May Quotes - Page 164

The many many imponderables come together when a film opens and for all sorts of reasons it may or may not succeed.

Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.

I always have a point of view. It may not be right, but it's my own.

You may leave here for four days in space, but when you return it's the same old place.

If you can't laugh at yourself, you may be missing the colossal joke of the century.

An asteroid could hit us at any moment. This is not - and also, the most successful kind of life on this planet is not us, it's microbes. They're the ones who greatly outnumber us, and may eventually destroy us.

Having been brought up with a definition of faith as adherence to a set of beliefs, I have more and more begun to turn instead toward a definition of faith as openness to truth, whatever truth may turn out to be.

The Madiba song may have ended, but its melody lingers on.

For even the best of peace training is more theoretical than practical experience ... indirect practical experience may be the more valuable because infinitely wider.

A disciplined conscience is a man's best friend. It may not be his most amiable, but it is his most faithful monitor.

The praises of others may be of use in teaching us, not what we are, but what we ought to be.

History may never have all the facts, but history always has the last word.

We may talk of the best means of doing good; but, after all, the greatest difficulty lies in doing it in a proper spirit. Speak- the truth in love, "in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves" - with the meekness and gentleness of Christ.

I'm the end of the line; absurd and appalling as it may seem, serious New York theater has died in my lifetime.

Chemically induced hallucinations, delusions and raptures may be frightening or wonderfully gratifying; in either case they are in the nature of confidence tricks played on one's own nervous system.

Bankers cannot afford to be concerned with only the economic aspects of projects. There may be serious implications on the natural environment, the urban environment, on human culture.

But be that as it may, I think it is more respectful to you that I should speak to you upon and do my best to interest you in the subject which has occupied me, and in which I am myself most interested.

If you buy a man who is half dead, everybody may be happy off the field, but on the field you'll have major problems

Evidence from torture may be considered completely untrustworthy

Happiness is thought to depend on leisure; for we are busy that we may have leisure, and make war that we may live in peace.

Life is full of chances and changes, and the most prosperous of men may in the evening of his days meet with great misfortunes.

The soul ... may have many symbols with which it reaches toward God.

People exiled in past and disowning present may build wealth but not future in life

It is the duty of the ship's captain to make port, cost what it may.

It has become a certainty now that if you will only advertise sufficiently you may make a fortune by selling anything.