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May Quotes
"It may be proper to observe, that I had now passed the utmost frontier of the white settlements on that border."
53
"Someday I suspect, when Jesus has definitely got me for a sunbeam, my works may be adequately assessed."
May,
50
"We may win when we lose, if we have done what we can; for by so doing we have made real at least some part of that finished product in whose fabrication we are most concerned: ourselves."
May,
48
"My table is now brightly, now dimly lighted. Its temperature varies. It may receive an ink stain. One of its legs may be broken. It may be repaired, polished, and replaced part by part. But, for me, it remains the table at which I daily write."
48
"Those who agree with us may not be right, but we admire their astuteness."
47
"We have met on a solemn occasion, and in this crowded assembly there is one thing that appears important, that is, for every one of us to be still, that if any thing should he said, every one may the better hear."
May,
47
"Inhabit ourselves that we may indeed do what we want to do."
46
"Supposing you have tried and failed again and again. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down."
May,
46
"Apollo 13, as you may remember, gave us a reactor that is bubbling away right now somewhere in the Pacific. It's supposed to be bubbling away on the moon, but it's in the Pacific Ocean instead."
46
"I've been taking batting practice in my barn where nobody can see me, so I may be better than anyone thinks."
45
"You create a pile of dirt and then drive over it. We may have to learn to drive all over again."
May,
44
"I may like the Blizzard best, of all the songs I have written."
44
"I may be the girl next door, but you wouldn't want to live next to me."
44
"By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox."
43
"You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you."
43
"Well, no. I believe that it's not at all impossible that some of the performances that I've heard so far by some pianists may be superior to my own playing because those are two totally different acts altogether."
May,
43
"You may live in an imperfect world but the frontiers are not closed and the doors are not all shut."
43
"It may not be possible to get rare roast beef but if you're willing to settle for well done, ask them to hold the sweetened library paste that passes for gravy."
May,
43
"May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine."
43
"The movement of the emitters of the spectral lines may be deduced on the basis of the Doppler principle."
May,
42
"Sin recognized but that may keep us humble, But oh, it keeps us nasty."
42
"Let it them be put into any clean oven vessel of china or stoneware which should be wider at the top than at the bottom. so that there may be the largest surface above to favor the evaporation."
May,
42
"We reduced the size of our front page code by about 50%, and by using absolute positioning, we are able to display important parts of the page before other parts may have fully loaded yet."
May,
42
"The best way to investigate the elusive phenomenon called the creative process may well be to target all the misconceptions, to explain what the creative process is not."
May,
42
"Almost everything The Beatles did was great, and it's hard to improve on. They were our Bach. The way to get around it may be to keep it as simple as possible."
May,
42
"It now seems very likely that many of the 64 triplets, possibly most of them, may code one amino acid or another, and that in general several distinct triplets may code one amino acid."
42
"I've always been drawn to Marilyn Monroe, but certain aspects of her story may be too sad to tell."
May,
41
"When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become."
41
"May was young and beautiful, we were legally married, but she was caught in the prison of my skin."
41
"I shall not die young, for I am already near seventy: I may die old."
41
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