<?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[Lady ConductorShe raised her baton....and Beethoven answeredJohn C Lehman Jr 1955 to 1989. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lady ConductorShe raised her baton....and Beethoven answeredJohn C Lehman Jr 1955 to 1989.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I tell the American people solemnly that the United States will never survive as a happy and fertile oasis of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12208]]></link><description><![CDATA[I tell the American people solemnly that the United States will never survive as a happy and fertile oasis of liberty surrounded by a cruel desert of dictatorship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In some places if you get to the Final Eight and lose to the No. 1 seed and win 32 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35490]]></link><description><![CDATA[In some places if you get to the Final Eight and lose to the No. 1 seed and win 32 games, there's 6,000 people waiting to meet you at the airport when you go home. But with us, with our tradition, people say, 'What happened?' We're just a team that came close . . . a team that almost had a chance to be great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grave is the Master's look; his forehead wears Thick rows of wrinkles, prints of worrying cares:  Uneasy lies the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grave is the Master's look; his forehead wears Thick rows of wrinkles, prints of worrying cares:  Uneasy lies the heads of all that rule,   His worst of all whose kingdom is a school.    Supreme he sits; before the awful frown     That binds his brows the boldest eye goes down;      Not more submissive Israel heard and saw       At Sinai's foot the Giver of the Law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While the rest of the species is descended from apes, redheads are descended from cats. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14334]]></link><description><![CDATA[While the rest of the species is descended from apes, redheads are descended from cats.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much better to do one's own work even if you have to do it imperfectlythan it is to do somebody ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much better to do one's own work even if you have to do it imperfectlythan it is to do somebody elses work perfectly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to have a little than nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44680]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to have a little than nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When two men share an umbrella, both of them get wet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1104]]></link><description><![CDATA[When two men share an umbrella, both of them get wet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We learn not in the school, but in life ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54768]]></link><description><![CDATA[We learn not in the school, but in life]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Impartial observers from other planets would consider ours an utterly bizarre enclave if it were populated by birds, defined as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Impartial observers from other planets would consider ours an utterly bizarre enclave if it were populated by birds, defined as flying animals, that nevertheless rarely or never actually flew. They would also be perplexed if they encountered in our seas, lakes, rivers, and ponds, creatures defined as swimmers that never did any swimming. But they would be even more surprised to encounter a species defined as a thinking animal if, in fact, the creature very rarely indulged in actual thinking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people change when they see the light, others when they feel the heat. -Caroline Schoeder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people change when they see the light, others when they feel the heat. -Caroline Schoeder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's no coincidence that man's best friend cannot talk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12693]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's no coincidence that man's best friend cannot talk.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on her with a pitchfork. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2765]]></link><description><![CDATA[She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on her with a pitchfork.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll not listen to reason. . . . Reason always means what someone else has got to say. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53115]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll not listen to reason. . . . Reason always means what someone else has got to say.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The De Beers brand will be at the heart of our growing jewelry activities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30094]]></link><description><![CDATA[The De Beers brand will be at the heart of our growing jewelry activities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Katherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century  If ye keep watch over your hearts, and listen for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Katherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century  If ye keep watch over your hearts, and listen for the Voice of God and learn of Him, in one short hour ye can learn more from Him than ye could learn from Man in a thousand years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some white people hate black people, and some white people love black people, some black people hate white people, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some white people hate black people, and some white people love black people, some black people hate white people, and some black people love white people. So you see it's not an issue of black and white, it's an issue of Lovers and Haters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are the only person on earth who can use your ability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was just tired of being a big fish in a small pond. This will be something different. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30745]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was just tired of being a big fish in a small pond. This will be something different.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19239]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earth produces nothing worse than an ungrateful man. [Lat., Nil homine terra pejus ingrato creat.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Earth produces nothing worse than an ungrateful man. [Lat., Nil homine terra pejus ingrato creat.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is going to be a Fed week. The market is 100 percent in sync with a quarter of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34536]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is going to be a Fed week. The market is 100 percent in sync with a quarter of a percentage point rise for Fed fund rates at 4.75 percent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These guys are going to be the first people that play in the Wells Fargo Arena in a game that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32790]]></link><description><![CDATA[These guys are going to be the first people that play in the Wells Fargo Arena in a game that matters. It's something they'll remember and take with them the rest of their lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hardest part has been maintaining a small head -- remaining down to earth. So many people try to make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1285]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hardest part has been maintaining a small head -- remaining down to earth. So many people try to make you more than you are. This business has changed a lot of good people and a lot of good families, and I don't want that to happen to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wine of youth does not always clear with advancing years; sometimes it grows turbid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62590]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wine of youth does not always clear with advancing years; sometimes it grows turbid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remorse is the pain of sin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remorse is the pain of sin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[one of those unforgettable stories that stays with you for years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36759]]></link><description><![CDATA[one of those unforgettable stories that stays with you for years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[HOLLYWOOD, California (Variety) -- Nicolas Cage, who played twins in] Adaptation ... It's time for me to discover and enjoy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29605]]></link><description><![CDATA[[HOLLYWOOD, California (Variety) -- Nicolas Cage, who played twins in] Adaptation ... It's time for me to discover and enjoy my own company.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your best teacher is your last mistake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your best teacher is your last mistake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66609</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[There is nothing certain in a man's life but that he must lose it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14533]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing certain in a man's life but that he must lose it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ship of heaven guides itself and will not accept a wooden rudder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11924]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ship of heaven guides itself and will not accept a wooden rudder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19494]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All sorrows are good (or are less) with bread. [Sp., Todos los duelos con pan son buenos (or son menos).] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13181]]></link><description><![CDATA[All sorrows are good (or are less) with bread. [Sp., Todos los duelos con pan son buenos (or son menos).]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My reputation grows with every failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53867]]></link><description><![CDATA[My reputation grows with every failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think you're seeing chaos, basically. No matter how you cut it, it's very poor project design and implementation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28945]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think you're seeing chaos, basically. No matter how you cut it, it's very poor project design and implementation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This group is rich in talent and personality. They embody the spirit of Wake Forest field hockey and I look ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37816]]></link><description><![CDATA[This group is rich in talent and personality. They embody the spirit of Wake Forest field hockey and I look forward to their contributions as student-athletes. I have faith in their ability to keep up the strong tradition of Wake Forest hockey.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But winter lingering chills the lap of May. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26609]]></link><description><![CDATA[But winter lingering chills the lap of May.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In these matters the only certainty is that there is nothing certain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5456]]></link><description><![CDATA[In these matters the only certainty is that there is nothing certain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vain? Let it be so! Nature was her teacher, What if a lovely and unsistered creature  Loved her own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vain? Let it be so! Nature was her teacher, What if a lovely and unsistered creature  Loved her own harmless gift of pleasing feature.   - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51519]]></link><description><![CDATA[More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His fair large front and eye sublime declared Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks  Round from his parted forelock manly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54485]]></link><description><![CDATA[His fair large front and eye sublime declared Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks  Round from his parted forelock manly hung   Clustering but not beneath his shoulders broad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52391]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10235]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit the mark? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48894]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit the mark?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God brings men into deep waters not to drown them, but to cleanse them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53697]]></link><description><![CDATA[God brings men into deep waters not to drown them, but to cleanse them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never thought I'd land in pictures with a face like mine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19595]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never thought I'd land in pictures with a face like mine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19595</guid></item></channel></rss>