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To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the piano. — James Whistler

The trials of life will not wait for us. They come at their own time, not caring much to inquire how ready we may be to meet them. — James Anthony Froude

I have a feeling that climate change may be an issue as severe as a war. It may be necessary to put democracy on hold for a while. — James Lovelock

We may never know in this life why we face what we do, but we can feel confident that we can grow from the experience. — James B. Martino

When we know exactly all a man's views and how he comes to speak and act so and so, we lose any respect for him, though we may love and admire him. — James Boswell

Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up. — P.D. James

The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the shedding of blood there is no remission. — James A. Garfield

For many, living a Christlike life every day may be even more difficult than laying down one's life. — James E. Faust

I may or may not
have once tossed a guy out of her store for flirting
with her.Total douchebag. Wore a
scarf indoors. -Nick — Julie James

And so, while perhaps not all God's chilluns got wings, enough have for each of us to hope that we may be among those that have. — James Webb Young

Laugh every chance you get. Laughter is sure to break the bonds of negativity that may be lurking about. — James Van Praagh

Life may be given in many ways, and loyalty to truth be sealed as bravely in the closet as the field. — James Russell Lowell

Making a wrong choice early may limit making the right choice later. — James E. Faust

I may not have been the first to wish to marry her, but I am the one who succeeded. — Eloisa James

A dirty and mean sense of humor first thing in the morning. I may learn to like you yet. — Lorelei James

Wealth may be an excellent thing, for it means power, and it means leisure, it means liberty. — James Russell Lowell

May you have happiness, and may you find it making one another happy. — James Dillet Freeman

And am I answerable that thoughtless and unprincipled men exist whose shades of contenance may resemble mine? — James Fenimore Cooper

It is a tradition among our desert tribes. A man may borrow what he needs. Stealing is crime. — James Rollins

Of my merit On that pint you yourself may jedge: All is, I never drink no sperit, Nor I haint never signed no pledge. — James Russell Lowell

It's important to ask yourself, How am I useful to others? What do people want from me? That may very well reveal what you are here for. — James Hillman

Why may we not be in the universe, as our dogs and cats are in our drawingrooms and libraries? — William James

The vast majority of English folk cannot and will not consider a picture as a picture, apart from any story which it may be supposed to tell. — James Whistler

The lies we tell about ourselves may be more revealing than the truths we incautiously reveal. — James Edwin Gunn

Proverbs may not improperly be called the philosophy of the common people. — James Howell

May is a pious fraud of the almanac A ghastly parody of real Spring Shaped out of snow and breathed with eastern wind. — James Russell Lowell

The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting. — Henry James

Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty as well as by the abuses of power. — James Madison

Book-jacket design may become a lost art, like album-cover design, without which late-20th-century iconography would have been pauperized. — James Wolcott

Perfect love may cast our fear, but fear is remarkably potent in casting out love. — P.D. James

Pigs may not be as cuddly as kittens or puppies, but they suffer just as much. — James Cromwell

It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two or three High souls, like those far stars that come in sight Once in a century. — James Russell Lowell

A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act. — James Thurber

I'm never running away again. In fact, just may run down the aisle. — Lorelei James

A winner's attitude: it may be difficult, but it's possible. A loser's attitude: It may be possible, but it's too difficult. — William James

As you may well know by now, the Givers are mysterious, and love to speak in riddles. It's more annoying than having sand in your underpants ... — James Dashner

Ayer may be considered a practical atheist: one who sees no reason to worship an invisible deity. — James A. Haught

May we dedicate our lives to serving the Lord and not worry about offending the devil. — James E. Faust

American labor may now look to the future with confidence. — James J. Davis

Other translations may engage the mind, but the King James Version is the Bible of the heart. — David Norton

The profit motive, indecorous though it may seem, may represent the best chance the poor have to reap some of globalization's benefits. — James Surowiecki

Time may be a river, but memory is a meteor shower, a staccato beat of energetic impacts. — James J. Houts

Man's mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild. — James Allen

O God, enlarge love in me, so I may learn to taste with my whole heart how sweet it is to love, to be dissolved, and to swim in love. — James Watkins

Kindness is wisdom. There is none in life But needs it and may learn. — Philip James Bailey

Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this, that you are dreadfully like other people. — James Russell Lowell

