Top 100 May Not Quotes
#1. I have come to use the pan-Celtic history, which spans from 500 BC to the present, as a creative springboard. The music I am creating is a result of traveling down that road and picking up all manner of themes and influences, which may or may not be overtly Celtic in nature.
Loreena McKennitt
#3. I would that we were, my beloved, white birds on the foam of the sea!
We tire of the flame of the meteor, before it can fadeand flee;
And the flame of the blue star of twilight, hung low on the rim of the sky,
Has awaked in our hearts, my beloved, a sadness that may not die.
William Butler Yeats
#4. We may not long for bread, but we long for meaning, intimacy, fulfillment, community, purpose, and joy.
Tim Chester
#5. Though you may not see any signs of sexual sin or weights, you still need to see Jesus on a regular basis for a checkup. P.46
Ty Adams
#6. I just want to do God's will. And he's allowed me to go to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've seen the promised land! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land.
Martin Luther King Jr.
#7. 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.
Marian Burros
#9. When you cross a challenge that is expansive and deep, you may not even realize when you've come to the other side. That day will come. And when it does, how will you look at your crossing?
Teresa Hirst
#10. Racing is what I live for, and it makes my world go around. Having said that, without the support of the diabetes community, I may not have gotten back into the race car after my diagnosis in October 2007.
Charlie Kimball
#11. your lack of knowledge may not for you but surely it is dangerous for your child because you cannot teach them which you your self do not know
Mohammed Zaki Ansari
#12. I was asked to speak about Canadian politics. It may not be true, but it's legendary that if you're like all Americans, you know almost nothing except for your own country. Which makes you probably knowledgeable about one more country than most Canadians.
Stephen Harper
#13. ~ A doorway can lead a person into new spaces, and can allow in loved ones, enemies, new acquaintances, or horrible things that we never dare dream about. They can remove us from that we've just left, or present us a firm wall of acceptance we may or may not wish to embrace.
Heather Lyons
#14. We may not return the affection of those who like us, but we always respect their good judgment.
Lillian Gordy Carter
#15. We may not be responsible for another's addiction or the life history that preceded it, but many painful situations could be avoided if we recognized that we are responsible for the way we ourselves enter into the interaction. And that, to put it most simply, means dealing with our own stuff.
Gabor Mate
#17. I guess the thing about exposing your heart is that people may not even notice it. Like a flop movie. Or they'll borrow your heart and they'll forget to return it to you.
Douglas Coupland
#18. If a monkey has become a man - what may not a man become?
Tom Wolfe
#19. I may not be a politician, but I will fight to the end of my life for what I believe in.
Bidzina Ivanishvili
#20. I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.
Maya Angelou
#21. I may not know what is in store for me. However, I always know how I prefer to respond to my circumstances whatever they may be.
Raphael Zernoff
#22. Perhaps, if prematurely we dismiss ourselves from this world, all may even have to be suffered through again - the premature birth may not contribute to the production of another being, which must be begun again from the beginning.
Florence Nightingale
#23. Grace is something that comes to us when we somehow find ourselves completely available, when we become openhearted and open-minded, and are willing to entertain the possibility that we may not know what we think we know.
Adyashanti
#24. Your greatest accomplishment may not be something you do but someone you raise.
Andy Stanley
#25. We may not be worthy to be forgiven, but He is worthy to forgive us.
J.D. Greear
#26. Let us pray that the great historic tragedy of our time may not have been enacted without instructing our whole beloved country through terror and pity; and may fulfillment verify in the end those expectations which kindle the bards of Progress and Humanity.
Herman Melville
#27. A Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a Brother.
Benjamin Franklin
#28. It is poison - rank poison - to knuckle down to care and hardships. They must come to us all, albeit in different shapes, and we may not escape them. It is not possible. But we may swindle them out of half of their puissance with a stiff upper lip.
Mark Twain
#29. The story does what no theorem can quite do. It may not be "like real life" in the superficial sense: but it sets before us an image of what reality may well be like at some more central region.
C.S. Lewis
#30. We shouldn't have to be burdened with all the technicalities that come up from time to time with shrewd, smart lawyers interpreting what the laws or what the Constitution may or may not say.
Dan Quayle
#31. If you can get to a girl and make a difference in her life, you're actually going to have a greater impact on a woman's life. If you don't get to her as a girl, you may not be able ever to help her as a woman.
Kathy Calvin
#32. The circumstances of your life are neither good nor bad. They are appropriate to the needs of your soul. They may or may not be what your personality desires.
Gary Zukav
#33. As a nurse, we have the opportunity to heal the heart, mind, soul and body of our patients, their families and ourselves. They may not remember your name but they will never forget the way you made them feel.
