May Quotes - Page 157

Whenever we meet anyone, our first, almost unconscious reaction may be to look for imperfections.

If we define an American fascist as one who in case of conflict puts money and power ahead of human beings, then there are undoubtedly several million fascists in the United States. There are probably several hundred thousand if we narrow the definition to include only those who in their search for money and power are ruthless and deceitful.

When I play, I become entirely absorbed in the game. It may be a form of concentration.

It may not be the most popular but there is a place for it. I think about the kind of music I love, acoustic, melodic, and I guess it kind of took a bit of courage on my part to think I could be one of those songwriters.

Stain my eyes as I may, on all sides all is black.

We may be living in the twentieth century, in resplendent sophistication. But deep down, most of us find ourselves still in the Stone Age of superstition.

Some people call me the unofficial mayor of Castro Street.

I am more optimistic though, that this court will eventually conclude that the effort to eliminate arbitrariness while preserving fairness in the infliction of [death] is so plainly doomed to failure that is - and the death penalty - must be abandoned altogether. I may not live to see that day, but I have faith that eventually it will arrive.

Small habits well pursued betimes May reach the dignity of crimes.

How small the vastest of human catastrophes may seem, at a distance of a few million miles.

You may fail to shine in the opinion of others, both in our conversation and actions, from being superior, as well as inferior to them.

It may be that the most interesting American struggle is the struggle to set oneself free from the limits one is born to, and then to learn something of the value of those limits

We also need to recognize that God may have other plans in store for us, and we must be willing to accept that.

It's quite possible we may actually be looking at some kind of super-sanity here. A brilliant new modification of human perception, more suited to urban life at the end of the twentieth century...He creates himself each day. He sees himself as the lord of misrule and the world as a theatre of the absurd.

You can accept it that it may be true what somebody else says, but until you have experienced it, it is not dynamic to your own awareness.

The repetition in Nature may not be a mere recurrence; it may be a theatrical encore.

The less of one's life one must exchange for money, the more freedom one may enjoy.

The urge to break with a tradition is only appropriate when you're dealing with an outdated, troublesome tradition: I never really thought about that because I take the old-fashioned approach of equating tradition with value (which may be a failing). But whatever the case, positive tradition can also provoke opposition if it's too powerful, too overwhelming, too demanding. That would basically be about the human side of wanting to hold your own.

Truth is a jewel which should not be painted over; but it may be set to advantage and shown in a good light.

Know how to replace in your heart, by the happiness of those you love, the happiness that may be wanting to yourself

To feed applied science by starving basic science is like economising on the foundations of a building so that it may be built higher. It is only a matter of time before the whole edifice crumbles.

Nonbelievers may hear all the notes of science, but without a theistic context and perspective they will not hear the song.

They will pressure you into doing things that may be unsafe, use your good judgment, and remember, 'I would rather be laughed at, than cried for.'

You may bring a horse to the river, but he will drinke when and what he pleaseth.

In its happiest efforts, translation is but approximation, and its efforts are not often happy. A translation may be good as translation, but it cannot be an adequate reproduction of the original.