May Quotes - Page 88

I feel that opiates - I include opium and all its derivatives, such as morphine, heroin, pantopon, etc. - are quite useless for any sort of creative work, useful though they may be for routine work. Much of the hard physical work in the Far East is done by opium addicts.

The nonconformist here may be "beat down" by life but still has a beauty in his or her longing for freedom and for an awakening of the mind.

And, yes, words matter. They may reflect reality, but they also have the power to change reality - the power to uplift and to abase.

Be not over solicitous about education. It may be able to do much, but it does not do as much as expected from it. It may mould and direct the character, but it rarely alters it.

If we want to invest in the prosperity of our nation, we must invest in the education of our children so that their talents may be fully employed.

A rational reaction against irrational excesses and vagaries of skepticism may * * * readily degenerate into the rival folly of credulity.

There are times when sense may be unseasonable, as well as truth.

You get what you think about, whether you want it or not. Commit to thinking about what you want, rather than how impossible or difficult that dream may seem.

The characteristic danger of great nations, like the Romans or the English which have a long history of continuous creation, is that they may at last fail from not comprehending the great institutions which they have created

Anything may happen when womanhood has ceased to be a protected occupation.

It never seems to occur to anybody that some women may not want to find husbands.

But classical music is not entertainment, and I feel viciously strong about that. Classical music is forever. Entertainment is something that is here today, and may be gone tomorrow.

May I respond by merely saying, "I hate crocs. May they please go away."

May we muster courage at the crossroads, courage for the conflicts, courage to say, "no," courage to say, "yes," for courage counts.

May your homes be filled with peace, harmony, courtesy, and love. May they be filled with the Spirit of the Lord.

There is no act, however virtuous, for which ingenuity may not find some bad motive.

On every question of construction (of the Constitution) let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit of the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed.

Every man may think his own cause just till it be heard and judged.

There is one who remembers the way to your door: Life you may evade, but Death you shall not.

YOU know, I may have to be born again, you see, I have fallen in love with mankind.

No matter how difficult your situation may be you have to follow the Lord of the Second Advent completely.

I may not yet be as old as dirt, but dirt and I are starting to have an awful lot in common.

We have become, by the power of a glorious evolutionary accident called intelligence, the stewards of life's continuity on earth. We did not ask for this role, but we cannot abjure it. We may not be suited to it, but here we are.

Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments.

All that may be wished for, will by nature fade to nothing.