Quotes about may
may today emotion
the old alone have finality. What is true of the young today may be false tomorrow. They are enveloped in emotion; and emotion as a state of being is fluent and evanescent. Ellen Glasgow
may surprise happens
there are times when life surprises one, and anything may happen, even what one had hoped for.
may theory appetite
The masses will reject any theory, however reasonable it may be, if it lays a restriction upon the appetite. Ellen G. White
may unreasonable creatures
To a reasonable creature, that alone is insupportable which is unreasonable; but everything reasonable may be supported. Epictetus
may status-symbol facts
I would say that if something has an aesthetic value and it is pleasing to watch or to wear, it may in fact have nothing to do with status symbol. You just like to wear it. Emilio Pucci
may chivalry courtesy
Other Courtesies have been - Other Courtesy may be - We commend ourselves to thee Paragon of Chivalry. Emily Dickinson
may boon dies
To die before one fears to die may be a boon.
may bitter cases
Bitter though it may be to many, Cadfael concluded, there is no substitute for truth, in this or any case. Ellis Peters
may retrospect saint
Even a saint may take pleasure, in retrospect, in having been once desired
may want stories
We have to trust that our stories deserve to be told. We may discover that the better we tell our stories the better we will want to live them. Henri Nouwen
may revolutionary disciple
I and others may be revolutionaries but we are disciples of Mahatma Gandhi, directly or indirectly, nothing more nothing less. Ho Chi Minh
may causes flaws
He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause. Henry Ward Beecher
may immortality satisfied
May we be satisfied with nothing that shall not have in it something of immortality.
may british stills
However British you may be, I am more British still. Henry James
may serious ridiculous
A comic writer should of all others be the least excused for deviating from nature, since it may not be always so easy for a serious poet to meet with the great and the admirable; but life every where furnishes an accurate observer with the ridiculous. Henry Fielding
may admiration wells
It may be laid down as a general rule, that no woman who hath any great pretensions to admiration is ever well pleased in a company where she perceives herself to fill only the second place.
may world human-nature
However exquisitely human nature may have been described by writers, the true practical system can be learned only in the world.
may royal criticize
Never criticize the composition of a Royal Highness. You never know who may have written it. Johannes Brahms
may world prosperity
Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
may world prosperity
Everything in the world may be endured, except only a succession of prosperous days. [Ger., Alles in der Welt lasst sich ertragen, Nur nicht eine Reihe von schonen Tagen.]
may faults offensive
What sort of faults may we retain, nay, even cherish in ourselves? Those faults which are rather pleasant than offensive to others.
may reputation chance
I consider him of no account who esteems himself just as the popular breath may chance to raise him.
may helping certain
To like things like, whatever one may ail; There is certain help.
may lost has-beens
Something may have been lost in translation, but it certainly wasn't love Erich Segal
may given ready
It may not be given to you. But if you're ready to earn it, the universe is yours. Eric Thomas
may pennsylvania nasty
You may have noticed that Senator Obama's supporters have been saying some pretty nasty things about western Pennsylvania lately. And you know, I couldn't agree with them more. John McCain
may
He that will not whan he may,Whan he would, he shall haue nay. John Heywood
may would-be fallacy
Life may be miraculous in its unlikelihood in the universe, but it would be a fallacy to suggest that its rareness makes it inextinguishable. John Hodgman
maybe rarer snow
Snow domes can get up there, the rarer ones. Maybe $20 or $25.
may politics concerned
I am only concerned with politics so I may see the day when I don't have to be concerned with politics. Ayn Rand
may way eras
Aristotle may be regarded as the cultural barometer of Western history. Whenever his influence dominated the scene, it paved the way for one of history's brilliant eras; whenever it fell, so did mankind.
may philosopher influence
Bad philosophers may have a certain influence; good philosophers, never. Bertrand Russell
may argument scales
Expediency may tip the scales when arguments are nicely balanced. Benjamin Cardozo