May Quotes

He who lives in our mind is near though he may actually be far away; but he who is not in our heart is far though he may really be nearby.

No aquarium, no tank in a marine land, however spacious it may be, can begin to duplicate the conditions of the sea. And no dolphin who inhabits one of those aquariums or one of those marine lands can be considered normal.

Naturally, when one makes progressive steps, there may be some who see it as a betrayal of their goals and interests.

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.

I suppose I have had more advantages and privileges than most of you, who are slaves have ever known, and I believe more than many white people have enjoyed, for which I desire to bless God, and pray that he may bless those who have given them to me.

Initially, I had two thoughts. First, this is a very large conspiracy; and second, our children in Washington. We knew there were a few unidentified planes that may have been headed for the White House or the Capitol Building.

However painful it may be for me to accept this conclusion, I am obliged to state it: for the black man there is only one destiny. And it is white.

You may not know it, but at the far end of despair, there is a white clearing where one is almost happy.

The denial of our duty to act in this case is a denial of our right to act; and if we have no right to act, then may we well be termed the white slaves of the North, for like our brethren in bonds, we must seal our lips in silence and despair.

It may be proper to observe, that I had now passed the utmost frontier of the white settlements on that border.

For the majority of the time, I may as well have been just a really tan white kid. You know, I may as well have just been, like, a fat kid.

By dismantling the narrow politics of racial identity and selective self-interest, by going beyond 'black' and 'white,' we may construct new values, new institutions and new visions of an America beyond traditional racial categories and racial oppression.

Contrary to what the fans may think, you don't just show up, wear a striped shirt and a whistle on Friday night.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other.

To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the questioner.

I may attempt a novel. I think that no matter what you write, it requires being honest with oneself, and you have to pull yourself out of the whirlwind of daily life.

He that hath deserved hanging may be glad to escape with a whipping.

The tendency to whining and complaining may be taken as the surest sign symptom of little souls and inferior intellects.

Success is an absurd, erratic thing. She arrives when one least expects her and after she has come may depart again almost because of a whim.

Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel.

An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.

I love the look of planes and the idea of how a plane flies. The more I learn about it the better I feel; while I still may not like it, I have a sense of what is really happening.

Great passions, my dear, don't exist: they're liars fantasies. What do exist are little loves that may last for a short or a longer while.

I know that attaching memories to books may be going out of the world, but while it lasts, it's a strong record of your life.

While knowledge may provide useful point of reference, it cannot become a force to guide the future.

I believe that the average guy in the street will give up a great deal, if he really understands the cost of not giving it up. In fact, we may find that, while we're drastically cutting our energy consumption, we're actually raising our standard of living.

While everyone I work with may not share my beliefs, I have been surrounded by nothing but support.

What does it mean to be an American? While each of us may have our own specific answer to that question, we likely can agree on the basic principles of America: freedom, equal opportunity, and rights accompanied by responsibilities.

And these little things may not seem like much but after a while they take you off on a direction where you may be a long way off from what other people have been thinking about.