn it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will identify most things that are truly dangerous. It will not find nail clippers or box cutters, but those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30645]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will identify most things that are truly dangerous. It will not find nail clippers or box cutters, but those are legal. The 9/11 (terrorist attack) was not about box cutters, it was about (pilot) doors people could open.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The deepest rivers flow with the least sound. [Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51067]]></link><description><![CDATA[The deepest rivers flow with the least sound. [Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we learned here is love tastes bitter when it’s gone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4281]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we learned here is love tastes bitter when it’s gone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63814]]></link><description><![CDATA[The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He looked like he was walking off the streets in Iraq, ... He had a bandanna on. He was very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30035]]></link><description><![CDATA[He looked like he was walking off the streets in Iraq, ... He had a bandanna on. He was very intense and serious. He laid out these wild posters across our conference room, covering most of the floor. It was an editor's dream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only weapon that becomes sharper with constant use is the tongue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1427]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only weapon that becomes sharper with constant use is the tongue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15883]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We played a tough team tonight. They had nine and nine on each side of the ball coming back and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40365]]></link><description><![CDATA[We played a tough team tonight. They had nine and nine on each side of the ball coming back and were ready to play. Our kids kept on fighting though.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think I was doing everything right, but sometimes even when you're doing right things it's not working. He just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36700]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think I was doing everything right, but sometimes even when you're doing right things it's not working. He just played too well when he had to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simon brings a wealth of experience and grit to our midfield. He has shown he can produce at this level ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simon brings a wealth of experience and grit to our midfield. He has shown he can produce at this level and we are looking forward to his contributions both on and off the field. This is another piece of the puzzle as we build our team for 2004.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The period which marked the enormous statistical success of the revival churches was also the period which saw membership standards ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6934]]></link><description><![CDATA[The period which marked the enormous statistical success of the revival churches was also the period which saw membership standards decline almost to the vanishing point. Today the [various denominations] don't even have enough authority to keep their members out of mob violence, let alone hold them to difficult standards of theological or ethical or moral excellence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An old Physitian, and a young Lawyer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49130]]></link><description><![CDATA[An old Physitian, and a young Lawyer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833 Rejoice in God, O ye tongues; give the glory to the Lord, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833 Rejoice in God, O ye tongues; give the glory to the Lord, and the Lamb. Nations, and languages, and every creature, in which is the breath of Life. Let man and beast appear before him, and magnify his name together. Let Noah and his company approach the throne of Grace, and do homage to the Ark of their Salvation. Let Abraham present a Ram, and worship the God of his Redemption. Let Jacob with his speckled Drove adore the good Shepherd of Israel. ... Let Daniel come forth with a Lion, and praise God with all his might, through faith in Christ Jesus. ... Let David bless with the bear --  The beginning of victory to the Lord --  to the Lord the perfection of excellence --  Hallelujah from the heart of God, and from the hand of the artist inimitable, and from the echo of the heavenly harp in sweetness magnifical and mighty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9913]]></link><description><![CDATA[In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If woolly fleeces spread the heavenly way No rain, be sure, disturbs the summer's day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8915]]></link><description><![CDATA[If woolly fleeces spread the heavenly way No rain, be sure, disturbs the summer's day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheerfulness removes the rust from the mind, lubricates our inward machinery, and enables us to do our work with fewer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5856]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cheerfulness removes the rust from the mind, lubricates our inward machinery, and enables us to do our work with fewer creaks and ;groans. If people were universally cheerful, probably there wouldn't be half the quarreling or a tenth part of the wickedness ;there is. Cheerfulness, too, promotes health and immortality. Cheerful people live longest here on earth, afterward in our hearts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65475]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What visionary tints the year puts on, When falling leaves falter through motionless air  Or numbly cling and shiver ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3563]]></link><description><![CDATA[What visionary tints the year puts on, When falling leaves falter through motionless air  Or numbly cling and shiver to be gone!   How shimmer the low flats and pastures bare,    As with her nectar Hebe Autumn fills     The bowl between me and those distant hills,      And smiles and shakes abroad her misty, tremulous hair!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether we want them or not, the New Year will bring new challenges; whether we seize them or not, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether we want them or not, the New Year will bring new challenges; whether we seize them or not, the New Year will bring new opportunities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused as children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/241]]></link><description><![CDATA[More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused as children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her hat is a creation that will never go out of style; it will just look ridiculous year after year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35136]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her hat is a creation that will never go out of style; it will just look ridiculous year after year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1899]]></link><description><![CDATA[For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To find a career to which you are adapted by nature, and then to work hard at it, is about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5250]]></link><description><![CDATA[To find a career to which you are adapted by nature, and then to work hard at it, is about as near to a formula for success and happiness as the world provides. One of the fortunate aspects of this formula is that, granted the right career has been found, the hard work takes care of itself. Then hard work is not hard work at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a fool, I know it; and yet, Heaven help me, I'm poor enough to be a wit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61813]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a fool, I know it; and yet, Heaven help me, I'm poor enough to be a wit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46995]]></link><description><![CDATA[The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This backlog affects not just the ability to identify and convict the guilty, but it also affects our ability to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31697]]></link><description><![CDATA[This backlog affects not just the ability to identify and convict the guilty, but it also affects our ability to identify the innocent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21263]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[there were other dictators on the continent whose deeds have not yet attracted filming interest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36685]]></link><description><![CDATA[there were other dictators on the continent whose deeds have not yet attracted filming interest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If things on earth may be to heaven resembled, It must be love, pure, constant, undissembled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25623]]></link><description><![CDATA[If things on earth may be to heaven resembled, It must be love, pure, constant, undissembled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We only got three dogs and two cats from Louisiana. All have been adopted. The first-hand experience we had with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33333]]></link><description><![CDATA[We only got three dogs and two cats from Louisiana. All have been adopted. The first-hand experience we had with these kitties is that they had been in cages for so long, we recommended the foster person to let them run and play. Both of the cats ran for two days straight. They were so active; they were a ball of energy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaulteth not itself, is not puffed up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaulteth not itself, is not puffed up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that that domain expertise will preclude the MCAD and [product data management] vendors form getting more involved in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40441]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that that domain expertise will preclude the MCAD and [product data management] vendors form getting more involved in this space, ... But we will need tight alliances with MCAD vendors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no shame in taking orders from those who themselves have learned to obey. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44730]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no shame in taking orders from those who themselves have learned to obey.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48097]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[and I have a hunch that [husband] Blake [Edwards] has got something up his sleeve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39320]]></link><description><![CDATA[and I have a hunch that [husband] Blake [Edwards] has got something up his sleeve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39320</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></channel></rss>