<?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[Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't stand cheap people. It makes me real mad when someone says something like, "Hey, when are you going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11708]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't stand cheap people. It makes me real mad when someone says something like, "Hey, when are you going to pay me that $100 you owe me?" or "Do you have that $50 you borrowed?" Man, quit being so cheap!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65270]]></link><description><![CDATA[While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's what it takes to be a hero, a little gem of innocence inside you that makes you want to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20945]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's what it takes to be a hero, a little gem of innocence inside you that makes you want to believe that there still exists a right and wrong, that decency will somehow triumph in the end]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust not thy feeling, for whatever it be now, it will quickly be changed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52792]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust not thy feeling, for whatever it be now, it will quickly be changed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our agency is the largest agriculture water retailer in San Diego County. We have about 23,000 or 24,000 acres of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our agency is the largest agriculture water retailer in San Diego County. We have about 23,000 or 24,000 acres of agricultural land, so while we have enough storage to serve our domestic customers for 10 days, we don't have enough storage to accommodate our agricultural customers during the shutdown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to destruction. [Lat., Eheu! quam brevibus pereunt ingentia fatis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16580]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to destruction. [Lat., Eheu! quam brevibus pereunt ingentia fatis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O fair undress, best dress! it checks no vein, But every flowing limb in pleasure drowns,  And heightens ease ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2768]]></link><description><![CDATA[O fair undress, best dress! it checks no vein, But every flowing limb in pleasure drowns,  And heightens ease with grace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The weather-cock on the church spire, though made of iron, would soon be broken by the storm-wind if it ... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/580]]></link><description><![CDATA[The weather-cock on the church spire, though made of iron, would soon be broken by the storm-wind if it ... did not understand the noble art of turning to every wind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have two bites at the local apple before you have to go to court, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41596]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have two bites at the local apple before you have to go to court,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is becoming impossible for those who mix with their fellow men to believe that the grace of God is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7472]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is becoming impossible for those who mix with their fellow men to believe that the grace of God is distributed denominationally.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He gassed up the car and everything. They are ready to go at any point, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36132]]></link><description><![CDATA[He gassed up the car and everything. They are ready to go at any point,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise. - The Summing Up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27813]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise. - The Summing Up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I remember sleeping in places that were infested with rats and waking up with one trundling over my face. Actually, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33234]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remember sleeping in places that were infested with rats and waking up with one trundling over my face. Actually, I hate rats! In my time, I've picked up all sorts of things in hotels-fleas, lice, tapeworm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Secretly, I wanted to look like Jimi Hendrix, but I could never quite pull it off. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43496]]></link><description><![CDATA[Secretly, I wanted to look like Jimi Hendrix, but I could never quite pull it off.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good scare is worth more than good advice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/798]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good scare is worth more than good advice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[During the occupation of Iraq, both US and UK used cluster bombs which killed hundreds of Iraqi civilians. The purpose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29898]]></link><description><![CDATA[During the occupation of Iraq, both US and UK used cluster bombs which killed hundreds of Iraqi civilians. The purpose of using these bombs was to test their efficiency, not to kill Saddam.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since the Bible and the church are obviously mistaken in telling us where we came from, how can we trust ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since the Bible and the church are obviously mistaken in telling us where we came from, how can we trust them to tell us where we are going?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And, because we fail ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44795]]></link><description><![CDATA[The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And, because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change until we notice how our failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've become a very sought-after partner for developing Broadway musicals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33167]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've become a very sought-after partner for developing Broadway musicals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We looked at the future map and it said agriculture. I thought the people here want to preserve farm land. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42655]]></link><description><![CDATA[We looked at the future map and it said agriculture. I thought the people here want to preserve farm land.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is somthing that can not be explained - the force that drives us to protect the ones we care ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54384]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is somthing that can not be explained - the force that drives us to protect the ones we care about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2112]]></link><description><![CDATA[A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many northerners just arriving here have not even unpacked choosing to turn around and head north by northeast back toward ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many northerners just arriving here have not even unpacked choosing to turn around and head north by northeast back toward Jacksonville, into Georgia, etc.,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. -Colette. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14792]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. -Colette.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15604]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25271]]></link><description><![CDATA[For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every intense desire is perhaps a desire to be different from what we are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every intense desire is perhaps a desire to be different from what we are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is very important that we have access to safe, legal pregnancy termination services, whether it is emergency contraceptives right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31443]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is very important that we have access to safe, legal pregnancy termination services, whether it is emergency contraceptives right after the assault or an abortion service.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He hath a tear for pity, and a hand Open as day for melting charity. -King Henry IV. Part II. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55938]]></link><description><![CDATA[He hath a tear for pity, and a hand Open as day for melting charity. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An expert gossiper knows how much to leave out of a conversation ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17910]]></link><description><![CDATA[An expert gossiper knows how much to leave out of a conversation]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have in place a process through which we are carefully reviewing a range of options to increase the value ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34165]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have in place a process through which we are carefully reviewing a range of options to increase the value of our company, including those proposed by Mr. Icahn and his group. Investors should rest assured that this evaluation is being done in a prudent and deliberate manner with an eye toward creating sustainable value for all of our shareholders and as always we will keep our shareholders informed regarding our initiatives and direction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My dad actually looked at the wrong list in the paper and we just figured I didn't get it. Then, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39953]]></link><description><![CDATA[My dad actually looked at the wrong list in the paper and we just figured I didn't get it. Then, 10 minutes later he saw the right list and came and told me. It's an honor. I felt like if I had a good season I might get it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20252]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has to be displayed, this face, on a more or less horizontal plane. Imagine a man wearing a mask, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/887]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has to be displayed, this face, on a more or less horizontal plane. Imagine a man wearing a mask, and imagine that the elastic which holds the mask on has just broken, so that the man (rather than let the mask slip off) has to tilt his head back and balance the mask on his real face. This is the kind of tyranny which Lawson's face exerts over the rest of his body as he cruises along the corridors. He doesn't look down his nose at you, he looks along his nose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a statute that says we're exempt from impact fees. Period. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33438]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a statute that says we're exempt from impact fees. Period.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are all wrapped up in yourself, you are overdressed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52094]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are all wrapped up in yourself, you are overdressed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If they haven't complied with the legislation, it's an honest mistake, and we will comply. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42113]]></link><description><![CDATA[If they haven't complied with the legislation, it's an honest mistake, and we will comply.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good rest is half the work. -Yugoslav Proverb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1037]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good rest is half the work. -Yugoslav Proverb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15054]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Queen, who sat With lips severely placid felt the knot  Climb in her throat, and with her feet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51716]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Queen, who sat With lips severely placid felt the knot  Climb in her throat, and with her feet unseen   Crushed the wild passion out against the floor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42958]]></link><description><![CDATA[Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How beautiful, if sorrow had not made Sorrow more beautiful than Beauty's self. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57257]]></link><description><![CDATA[How beautiful, if sorrow had not made Sorrow more beautiful than Beauty's self.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have received so much support since I've arrived here from the fans and the coaches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30014]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have received so much support since I've arrived here from the fans and the coaches.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paradise can be found on the back of horses, in books and between the breasts of women. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Paradise can be found on the back of horses, in books and between the breasts of women.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human mind can bear plenty of reality but not too much intermittent gloom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54628]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human mind can bear plenty of reality but not too much intermittent gloom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever in prayer can say, "Our Father," acknowledges and should feel the brotherhood of the whole race of mankind ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4933]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever in prayer can say, "Our Father," acknowledges and should feel the brotherhood of the whole race of mankind]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4933</guid></item></channel></rss>