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May Quotes

"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."

"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."

David R. Brower, American Environmentalist

May, Moon, Now, Ocean

2

"You will seek not a near but a distant objective, and you will not be satisfied with what you may have done."

"You will seek not a near but a distant objective, and you will not be satisfied with what you may have done."

Abbott L. Lowell, American President

2

"There may be something good in silence. It's a brand new thing. You can hear the funniest little discussions, if you keep turning the volume down. Shut yourself up, and listen out loud."

Wes Borland, American Musician

1

"Nothing is so difficult but that it may be found out by seeking."

"Nothing is so difficult but that it may be found out by seeking."

Jean Racine, French Dramatist

1

"We know what we are, but know not what we may be."

"We know what we are, but know not what we may be."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

1

"The familiar material objects may not be all that is real, but they are admirable examples."

"The familiar material objects may not be all that is real, but they are admirable examples."

Willard Van Orman Quine, American Philosopher

1

"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."

"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."

Learned Hand, American Judge

1

"I may be the most recognizable name in the cast, but I can guarantee that I am not the most talented."

"I may be the most recognizable name in the cast, but I can guarantee that I am not the most talented."

Huey Lewis, American Musician

1

"You may be surprised to discover you're rich, especially if you're broke."

"You may be surprised to discover you're rich, especially if you're broke."

P. J. O'Rourke, American Comedian

1

"I race in two or three classic races a year and I may carry on for 10 more years or I may stop tomorrow."

"I race in two or three classic races a year and I may carry on for 10 more years or I may stop tomorrow."

Barry Sheene, British Celebrity

May, Race, Tomorrow, Years

1

"The very gradual reductions in my weight which I am able to show, may be interesting to many, and I have great pleasure in stating them, believing that they serve to demonstrate further the merit of the system pursued."

"The very gradual reductions in my weight which I am able to show, may be interesting to many, and I have great pleasure in stating them, believing that they serve to demonstrate further the merit of the system pursued."

William Banting, English Celebrity

May, Merit, Pleasure, Weight

1

"In some units it may suppress the motor discharge altogether, in some it may merely slow the motor discharge thus lessening the wave frequency of the contraction and so the tension."

"In some units it may suppress the motor discharge altogether, in some it may merely slow the motor discharge thus lessening the wave frequency of the contraction and so the tension."

Charles Scott Sherrington, British Scientist

1

"I may be crazy, but it keeps me from going insane."

"I may be crazy, but it keeps me from going insane."

Waylon Jennings, American Musician

1

"Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same."

"Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

1

"But if, on the other hand, we should be justified in rejecting it, if there testified on oath, then, supposing our rules of evidence to be sound, we may be excused if we hesitate elsewhere to give it credence."

"But if, on the other hand, we should be justified in rejecting it, if there testified on oath, then, supposing our rules of evidence to be sound, we may be excused if we hesitate elsewhere to give it credence."

Simon Greenleaf, American Judge

May, Rules, Sound

1

"Never cry over spilt milk, because it may have been poisoned."

"Never cry over spilt milk, because it may have been poisoned."

W. C. Fields, American Comedian

1

"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."

"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."

Leo Ornstein, American Composer

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