Maya Angelou
#34. To gold and silver nature hath given no use that we may not well lack.
Thomas More
#35. As soon as a handful of scientists come up with an intervention shown to influence aging in other species, they begin selling it as an intervention for humans, even though there may not be evidence it works.
S. Jay Olshansky
#36. Just because Shangri-La may not exist doesn't mean we shouldn't keep looking for it, because maybe that's exactly where it does exist, in the striving.
Greg F. Gifune
#37. Books are a great equalizer. You may not have the money to travel the world, but with a library card as your passport your horizons for exploration and self-discovery are unlimited.
Shireen Dodson
#38. I smoke two cartons of unfiltered cigs and down a bottle of American rye whiskey as a warm up, generally. Then swallow beach sand and general aggregate to get some texture in the voice, followed by a stick of butter to smooth it all out. This works for me, but may not be for everyone.
Roger Craig Smith
#39. I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life.
Walter Anderson
#40. I don't know. But we may not have any other option.
Veronica Roth
#41. It's not like I tease people with the things I'm doing," the Kid continues. He deepens his voice. "Coming soon, I may or may not go outside. What will I choose? Find out ... in another month.
T.J. Klune
#42. MUSIC MAY NOT MAKE YOU A GENIUS, or rich, or even a better person. But it helps train you to think differently, to process different points of view - and most important, to take pleasure in listening.
Joanne Lipman
#43. The whole world may not understand me, but I don't care.
Lady Gaga
#44. You can't live for a moment that may not happen. You need to live in the moment.
Jake Roberts
#45. Your grand daughter may not be looking for trouble, but trouble is looking for her.
Alice Hoffman
#46. You may not like the humor, but that is why every radio has an on-off button.
Mel Karmazin
#47. Households that have lost the soul of cooking from their routines may not know what they are missing: the song of a stir-fry sizzle, the small talk of clinking measuring spoons, the yeasty scent of rising dough, the painting of flavors onto a pizza before it slides into the oven.
Barbara Kingsolver
#48. I may not be perfect but I've always been true
I may not be worthy in your eyes
Avenged Sevenfold
#49. Something happens to me when I witness someone's courage. They may not know I'm watching and I might not let them know. But something happens to me that will last me for a lifetime. To fill me when I'm empty, and rock me when I'm low.
Holly Near
#50. The mugger who is arrested is back on the street before the police officer, but the person mugged may not be back on the street for a long time, if ever.
Mario Cuomo
#51. His eyebrows raised. "And you said demons didn't know love."
Guido's laugh was harsh. "Ahh, but haven't you learned by now, bestia? Demons may not be able to lie, but we never tell the truth.
Heather R. Blair
#52. I see several animals that live so entire and perfect a life, some without sight, others without hearing: who knows whether to us also one, two, or three, or many other senses, may not be wanting?
Michel De Montaigne
#53. We may not go about parroting truth and nonviolence and steering clear of them in our daily life.
Mahatma Gandhi
#54. God's Word is absolutely true. You may not understand how God is going to bring about what He's promised you, but He is keeping every promise that He has ever made. He will never deceive you or disappoint you, and He will never change His mind about what He's told you.
Charles Stanley
#55. No conjunction can possibly occur, however fearful, however tremendous it may appear, from which a man by his own energy may not extricate himself, as a mariner by the rattling of his cannon can dissipate the impending waterspout.
Benjamin Disraeli
#56. We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
#57. Idealism misconstrues agency, implying the capacity to bring about influence where that capacity may not exist or where it may only be weak.
James Davison Hunter
#58. Money may not buy love, but fighting about it will bankrupt your relationship.
Michelle Singletary
#59. In the network model, rewards come by empowering others, not by climbing over them. If you work in a hierarchy, you may not want to climb to its top.
John Naisbitt
#60. Better to have you curse me for giving you too much freedom, than have you blame me for bad decisions that may or may not have come as a result of my advice.
Tori Carrington
#61. ... at four o'clock in the morning, when the world is full of magic, things may be safely said that may not be uttered at any other time, so long as the person who listens believes in the same kind of magic as the person who speaks.
Robin McKinley
#62. Where there are people, there is injustice, and that is not God's design. It may not be our fault, but it is our fight. Let us do our part by holding up our corners.
F. Willis Johnson
#63. I trust you, Collin, with my life and my heart. If I didn't, I wouldn't be here right now. We may not be joined together, by law, by God, but we are, in my heart.
Nicole Gulla
#64. Even if you fulfill your hearts desire, by sacrificing something important, you may not necessarily be happy. Happiness doesn't come in one form, it determined by your own heart.
Ai Yazawa
#65. Fiction and nonfiction are not so easily divided. Fiction may not be real, but it's true; it goes beyond the garland of facts to get to emotional and psychological truths.
