<?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 American people have a right to air that they and their children can breathe without fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47675]]></link><description><![CDATA[The American people have a right to air that they and their children can breathe without fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Maximilian Kolbe, Franciscan Friar, Priest, Martyr, 1941   We distrust the providence of God when, after we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7291]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Maximilian Kolbe, Franciscan Friar, Priest, Martyr, 1941   We distrust the providence of God when, after we have used all our best endeavors and begged His blessing upon them, we torment ourselves about the wise issue and event of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loose his beard, and hoary hair Stream's, like a meteor, to the troubled air. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loose his beard, and hoary hair Stream's, like a meteor, to the troubled air.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm half Swedish and I don't like lutefisk, ... I had it as a kid Swedish lutefisk. I didn't like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31892]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm half Swedish and I don't like lutefisk, ... I had it as a kid Swedish lutefisk. I didn't like it then and I don't like it now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wrongs are often forgiven; contempt never ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wrongs are often forgiven; contempt never]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forewards. -Soren Kierkegaard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forewards. -Soren Kierkegaard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was the word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it;  And what that word did ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12631]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was the word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it;  And what that word did make it,   I do believe and take it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will stir up the hornets. [Lat., Irritabis crabones.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9969]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will stir up the hornets. [Lat., Irritabis crabones.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baseball is almost the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baseball is almost the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights--even if the new way to stand up for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54280]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights--even if the new way to stand up for one's rights is to sit down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst thing that can happen is when the bull jumps, he sets you up so that you lean way ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33785]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst thing that can happen is when the bull jumps, he sets you up so that you lean way back,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33785</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[We'd like to be second behind New York. Frankly, we lost a lot of our place in the theater scene, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30178]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'd like to be second behind New York. Frankly, we lost a lot of our place in the theater scene, and we see 'Lord of the Rings' as a way to bring that back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison house,  I could a tale unfold whose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54991]]></link><description><![CDATA[But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison house,  I could a tale unfold whose lightest word   Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood,    Make thy two eyes like stars start from their spheres,     Thy knotted and combined locks to part,      And each particular hair to stand on end       Like quills upon the fretful porpentine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But one sets of grandparents lived on Davidson Avenue in the Bronx and one lived in Manhattan and I had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37335]]></link><description><![CDATA[But one sets of grandparents lived on Davidson Avenue in the Bronx and one lived in Manhattan and I had an aunt and uncle in Queens, so in my heart I was a New Yorker.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life, which all creatures love and strive to keep Wonderful, dear and pleasant unto each,  Even to the meanest; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24833]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life, which all creatures love and strive to keep Wonderful, dear and pleasant unto each,  Even to the meanest; yea, a boon to all   Where pity is, for pity makes the world    Soft to the weak and noble for the strong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the real secret of all that indignation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50369]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the real secret of all that indignation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation; but no sooner does he take a pen in his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10097]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation; but no sooner does he take a pen in his hand, than it becomes a torpedo to him, and benumbs all his faculties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be what no one ever was, To be what everyone has been: Freedom is the mean of those Extremes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16710]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be what no one ever was, To be what everyone has been: Freedom is the mean of those Extremes that fence all effort in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is not finished when he's defeated; he's finished when he quits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47315]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is not finished when he's defeated; he's finished when he quits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yesterday is a canceled check: Forget it. Tomorrow is apromissory note: Don't count on it. Today is ready cash: Use ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21778]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yesterday is a canceled check: Forget it. Tomorrow is apromissory note: Don't count on it. Today is ready cash: Use it!.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is it. There are no hidden meanings. All that mystical stuff is just what's so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26636]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is it. There are no hidden meanings. All that mystical stuff is just what's so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65213]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All lovers swear more performance than they are able, and yet reserve an ability that they never perform; vowing more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56066]]></link><description><![CDATA[All lovers swear more performance than they are able, and yet reserve an ability that they never perform; vowing more than the perfection of ten, and discharging less than the tenth part of one. -Troilus and Cressida. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we get a big rain, the water comes up and spreads over the orchard. Sometimes we can be 50-75 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33784]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we get a big rain, the water comes up and spreads over the orchard. Sometimes we can be 50-75 percent under water. When this happens we can't get our work done, but we can put up with it until the end of February. Then we have to get back to work. When there are breaks in the storm, that allows the water to drain and we can work around that. But when it is just continuous, then we get in trouble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, or to do anything, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58350]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, or to do anything, never to turn back or to stop until the thing intended was accomplished.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now, by St. Paul, the work goes bravely on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58133]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now, by St. Paul, the work goes bravely on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Either team can win on any given night. It depends on who's hot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36083]]></link><description><![CDATA[Either team can win on any given night. It depends on who's hot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think psychedelics play a major part in what we do, but having said that, I feel that if somebody's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13025]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think psychedelics play a major part in what we do, but having said that, I feel that if somebody's going to experiment with those things they really need to educate themselves about them. People just taking the chemicals and diving in without having any kind of preparation about what they're about to experience tend to have no frame of reference, so they're missing everything flying by and all these new perspectives. It's just a waste. They reach a little bit of spiritual enlightenment, but they end up going, 'Well, now I need that drug to get back there again.' The trick is to use the drugs once to get there, and maybe spend the next ten years trying to get back there without the drug.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will clean house when Sears comes out with a riding vacuum cleaner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19925]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will clean house when Sears comes out with a riding vacuum cleaner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/349]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do it again]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cease to admire the smoke, wealth, and noise of prosperous Rome. [Lat., Omitte mirari beatae  Fumum et opes strepitumque ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54407]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cease to admire the smoke, wealth, and noise of prosperous Rome. [Lat., Omitte mirari beatae  Fumum et opes strepitumque Romae.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men have more consideration for themselves than for others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51733]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than thosewho try to do nothing and succeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21340]]></link><description><![CDATA[The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than thosewho try to do nothing and succeed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[At Bacchus, which has 140 seats in its main dining room,] the booths and the corners are the most requested ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31381]]></link><description><![CDATA[[At Bacchus, which has 140 seats in its main dining room,] the booths and the corners are the most requested tables, ... If you're four persons as opposed to two, my first option would be to give it to four. But if I'm not busy I'll accommodate two.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against; not with; the wind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against; not with; the wind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises but only performance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46141]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises but only performance is reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It'll keep the tensions down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33783]]></link><description><![CDATA[It'll keep the tensions down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evangelism is not an option for the Christian life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6274]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evangelism is not an option for the Christian life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that serves well needes not ask his wages. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49393]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that serves well needes not ask his wages.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bible is a window in this prison of hope, through which we look into eternity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53551]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Bible is a window in this prison of hope, through which we look into eternity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63582]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy--for friendship's sake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy--for friendship's sake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity. . . . No we must not. You will learn about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58742]]></link><description><![CDATA[You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity. . . . No we must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's actually going to be the hassle of your life and the hassle of your family's life and you may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33678]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's actually going to be the hassle of your life and the hassle of your family's life and you may never get out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Full well they laughed, with counterfeited glee, At all his jokes, for many a joke had he:  Full well ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Full well they laughed, with counterfeited glee, At all his jokes, for many a joke had he:  Full well the busy whisper, circling round,   Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When [Tatum] hit those three in a row, it really got them going. We weren't able to get back in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32540]]></link><description><![CDATA[When [Tatum] hit those three in a row, it really got them going. We weren't able to get back in it. They made plays, and we didn't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all afflictions, the worst is self-contempt ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all afflictions, the worst is self-contempt]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30113</guid></item></channel></rss>