Quotes about may
may demand said
In general it may be said that demand is quite as necessary to the increase of capital as the increase of capital is to demand. Thomas Malthus
may poverty individual
Hard as it may appear in individual cases, dependent poverty ought to be held disgraceful.
may want respect-me
I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected. Because if you like me you can throw me away too quick. If you respect me, you may not even like what I was wearing, but you'll say, "I respect that." Ray Lewis
may thrones christ
There's a throne in each life big enough for only one. Christ may be on that throne, or money may be. But both cannot occupy it. Randy Alcorn
may subjects understood
The more a subject is understood, the more briefly it may be explained. Thomas Jefferson
may rosebuds
Gather ye rosebuds, while ye may... Robert Herrick
may investing rigor
Rigor is always appropriate when investing in markets, whatever the ultimate conclusions may be. Robert Rubin
may way moral
The Buddha takes no position on gods, he suggests they may exist or they may not, but either way you can live a moral life. Robert M. Pirsig
may realizing someday
You thought you were found but you realize that you were lost, and someday you may discover that you're lost now. Walter Kirn
may boldness-and-courage speak
Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare. Voltaire
may hallmark free-society
The hallmark of a free society is that I may totally disapprove of what you say, but I'll defend your right to say it until I die.
may velocity ships
The great weight of the ship may indeed prevent her from acquiring her greatest velocity; but when she has attained it, she will advance by her own intrinsic motion, without gaining any new degree of velocity, or lessening what she has acquired.
may becoming natural
It is right, or absolute right, that an individual should develop the powers that are in him. He may be said to have a "natural right" to become what he is capable of becoming. This is his only natural right. William Ernest Hocking
may principles defeated
We may be personally defeated, but our principles never! William Lloyd Garrison
may treats great-writers
Every great writer is a writer of history, let him treat on almost any subject he may. Walter Savage Landor
may waking darling
Then hush thee, my darling, take rest while you may, For strife comes with manhood, and waking with day. Walter Scott
may causes viruses
[Duesberg] is absolutely correct in saying that no one has proven that AIDS is caused by the AIDS virus. And he is absolutely correct that the virus cultured in the laboratory may not be the cause of AIDS. Walter Gilbert
mayors results judged
Mayors are judged by results. Willie Brown
may superstitions tribes
In better times the religion of the tribe or state has nothing in common with the private and foreign superstitions or magical rites that savage terror may dictate to the individual. William Robertson Smith
may
They may outsmart me, or be luckier, but they can't outwork me. Woody Hayes
may facts physics
The possibilities that are suggested in quantum physics tell us that everything that we're looking at may not be in fact there, so the underlying nature of being is weird. William Shatner
may politics socialism
When Socialism comes, it may be in such a form that we won't like it. William Morris
may splits consciousness
The total possible consciousness may be split into parts which co-exist but mutually ignore each other. William James
may reason-why electricity
If the presence of electricity can be made visible in any part of the circuit, I see no reason why intelligence may not be transmitted instantaneously by electricity. Samuel Morse
may ordinary doctrine
Theory may be deliberate, as in a chapter on chemistry, or it may be second nature, as in the immemorial doctrine of ordinary enduring middle-sized physical objects. Willard Van Orman Quine
may comfort distinction
Some may find comfort in reflecting that the distinction between an eliminative and an explicative physicalism is unreal.
may faces this-generation
This generation may be the one that will face Armageddon. Ronald Reagan
may serving-others considerate
We may be excused for not always being bright, but we are not excused for not being gracious, yielding and considerate. Saint Francis de Sales
may vigor sin
He who devoutly hears holy Mass will receive a great vigor to enable him to resist mortal sin, and there shall be pardoned to him all venial sins which he may have committed up to that hour. Saint Augustine
may language sells
You may buy from me in your own language, but sell to me in mine. Willy Brandt
may fiction aspect
My fiction may, now and again, illuminate aspects of the human condition, but I do not consciously set out to do so: I am a storyteller. William Trevor
may discrimination uncomfortable
As a species, we're addicted to the facile discrimination involved in saying that something or phenomenon is either 'this' or 'that' - how much more uncomfortable that it may well be 'the other'. Will Self
may forget should
We may elevate ourselves but we should never reach so high that we would every forget those who helped us get there. Will Rogers