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It is worthy to note, that the early popularity of Washington was not the result of brilliant achievement nor signal success; on the contrary, it rose among trials and reverses, and may almost be said to have been the fruit of defeat.

It is wrong to follow the advice of an adversary; nevertheless it is right to hear it, that you may do the contrary; and this is the essence of good policy.

It may almost be held that the hope of commercial gain has done nearly as much for the cause of truth as even the love of truth.

It may be a childish torment, but we do not get to choose our demons.

It may be decades until we know what living in a state of constant distraction will do to us.

It may be doubted whether any repentance is genuine which is not repentance for sin rather than sins

It may be easier than ever to start a product, but building a company is just as hard as its ever been.

It may be hyperbolic to declare that Shakespeare teaches us more about being human than all the natural scientists combined.

It may be most difficult to empathize with those we are closest to.

It may be possible to forget our past but our past is not going to forget us.

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

It may be said that poems are in one way like icebergs: only about a third of their bulk appears above the surface of the page.

[I]t may be that a crowd at a particular moment of history creates the object to justify its gathering.

It may be that no life is found, Which only to one engine bound Falls off, but cycles always round.

It may be that the books that were best liked in your lifetime are not the ones that are best liked 100 years later.

It may be that these loan arrangements conform to the letter of the law, but they do not conform to the spirit of the law and to the principle of transparency on which it is based.

It may be that you are settled in another place it may be that you are happy but the one who took your heart wields final power.

It may be true that he travels farthest who travels alone, but the goal thus reached is not worth reaching.

It may be true that the government that governs best governs least Unfortunately, the same is also true of the government that governs worst.

It may be useful to remember that a peacetime political machine is built essentially on patronage.

It may be you fear more to deliver judgment upon me than I fear judgment.

It may be a coincidence, but from the minute I took anti-depressants, I didn't pick up a guitar or a pen for seven years.

It may be a man's world, but men are easily controlled by women.

It may be a procession of faithful failures that enriches the soil of godly success.

It may be a product of me being raised in episcopal church, but I have a love for ritual and theater and the significance of doing the exact same thing over and over. So I really love knowing every little thing I'm going to do during a show.

It may be beyond the limits of human intelligence to understand how human intelligence works.

It may be changing, but still it's the one place, that total control of an institution, that African Americans have. So sometimes, you know, you'll hear the statement of African Americans saying, "I have to work with whites.

It may be in the cultural particularities of people — in their oddities — that some of the most instructive revelations of what it is to be generically human are to be found.

It may be laid as an universal rule that a government which attempts more than it ought will perform less.

It may be more important in the mathematics class how you teach than what you teach.

It may be necessary to use methods other than constitutional ones.

It may be normal, darling; but I'd rather be natural.

It may be possible through detachment, to gain knowledge that is 'useful;' but only through participation is it possible to gain the knowledge that is helpful.

It may be taken for granted that, rash as the Americans are, when they are prudent there is good reason for it.

It may be that [Erwin Rommel] believed it to be possible to convince [Adolf] Hitler to go away and to end the war, but Hitler never dreamed of doing something like that.

It may be that other developers are finding that their games play better on one platform over the other, so they're choosing to migrate to that platform.

It may be that the most interesting American struggle is the struggle to set oneself free from the limits one is born to, and then to learn something of the value of those limits

It may be that there is such a thing as racial memory, and it is supported by the undeniable observation that the goblins will get you if you don't watch out.

It may be that ... when the advance of destructive weapons enables everyone to kill everybody else nobody will want to kill anyone at all. [Referring to the hydrogen bomb.]

It may be the best that Hillary Clinton can do, but it's not the best America can do.

It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs.

It may be true, that men, who are mere mathematicians, have certain specific shortcomings, but that is not the fault of mathematics, for it is equally true of every other exclusive occupation.

It may be true that there is no God here, but there must be one not far off, and at such a moment one feels His presence; which comes to the same as saying (and I readily give this sincere profession of faith): I believe in God, and that it is His wi

It may be well to remember that the highest level of moral aspiration recorded in history was reached by a few ancient Jews--Micah, Isaiah, and the rest--who took no count whatever of what might not happen to them after death. It is not obvious to me why the same point should not by and by be reached by the Gentiles.

It may happen that small differences in the initial conditions produce very great ones in the final phenomena. A small error in the former will produce an enormous error in the later. Prediction becomes impossible, and we have the fortuitous phenomena.

... it matters not what natural endowment a race may have if it prostitutes itself to the service of death.

It may also be pertinent to ask whether a greater effort in the less expensive basic stages of research may not lead to reductions of effort in the far costlier stages of development and prototype construction.

It may be a cliché, but it's true - the build-up to Christmas is so much more pleasurable than the actual day itself.

It may be a lot more personally rewarding to focus on the marvelous new equipment, but the focus should be on customers - attracting them, courting them, rewarding them, understanding them and binding them to you.

It may be an information age, but... It takes more work to earn more money to be overwhelmed by more information that does not equal knowledge or wisdom.