Yann Martel
#66. Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth; help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart.
Martin Luther
#67. I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn't.
Albert Camus
#68. If you attach your mind to any ideology, you're going to be on a road, and that road may or may not lead you in a good direction. But you're gonna stay on that road because you are attached to an ideology. It could be a terrible road, but you stick with it regardless of rational thinking.
Joe Rogan
#69. Revelation may not need the help of reason, but man does, even when in possession of revelation. Reason may be described as the candle in the man's hand, to which revelation brings the necessary flame.
William Gilmore Simms
#70. Your own regrets may not be as ugly as you think they are.
Kathryn Schulz
#71. Dad, I may not be the best, but I come to believe that I got it in me to be somebody in this world. And it's not because I'm so different from you either. It's because I'm the same. I mean, I can be just as hard-headed, and just as tough. I only hope I can be as good a man as you.
Jake Gyllenhaal
#72. She may not be mine, but I am still hers.
Page Morgan
#73. He touched her face. "I may not slip," he said, "but I fall.
Cassandra Clare
#74. I feel that my work is not in vain, that it does have a place in society, even though it may not be considered that it has a place in society - it doesn't matter.
Yoko Ono
#75. I always remind my kids, "I'm your parent, but I'm a human being, too, so I may not be perfect."
Kelly Ripa
#76. What glitters may not be gold; and even wolves may smile; and fools will be led by promises to their deaths.
Lauren Oliver
#77. She is half a soul, hungry or another...
The girl, she may not know, but she will drink your soul. She cannot help it. Half a soul will kill to be whole.
Erika Swyler
#78. Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.
Michael Jordan
#79. Great investments may look crazy but really may not be.
Peter Thiel
#80. Doing research in mathematics is frustrating and if being frustrated is something you cannot get used to, then mathematics may not be an ideal occupation for you.
Peter Sarnak
#81. You may not be punished for your procrastination, but for sure you will be punished by your procrastination.
Debasish Mridha
#82. Because judges may not issue advisory opinions, judicial nominees may not do so either, especially on issues likely to come before the court. That rule has always been honored.
Orrin Hatch
#83. Economics has been called the dismal science. Once you get to understand it, you may not find it so dismal, but you don't find it much of a science either.
Jean Chretien
#84. The beauty of today may not be realised until it becomes tomorrow's memory
Steven Aitchison
#86. I may not be great at geometry but I know one theorum. The longest distance between two points is you and your parents.
Jane Wagner
#87. Yet earth has never child she may not slay, Nor sea a lover that she cannot kill.
Kenneth Rand
#88. A lot of knowledge in any kind of an organization is what we call task knowledge. These are things that people who have been there a long time understand are important, but they may not know how to talk about them. It's often called the culture of the organization.
Howard Gardner
#89. A good kitchen should be sufficiently remote from the principal apartments of the house, that the members, visitors, or guests of the family, may not perceive the odour incident to cooking, or hear the noise of culinary operations.
Isabella Beeton
#90. For Drake is no longer in his hammock, children, nor is Arthur somewhere sleeping, and you may not lie idly expecting the second coming of anybody now, because the world is yours and it is up to you.
Susan Cooper
#91. Being by his faith replaced afresh in paradise and created anew, he (the believer)does not need works for his justification, but that he may not be idle, but that he may exercise his own body and preserve it. His works are to be done freely, with the sole object of pleasing God.
Martin Luther
#92. What else is wrong with 'suicide' bombing? Legally, less than what one might believe. While it may or may not be good strategy, it appears to be permissable under international law.
Enver Masud
#93. The River', a poem from 'Profound Vers-A-Tales':
Your perception of my exterior may not match what lies beneath the surface.
Kamil Ali
#94. I may not worry as much as Prime Minister Eshkol does about Israel, but I worry as deeply.
Lyndon B. Johnson
#95. We may not always know what we're wanted for, nor is it for us to enquire, but nobody is useless as long as he is permitted to live.
Mrs. Alfred Gatty
#96. The paths of glory at least lead to the Grave, but the paths of duty may not get you Anywhere.
James Thurber
#97. The drug may not be toxic, but you may be self-toxic, and you may discover this in the drug experience.
Terence McKenna
#98. Many of my favorite survivors in fiction show that it may not be the most muscled, macho or mighty people who pull through. A strong mind and body aren't always enough. You might also need a resilient heart.
Claire Cameron
#99. I don't define myself by the boys who may or may not like me.
Rick Riordan
#100. Orion:"Oh, how I pray that dragon will turn 'round so that I may smite it."
Foaly: "Smite it with what? Your secret birthmark?"
Orion: "Don't you mock my birthmark, which I may or may not have.
Eoin Colfer
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