May Quotes

The snow may be falling in the winter of my discontent, but at least I've got sarcastic company.

The five of us walking confidently in a row, I'd never felt cooler. The Great Perhaps was upon us, and we were invincible. The plan may have had faults, but we did not.

Truth is one; And, in all lands beneath the sun, Whoso hath eyes to see may see The tokens of its unity.

Others may sing the song. Others may right the wrong.

What is reality? Is it not merely a term for the philosopher to conjure with, behind which he may craftily conceal his ignorance?

When quick results are imperative, the manipulation of the masses through symbols may be the only quick way of having a critical thing done.

It may be true that every necessary war must also really be a just war; but it does not absolutely follow that every just war is a necessary war.

It's hard to tell whether the ship or airplane - they're all the same, I'm convinced - is male or female; it may shift back and forth.

There is such a thing as legitimate warfare: war has its laws; there are things which may fairly be done, and things which may not be done.

He that will not whan he may,Whan he would, he shall haue nay.

Feare may force a man to cast beyond the moone.

Three may keep counsel, if two be away.

Men say, kinde will creepe where it may not goe.

A cat may looke on a King.

It is difficult, almost impossible, to find the book from which something either valuable or amusing may not be found, if the proper alembic be applied.

Life may be miraculous in its unlikelihood in the universe, but it would be a fallacy to suggest that its rareness makes it inextinguishable.

There may be arrangements to have me retired but I don't know. Things happen that I enjoy doing, and as long as I enjoy doing them I'll go about doing them, I guess.

I can talk about film theory forever and it may sound pretentious or something, but really it's just that I'm fascinated by it.

So long as there is any subject which men may not freely discuss, they are timid upon all subjects.

Apology may be scorned, but it retains its inherent value.

"I would like to apologize" may sound like an apology, but it is no more an actual apology than saying "I would like to lose weight" makes you suddenly slimmer.

Performers may play in the studio, but they need to go out and tour every once in a while to keep their edge, or a performer who is a stranger may be asked to "sit in" on a set.

The imagination may be compared to Adam's dream-he awoke and found it truth.

When I have fears that I may ceace to be, Before my pen has gleaned my teaming brain".

Sun of my soul, thou Savior dear, It is not night if thou be near. Oh, may no earthborn cloud arise To hide thee from thy servant's eyes.

Truth has anciently been called the first casualty of war. Money may, in fact, have priority.

Ideas may be superior to vested interest. They are also very often the children of vested interest.

Inventions that are not made, like babies that are not born, are rarely missed. In the absence of new developments, old ones may seem very impressive for quite a long while.

We may outgrow the things of children, without acquiring sense and relish for those which become a man.

Exercise of body and exercise of mind are supplementary, and both may be made recreative and educative.

The ploughman knows how many acres he shall upturn from dawn to sunset: but the thinker knows not what a day may bring forth.

Agitators and declaimers may heat the blood, but they do not illumine the mind.

One may speak Latin and have but the mind of a peasant.

[My novels] introduce levels of intelligence ... moral doubt [and] self-doubt, which may not pertain [to real-world espionage].

People tell me all the time that my songs help them express things to loved ones that they may not be able to say themselves.

I think the administration can do a lot of good by telling folks that are on their side of the aisle, look, we may have lost the election on the Democrat side, but it's time to come together.

If we are ever going to save this society and the world, there has got to be a way for us to work together. That may be more than we can ever hope to achieve, just because of human nature.

If the Gospel and the Apostles may be credited, no man can be a Christian without charity, and without that faith which works, not by force, but by love.

A man may live long, and die at last in ignorance of many truths, which his mind was capable of knowing, and that with certainty.

Crooked things may be as stiff and unflexible as streight: and Men may be as positive and peremptory in Error as in Truth.

This is to think, that men are so foolish, that they take care to avoid what mischiefs may be done them by pole-cats, or foxes; but are content, nay, think it safety, to be devoured by lions.

I love pop music. It's not easy to write a good pop song. It may be easier to put out a fake jazz album, as Sting does from time to time.

UN goodwill may be a bottomless pit but it's by no means limitless.

I fear we may live to see another revolution.

Man with his burning soul Has but an hour of breath To build a ship of Truth In which his soul may sail- Sail on the sea of death. For death takes toll Of beauty, courage, youth, Of all but Truth.

We may think of ourselves as civilized, but there is always a wildness within.

I may have taken someone through the wringer psychologically, but I've never been sinister.

If you own the facts, you may distort them as you like.

God may have mercy, but we won't.

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.