<?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[Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3571]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65093]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for forgiveness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21002]]></link><description><![CDATA[The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My dear Sir, take any road, you can't go amiss. The whole state is one vast insane asylum. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21023]]></link><description><![CDATA[My dear Sir, take any road, you can't go amiss. The whole state is one vast insane asylum.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here at lastWe shall be free;the Almighty hath not builtHere for his envy, will not drive us hence:Here we may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here at lastWe shall be free;the Almighty hath not builtHere for his envy, will not drive us hence:Here we may reign secure, and in my choiceTo reign is worth ambition though in Hell:Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven. - Paradise Lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Summer makes me drowsy. Autumn makes me sing. Winter's pretty lousy, but I hate Spring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43947]]></link><description><![CDATA[Summer makes me drowsy. Autumn makes me sing. Winter's pretty lousy, but I hate Spring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Innovation is not the product of logical thought, although the result is tied to logical structure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Innovation is not the product of logical thought, although the result is tied to logical structure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have seen that Man moves over with each new generation into a bigger body, more awful, more reverent and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48369]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have seen that Man moves over with each new generation into a bigger body, more awful, more reverent and more free than he has had before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cell phone has transformed public places into giant phone-a-thons in which callers exist within narcissistic cocoons of private conversations. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9382]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cell phone has transformed public places into giant phone-a-thons in which callers exist within narcissistic cocoons of private conversations. Like faxes, computer modems and other modern gadgets that have clogged out lives with phony urgency, cell phones represent the 20th Century's escalation of imaginary need. We didn't need cell phones until we had them. Clearly, cell phones cause not only a breakdown of courtesy, but the atrophy of basic skills.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charity sees the need not the cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Charity sees the need not the cause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They had kicked the door in. Evidently they had set the pulpit on fire and went out the front door. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38914]]></link><description><![CDATA[They had kicked the door in. Evidently they had set the pulpit on fire and went out the front door.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gray skies are just clouds passing over. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1053]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gray skies are just clouds passing over.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One guy used up 572 hours in September, ... If you bring a bunch of 500-pound guys into an all-you-can-eat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31389]]></link><description><![CDATA[One guy used up 572 hours in September, ... If you bring a bunch of 500-pound guys into an all-you-can-eat buffet and they devour everything, there's a point at which the management has to come over and say, 'Enough's enough!']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good model can advance fashion by ten years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15355]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good model can advance fashion by ten years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30585]]></link><description><![CDATA[When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(We) just had to come together as a team and focus to pick up the intensity, on defense especially. You ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41037]]></link><description><![CDATA[(We) just had to come together as a team and focus to pick up the intensity, on defense especially. You know, we created some turnovers. We changed the tempo of the game in the second half.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It defies understanding to say that if we're building only three or four new schools, we may not need buses. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38474]]></link><description><![CDATA[It defies understanding to say that if we're building only three or four new schools, we may not need buses. That's simply not realistic. Until that kind of projection is made, a table of this sort is not complete.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16054]]></link><description><![CDATA[And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then let him know that hatred without end Or intermission is between us two. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then let him know that hatred without end Or intermission is between us two.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is true of every member of the society, individually, is true of them all collectively; since the rights of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54261]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is true of every member of the society, individually, is true of them all collectively; since the rights of the whole can be no more than the sum of the rights of the individuals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46901]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People compose for many reasons: to become immortal; because the pianoforte happens to be open; because they want to become ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9271]]></link><description><![CDATA[People compose for many reasons: to become immortal; because the pianoforte happens to be open; because they want to become a millionaire; because of the praise of friends; because they have looked into a pair of beautiful eyes; for no reason whatsoever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We liberated a small part of our motherland and we will not give up our weapons before the end of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28620]]></link><description><![CDATA[We liberated a small part of our motherland and we will not give up our weapons before the end of occupation in all the Palestinian territories.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps Providence by some happy change will restore those things to their proper places. [Lat., Deus haec fortasse benigna  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51926]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps Providence by some happy change will restore those things to their proper places. [Lat., Deus haec fortasse benigna  Reducet in sedem vice.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although it is unlikely that the Iranian nuclear dispute will lead to a curtailment of oil shipments, there is clearly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although it is unlikely that the Iranian nuclear dispute will lead to a curtailment of oil shipments, there is clearly a large premium on oil prices due to the ongoing tensions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was one of the best things that have happened to me, a tournament like that representing your country. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28913]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was one of the best things that have happened to me, a tournament like that representing your country. It was a good experience for all of us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is my answer to the gap between ideas and action - I will write it out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20289]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is my answer to the gap between ideas and action - I will write it out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were not as rich as the Rockefellers or Mellons, but we were rich enough to know how rich they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41075]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were not as rich as the Rockefellers or Mellons, but we were rich enough to know how rich they were.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38588]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18560]]></link><description><![CDATA[My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why, like the hindmost chariot wheels, art curst Still to be near but ne'er to reach the first.  [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14927]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why, like the hindmost chariot wheels, art curst Still to be near but ne'er to reach the first.  [Lat., Nam quamvis prope to, quamvis temone sub uno   Verentem sese, frustra sectabere cantum    Cum rota posterior curras et in axe secundo.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54808]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is so much balance to our conference. We just have to take everybody's best shot each week. We beat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30594]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is so much balance to our conference. We just have to take everybody's best shot each week. We beat a great Southwest team. We cleared a big hurdle and we just have to make sure we don't hit the next hurdle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything around us is made up of energy. To attract positive things in your life, start by giving off positive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62954]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything around us is made up of energy. To attract positive things in your life, start by giving off positive energy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are games in which it is better to lose than win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50893]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are games in which it is better to lose than win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66185]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rich man in his castle, the poor man at his gate, God made them, high or lowly, and ordered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56949]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rich man in his castle, the poor man at his gate, God made them, high or lowly, and ordered their estate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing you can back up negativity with is positive play. If you don't believe in yourself, who do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36137]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing you can back up negativity with is positive play. If you don't believe in yourself, who do you believe in?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We just did a survey that showed.... something like 65 percent of the [American] people couldn't vote for the First ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47134]]></link><description><![CDATA[We just did a survey that showed.... something like 65 percent of the [American] people couldn't vote for the First Amendment if it was up for a vote today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is near and our mutual company is short. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is near and our mutual company is short.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Certes, they been lye to hounds, for an hound when he cometh by the roses, or by other bushes, though ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52369]]></link><description><![CDATA[Certes, they been lye to hounds, for an hound when he cometh by the roses, or by other bushes, though he may nat pisse, yet wole he heve up his leg and make a countenance to pisse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've essentially doubled our population, doubled our load, over the last 23 years. Yet we have not added any new ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37896]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've essentially doubled our population, doubled our load, over the last 23 years. Yet we have not added any new infrastructure to serve that, from the standpoint of transmission.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45178]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a little bit of hooker in every woman. A little bit of hooker and a little bit of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56649]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a little bit of hooker in every woman. A little bit of hooker and a little bit of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15891]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's going to finish when I fold my hand and go up to the big poker game in the sky. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28604]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's going to finish when I fold my hand and go up to the big poker game in the sky.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50865]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world\'s most famous and popular language is music. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66887]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world\'s most famous and popular language is music.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66887</guid></item></channel></rss>