May Quotes

The old proverb, applied to fire and water, may with equal truth be applied to the imagination - it is a good servant, but a bad master.

Suicide and antipathy to fires in a bedroom seem to be among the national characteristics. Perhaps the same moral cause may originate both.

I had to watch the Republican stuff which makes me feel even older than I am. By the time I get through the Democrats, I may be dead. I don't know how much older I can get.

“I don't like the look of it at all,” said the King: “however, it may kiss my hand, if it likes.” “I'd rather not,” the Cat remarked.

Science may not be as intimate as the medical profession; nonetheless, it certainly is a community in which ideas are often shared as contributions, not as proprietary things.

Chaos, if it does not harden into a pattern of disorder, may be more fruitful than a regularity too easily accepted and a success too easily achieved.

It may surprise people to learn that one elephant is killed every 15 minutes for its ivory.

As a younger actor, my motivation may have been 'Do you want that job or don't you?' Now it's 'Do you want to look like crap on film?'

Instead, I try to adjust to the dawn, letting the tears fall where they may, because it is morning; it is morning and there is so much to see.

I don't think I would be a good politician. I kid about it when I get a standing ovation. Sometimes I'll say, "I may run for Governor," but it's strictly a joke.

If you are going to remake a film, you may as well remake a classic.

I guess the characters I play may be at the more destructive edge of the spectrum, more damaged or whatever, but I find a lot of female roles uninteresting.

Cheryl Cole, if you're reading this, I may not be as prety as you but at least I write my own songs.

Production chains, how consumers can drive change: all these things may seem at odds with fashion, but arguably, they're not.

If you don't have that trust in the backbone of the project, you may not know what you're making.

I may be the only actress in Hollywood who won't need a face lift, because when I take off my makeup, I look so great compared to my characters!

Nobody is ever misunderstood at a fireside; he may only be disagreed with.

By association with nature's enormities, a man's heart may truly grow big also.

It's a masterpiece [The Exorcist]. This is an honor. I know you may not think so, but it really is. How many movies in our lifetime? This is an honor.

The U.S. has already suffered a devastating attack on September 11, 2001, and may again become a target.

A lot of singers that I've heard that I may not like their sensibility, but I see that they're entitled to whatever they get. People don't get there without talent, they really don't.

I know that I may never be a star. This could all just go away at any time. I know that just because I have a record out doesn't mean I'm going to make it

Though it may be more romantic to picture the bereaved as gaunt, I imagine you can grieve as efficiently with chocolates as with tap water.

Very well,” Beatrix said reluctantly. “But I warn you, they may be resistant to the match.” “I’m resistant to the match,” Christopher informed her. “At least we’ll have that in common.

We may run into Kevin,” Lucy said gloomily. “She’s hoping to run into Kevin,” Zoë assured her. Justine smiled grimly. “Preferably with my car.

If your concern is that I may be overcome with manly ardor and ravish you in a moment of weakness… I may. If you ask nicely.

Too much to ask for may leave me feeling lonely. Too little leaves me nothing.

I'm not creating the universe. I'm creating a model of the universe, which may or may not be true.

Because I also teach college, I am around a lot of young women who are just starting out, and I often see them coming up against certain expectations that may be more gender-specific.

While there may have once been a stigma to making money, high-earning women actually have an advantage in the dating-and-marriage market.

I wanted to work towards the four majors and the Davis Cup. I know to a lot of people it may not mean too much, but to me (Davis Cup) means an awful lot.

If I do find pride, I'll not find it in what I was or what I am, but what I may become. Not in my birth, but in myself.

If writers learn more from their books than do readers, perhaps I may have begun to learn.

Unfortunately, we are still in an age where individuals may be discriminated against because of health conditions.

When I go down into the ground at last, as God is my judge, I pray my best-beloved may have better to say of me than, "He didn't hit me."

[Koudelka] looked back, "You?! I know you! You trust beyond reason!" [Cordelia] met his eyes steadily, "Yes, it's how I get results beyond hope, as you may recall.

You may dream about turning it around as quickly as we did, but you wouldn't expect it to become reality, ... But we jelled quickly and got it done. We're a whole new defense compared to last year.

I am not in the least forbidden. You may sample me all you choose.

A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover - but will sooner or later find a tyrant.

What is Death, so it be but glorious? 'Tis a sunset; And mortals may be happy to resemble The Gods but in decay.

Talent may be in time forgiven, but genius never

Shakespeare's name, you may depend on it, stands absurdly too high and will go down.

I die but first I have possessed, And come what may, I have been blessed.

Kill a man's family, and he may brook it, But keep your hands out of his breeches' pocket.

Perhaps the early grave Which men weep over may be meant to save.

A man of sense may be in haste, but can never be in a hurry.

Wise people may say what they will, but one passion is never cured by another.

Many new years you may see, but happy ones you cannot see without deserving them. These virtue, honor, and knowledge alone can merit, alone can produce.

There is not a more prudent maxim, than to live with one's enemies as if they may one day become one's friends; as it commonly happens, sooner or later, in the vicissitudes of political affairs.

There is hardly any place or any company where you may not gain knowledge, if you please; almost everybody knows some one thing, and is glad to talk about that one thing.