Might Quotes - Page 102

Epistemic competence might be posterior to knowledge conceptually, however, while still prior metaphysically.

We need to do stuff we've always done, even though you might not like it.

Had Poincaré been as strong in practical science as he was in theoretical he might have made a fourth with the incomparable three, Archimedes, Newton, and Gauss.

Evidently, whatever else marriage might prevent, it was not a remedy for isolation of spirit.

As she realized what might have been, she grew to be thankful for what was.

But if I can't be sorry, why, I might as well be glad!

New content online no longer requires new stories or information, just new ways of linking things to other things. Or as the social networks might put it to you, 'Jane is now friends with Tom.' The connection has been made; the picture is getting more complete.

In movies, you can basically buy the audience into the theater. If you spend enough money on visual effects, even if you are lacking in story and character, you might still pull it off.

Perhaps [the critics are right and] the drama is played out now and Jesus is safely dead and buried. Perhaps. It is ironical and entertaining to consider that at least once in the world's history those words might have been said with complete conviction, and that was on the eve of the Resurrection.

A man of over thirty might be held to be at the height of his powers, but not necessarily of his wisdom.

Many of us have read about and talked about forgiveness, and we understand intellectually why it might benefit us to let go of anger toward others. But we hold on anyway.

I always like seeing people transforming themselves, in whatever way that might be, and a different accent is part of that.

You might not be able to operate your own Learjet and have an unlimited expense account, but if you have a reasonable expectation for a print-based product, whether it's a newspaper or a magazine, you can certainly exist.

Werewolves are much more common animals than you might think.

I was so grateful that Lemony Snicket wasn't the worst movie ever made that I overlooked many things that might have otherwise upset me.

If you are trying to fool a farsighted or dimwitted person, a veiled facial disguise might be enough.

Marsha Coleman-Adebayo clearly and engagingly tells us Americans a truth that we might not want to hear but should.

Time passes. That's the rule. No matter what happens, no matter how much it might feel like everything in your life has been frozen around one particular moment, time marches on.

I wanted my life to start - but in those rare moments when it seemed like something might actually change, panic shot through me.

For most of the history of the American empire, government has been a tool for preserving and furthering the power and might of white male corporate elites.

We need images and myths through which we can see who we are and what we might become.

I come from one of these hideous backgrounds where being sincere is like - ugh, you might as well kill yourself.

You can just sit in here, impervious and invisible. So invisible you might even forget yourself.

I didn't take up shorthand with any idea of becoming a professional at it. It merely appeared to me to be a good thing to know - something that might come in handy.

He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to society.