<?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[If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5304]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This year we are expecting 2,000 walkers due to the circumstances Hurricane Katrina has left us with. We want people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39617]]></link><description><![CDATA[This year we are expecting 2,000 walkers due to the circumstances Hurricane Katrina has left us with. We want people to come out and participate as a way to help reduce the stress everyone has been feeling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When prayers are done, my Lady is ready. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50076]]></link><description><![CDATA[When prayers are done, my Lady is ready.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21462]]></link><description><![CDATA[I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't take life too seriously; you'll never get out of it alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't take life too seriously; you'll never get out of it alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't believe in luck. When I am diligent, my luck is generally good. When I am lax, my invariable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32315]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't believe in luck. When I am diligent, my luck is generally good. When I am lax, my invariable turns bad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The major components of inflation for us are energy costs and housing costs and medical costs, and I don't see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34728]]></link><description><![CDATA[The major components of inflation for us are energy costs and housing costs and medical costs, and I don't see any major break in any of these. I wouldn't be surprised to see still 3.5 percent to 4 percent CPI for us for this year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's impossible to work under conditions where they confused negativity with objectivity. You can't fool the fans. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41963]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's impossible to work under conditions where they confused negativity with objectivity. You can't fool the fans.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't long for the unripe grape. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't long for the unripe grape.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The history of those who shed those other tears, the history of those anonymous millions, is what Terkel wants readers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61138]]></link><description><![CDATA[The history of those who shed those other tears, the history of those anonymous millions, is what Terkel wants readers and listeners to come away with. What's it like to be that goofy little soldier, scared stiff, with his bayonet aimed at Christ? What's it like to have been a woman in a defense-plant job during World War II? What's it like to be a kid at the front lines? It's all funny and tragic at the same time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some suffer from real misfortunes. Sadly, others only imagine that they do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some suffer from real misfortunes. Sadly, others only imagine that they do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What do you mean, funny? Funny-peculiar or funny ha-ha? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8974]]></link><description><![CDATA[What do you mean, funny? Funny-peculiar or funny ha-ha?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even among the married, sexual satisfaction must not be sought in a way which disregards man's character as a person ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even among the married, sexual satisfaction must not be sought in a way which disregards man's character as a person and degrades him to the animal level.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65714]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hanging is too good for him said Mr. Cruelty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hanging is too good for him said Mr. Cruelty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure; Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure; Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, when to the heart of man was it ever less than a treason to go with the drift of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, when to the heart of man was it ever less than a treason to go with the drift of things to yield with a grace to reason and bow and accept at the end of a love or a season.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The green earth sends her incense up.  From many a mountain shrine; From folded leaf and dewey cup  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13129]]></link><description><![CDATA[The green earth sends her incense up.  From many a mountain shrine; From folded leaf and dewey cup  She pours her sacred wine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64992]]></link><description><![CDATA[My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You do not reform a world by ignoring it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14608]]></link><description><![CDATA[You do not reform a world by ignoring it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wound of peace is surety, Surety secure; but modest doubt is called  The beacon of the wise, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12761]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wound of peace is surety, Surety secure; but modest doubt is called  The beacon of the wise, the tent that searches   To th' bottom of the worst.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can have a set list and program the whole show, ... but if it's not working, it's not working. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29964]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can have a set list and program the whole show, ... but if it's not working, it's not working. You need to be able to adjust your set and be flexible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65356]]></link><description><![CDATA[The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstances]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When God throws the dice are loaded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26029]]></link><description><![CDATA[When God throws the dice are loaded.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Matthias the Apostle  In religion, we are not asked to make up our minds, we are asked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Matthias the Apostle  In religion, we are not asked to make up our minds, we are asked to make up our lives... We may refuse to make up our minds, but our lives get made up, one way or the other... Whatever we believe with our minds, our lives are committed either to God's way or to the God-denying way, and what matters in religion is the act of commitment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. [1 Timothy 6:7]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11375]]></link><description><![CDATA[For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. [1 Timothy 6:7].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But we can't let this continue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38227]]></link><description><![CDATA[But we can't let this continue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God has been so lavish in his gifts that you can lose some priceless ones, the equivalent of whole kingdoms, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53640]]></link><description><![CDATA[God has been so lavish in his gifts that you can lose some priceless ones, the equivalent of whole kingdoms, and still be indecently rich,.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49597]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has a lot of talent. He won a very tough race and is an excellent speaker. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40344]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has a lot of talent. He won a very tough race and is an excellent speaker.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to go berry picking on the hogback, God.Keep me on a short leash. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17699]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to go berry picking on the hogback, God.Keep me on a short leash.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aristotle said , , , melancholy men of all others are most witty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61808]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aristotle said , , , melancholy men of all others are most witty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm really grateful we were able to get the grant. We couldn't have done it without that. There' s no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35600]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm really grateful we were able to get the grant. We couldn't have done it without that. There' s no way. We would have had to replace the infields with the same type of stuff we have now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My grandmother was a maid and baby sitter, ... From the time she was a teenager until she was 85 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36789]]></link><description><![CDATA[My grandmother was a maid and baby sitter, ... From the time she was a teenager until she was 85 years old, she was working for somebody. Both she and my mother took on whatever jobs they could. Anything to have an extra dime or quarter. They made tremendous sacrifices.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rose that all are praising Is not the rose for me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54417]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rose that all are praising Is not the rose for me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is the companion of wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is the companion of wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't buy the house, buy the neighborhood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15935]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't buy the house, buy the neighborhood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saw life steadily and saw it whole. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Saw life steadily and saw it whole.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16495]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is life, except excuse for death, or death but an escape from life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28087]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is life, except excuse for death, or death but an escape from life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5807]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish he had started a dialogue with scientists before going public with his theories, ... There is some evidence, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37041]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish he had started a dialogue with scientists before going public with his theories, ... There is some evidence, under the current administration, that it is 'policy first, science second.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And bitter waxed the fray; Brother with brother spake no word  When they met in the way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12559]]></link><description><![CDATA[And bitter waxed the fray; Brother with brother spake no word  When they met in the way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25561]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Widespread caffeine use explains a lot about the twentieth century. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56918]]></link><description><![CDATA[Widespread caffeine use explains a lot about the twentieth century.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience:  A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience:  A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are so many little dyings that it doesn't matter which of them is death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11188]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are so many little dyings that it doesn't matter which of them is death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11188</guid></item></channel></rss>