<?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[We do have maps in the lobby of the Des Moines Police Department that's open 24 hours a day, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30210]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do have maps in the lobby of the Des Moines Police Department that's open 24 hours a day, but they will see there's very limited space. And the space they have open, I'd be surprised if they (have) any luck finding a place to live,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curfew must not ring to-night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4136]]></link><description><![CDATA[Curfew must not ring to-night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a lot of overlap in his plan. You might as well hold an index fund. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35061]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a lot of overlap in his plan. You might as well hold an index fund.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advice: the smallest current coin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advice: the smallest current coin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despite everybody who has been born and has died, the world has just gone on. I mean, look at Napoleon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21348]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despite everybody who has been born and has died, the world has just gone on. I mean, look at Napoleon --but we went right on. Look at Harpo Marx --the world went around, it didn't stop for a second. It's sad but true. John Kennedy, right?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Caring is a powerful business advantage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Caring is a powerful business advantage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The girls have worked hard and earned the right to play at home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41929]]></link><description><![CDATA[The girls have worked hard and earned the right to play at home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The inertia of the human mind and its resistance to innovation are most clearly demonstrated not, as one might expect, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52021]]></link><description><![CDATA[The inertia of the human mind and its resistance to innovation are most clearly demonstrated not, as one might expect, by the ignorant mass- which is easily swayed once its imagination is caught- but by professionals with a vested interest in tradition and in the monopoly of learning. Innovation is a twofold threat to academic mediocrities: it endangers their oracular authority, and it evokes the deeper fear that their whole, laboriously constructed intellectual edifice might collapse. The academic backwoodsmen have been the curse of genius from Aristarchus to Darwin and Freud; they stretch, a solid and hostile phalanx of pedantic mediocrities, across the centuries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4929]]></link><description><![CDATA[To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The inseparable gold umbrella which in that country [Burma] as much denotes the grandee as the star or garter does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60002]]></link><description><![CDATA[The inseparable gold umbrella which in that country [Burma] as much denotes the grandee as the star or garter does in England.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16347]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not a single living patient was left in the hospital. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36335]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not a single living patient was left in the hospital.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36335</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[It has sometimes been said that we find nowhere in nature an analogue of the difference between "happens" and "is," ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14568]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has sometimes been said that we find nowhere in nature an analogue of the difference between "happens" and "is," on the one hand, and "ought," on the other hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26790]]></link><description><![CDATA[My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position, compose my mind and senses, and sink into meditation, contemplating my novel]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13953]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temptation is a woman's weapon and man's excuse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temptation is a woman's weapon and man's excuse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is easy to the unwilling. -Thomas Fuller. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is easy to the unwilling. -Thomas Fuller.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60126]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, now a roundel and a fairy song; Then, for the third part of a minute, hence--  Some to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45342]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, now a roundel and a fairy song; Then, for the third part of a minute, hence--  Some to kill canters in the musk-rose buds,   Some war with reremice for their leathren wings,    To make my small elves coats, and some keep back     The clamorous owl, that nightly hoots and wonders      At our quaint spirits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60369]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one's ever studied them in the Pacific states before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39742]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one's ever studied them in the Pacific states before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Due to technical difficulties the light at the end of the tunnel will be off until further notice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11425]]></link><description><![CDATA[Due to technical difficulties the light at the end of the tunnel will be off until further notice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stone that the builder refused, will always be the head cornerstone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30321]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stone that the builder refused, will always be the head cornerstone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of detection: she who does not, because she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50758]]></link><description><![CDATA[She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of detection: she who does not, because she may not, does.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2517]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother's love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good horses make short miles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good horses make short miles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our view is that we get above-trend growth and that will cause the Fed to raise rates to 5 percent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our view is that we get above-trend growth and that will cause the Fed to raise rates to 5 percent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27654]]></link><description><![CDATA[We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45141]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart is half a prophet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13742]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart is half a prophet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Columba, Abbot of Iona, Missionary, 597 Commemoration of Ephrem of Syria, Deacon, Hymnographer, Teacher, 373  Then are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7252]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Columba, Abbot of Iona, Missionary, 597 Commemoration of Ephrem of Syria, Deacon, Hymnographer, Teacher, 373  Then are we servants of God, then are we the disciples of Christ, when we do what is commanded us and because it is commanded us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the nose of Cleopatra had been shorter, the whole face of the earth would have been changed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20872]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the nose of Cleopatra had been shorter, the whole face of the earth would have been changed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All we're saying is, let small business have a choice. Right now they barely have one or two choices in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29056]]></link><description><![CDATA[All we're saying is, let small business have a choice. Right now they barely have one or two choices in the small-group market. Let employers choose what they think is best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Starting from scratch and being able to put a whole new defense in, being where we are today, we definitely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Starting from scratch and being able to put a whole new defense in, being where we are today, we definitely accomplished something. Guys were having fun out there, showing fans that we've gotten our defenses and offenses down. I'm satisfied with our progression right now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles de Foucauld, Hermit, Servant of the Poor, 1916   Faith is to the soul what life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles de Foucauld, Hermit, Servant of the Poor, 1916   Faith is to the soul what life is to the body. Prayer is to faith what breath is to the body. How a person can live and not breathe is past my comprehension, and how a person can believe and not pray is past my comprehension too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prognostics do not always prove prophecies, at least the wisest prophets make sure of the event first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48464]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prognostics do not always prove prophecies, at least the wisest prophets make sure of the event first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It took me seventeen years to get 3,000 hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57693]]></link><description><![CDATA[It took me seventeen years to get 3,000 hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16979]]></link><description><![CDATA[A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indecision is debilitating; it feeds upon itself; it is, one might almost say, habit-forming. Not only that, but it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Indecision is debilitating; it feeds upon itself; it is, one might almost say, habit-forming. Not only that, but it is contagious; it transmits itself to others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Losers must have leave to speak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25570]]></link><description><![CDATA[Losers must have leave to speak.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many things happen between the cup and the lip. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many things happen between the cup and the lip.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We always talk about being a spark and swinging the momentum of the game and that swung it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29863]]></link><description><![CDATA[We always talk about being a spark and swinging the momentum of the game and that swung it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His speech was a fine sample, on the whole, Of rhetoric, which the learn'd call "rigmarole." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57346]]></link><description><![CDATA[His speech was a fine sample, on the whole, Of rhetoric, which the learn'd call "rigmarole."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have to talk with my wife about it, but I'm 90 percent sure I need to go play, ... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34254]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have to talk with my wife about it, but I'm 90 percent sure I need to go play, ... If I stay (with the Giants), I guess I have to play harder and work harder to recover that playing time I lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What drink'st thou oft, instead of homage sweet, But poisoned flattery? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16172]]></link><description><![CDATA[What drink'st thou oft, instead of homage sweet, But poisoned flattery?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16172</guid></item></channel></rss>