May Quotes

20575 May quotes by 7930 unique authors

Try as hard as we may for perfection, the net result of our labors is an amazing variety of imperfectness. We are surprised at our… — Samuel McChord Crothers
When you authorised Congress to borrow money, and to contract debts, for carrying on the late war, you could not intend to abridge them of… — Unknown Author
When a man is to travel into a far country...one staff in his hand may comfortably support him, but a bundle of staves would be… — Richard Sibbes
Evangelical agencies with ready funding may have too little depth and vision to cope with the current conflict. God's kingdom is built not on perpetual… — Carl F. H. Henry
We may not know who is craft beer but we sure as hell will know what is craft beer by who isn't. — Unknown Author
Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection. — Red Smith
However, if we consider that all the characteristics which have been cited are only differences in degree of structure, may we not suppose that this… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
I have devoted my whole life to the study of Nature, and yet a single sentence may express all that I have done. I have… — Louis Agassiz
On the whole, at least in the author's experience, the preparation of species-specific antiserum fractions and the differentiation of closely related species with precipitin sera… — Karl Landsteiner
One must believe that every living thing whatsoever must change insensibly in its organization and in its form... One must therefore never expect to find… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
The scientific doctrine of progress is destined to replace not only the myth of progress, but all other myths of human earthly destiny. It will… — Julian Huxley
People are certainly impressed by the aura of creative power which a writer may wear, but can easily demolish it with a few well-chosen questions.… — Brian Stableford
As weird and awful and terrible as it may seem to be yourself sometimes, it will always reward you. — Jenna Marbles
Do not fear your enemies. The worst they can do is kill you. Do not fear friends. At worst, they may betray you. Fear those… — Unknown Author
In the discovery of lemmas the best aid is a mental aptitude for it. For we may see many who are quick at solutions and… — Proclus
No engineer can go upon a new work and not find something peculiar, that will demand his careful reflection, and the deliberate consideration of any… — John B. Jervis
No research will answer all queries that the future may raise. It is wiser to praise the work for what it has accomplished and then… — Theobald Smith
One of my guiding principles is don't do anything that other people are doing. Always do something a little different if you can. The concept… — Seymour Cray
The Author of nature has not given laws to the universe, which, like the institutions of men, carry in themselves the elements of their own… — John Playfair
The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its first material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again… — William Beebe
We profess to teach the principles and practice of medicine, or, in other words, the science and art of medicine. Science is knowledge reduced to… — Unknown Author
The month of May was come, when every lusty heart beginneth to blossom, and to bring forth fruit; for like as herbs and trees bring… — Thomas Malory
Though a man may be found in a weak state, that does not at all mean that he has been abandoned by God. On the… — John of Shanghai and San Francisco
An angel fell from Heaven without any other passion except pride, and so we may ask whether it is possible to ascend to Heaven by… — John Climacus
Since everything is but an apparition, having nothing to do with good or bad, acceptance or rejection, one may well burst out in laughter. — Longchenpa

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