Autobiography may be the preeminent kind of American expression. — Henry James

Against the may, the could be, and the should, folly 'tis to balance doubt or hope. — James Thurber

For those whose faith has faded, the reasons may be real to them, but these reasons do not change the reality of what Joseph Smith restored. — James E. Faust

information, they wonder whether it may be primary: more fundamental than matter itself. — James Gleick

Whatever pretended pessimists in search of notoriety may say, most people are naturally kind, at heart. — James Branch Cabell

Gods are like people. They believe anything if you tell them right way. — James Clavell

No price is set on the lavish summer;
June may be had by the poorest comer. — James Russell Lowell

Auld John may dee a beggar in a hay barn, or at the back of a dike, but he sall aye be master o' his ain thoughts an' gie them vent or no, as he likes — James Hogg

Often what may appear as a detour in life is actually the most direct and empowering path to your destination. — James Arthur Ray

Change is hard because people overestimate the value of what they have
and underestimate the value of what they may gain by giving that up. — James Belasco And Ralph Stayer Flight Of The Buffalo 1994

Civilization may be said indeed to be the creation of its outlaws. — James Joyce

[Rumors are a] vehicle for anxieties and aspirations that may not be openly expressed. — James Scott

I have always been motivated by a greater good. As a child, I was taught by my parents to be good and to do good at all times and in all ways! — James May

A man may not achieve everything he has dreamed, but he will never achieve anything great without having dreamed it first. — William James

May is a pious fraud of the almanac. — James Russell Lowell

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

The best thing for an actor is to try it his way. The way they do it may not work, but it may inspire me to try something else. — James Burrows

If you take different mythologies from different cultures, the names may change and the story lines may vary but there is always something in common. — Maynard James Keenan

It may be over but it won't stop there, I am here for you if you'd only care — James Blunt

In truth we do not go to Faery, we become Fairy, and in the beating of a pulse we may live for a year or a thousand years. — James Stephens

You may not get everything you dream about, but you will never get anything you don't dream about. — William James

Genius may be a necessary precondition for creating a masterpiece but it's never a sufficient one. — James Shapiro

The scapegoat upon whom the sins of the people are periodically laid, may also be a human being. — James G. Frazer

His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants hall. — James M. Barrie

The gifts of our colors may be different, but God has so placed us as to journey in the same path. — James Fenimore Cooper

The Irishman in English literature may be said to have been born with an apology in his mouth. — James Connolly

There may be unselfish natures, there may be disinterested feelings. — Henry James

Go where you will, if a shilling can there be procured, you may expect to meet with individuals in search of it. — John James Audubon

May giant circus elephants shit on your lawn. May bug-eyed gargoyles eat your young. — James Ellroy

I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything. — James Boswell

A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion. — James Boswell

The resulting units may be called binary digits, or more briefly, bits. — James Gleick

How slight a chance may raise or sink a soul! — Philip James Bailey

I would love it if my films made a lot of money, and may I say that 'The Yards' is the only one that's lost money. — James Gray

No evidence against a firmly-held belief, no matter how good or abundant it may be, will sway the true believer. — James Randi

No company can afford not to move forward. It may be at the top of the heap today but at the bottom of the heap tomorrow, if it doesn't. — James Cash Penney

Both thought and feeling are determinants of conduct, and the same conduct may be determined either by feeling or by thought. — William James

Man, whatever else he may be, is primarily a practical being, whose mind is given him to aid in adapting him to this world's life — William James

Sometimes things that are crippling to hear may be true or they wouldn't be so crippling. — James E. Cohea Jr.

The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths. — William James

Times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord (Acts 3:20). — James MacDonald

You are an extremely valuable, worthwhile, significant person even though your present circumstances may have you feeling otherwise. — James Newman

May God blast anyone who writes a biography of me. — James M. Barrie

The Don Quixote of one generation may live to hear himself called the savior of society by the next. — James Russell Lowell

Asceticism may be a mere expression of organic hardihood, disgusted with too much ease. — William James

The lady is proverbial for her skill in eluding definition ... she may be described merely as the female of the favored social class. — Emily James Smith Putnam

Heat may be generated and destroyed by certain processes, and this shows that heat is not a substance. — James Clerk Maxwell

I suspect any worries about genetic engineering may be unnecessary. Genetic mutations have always happened naturally, anyway. — James Lovelock

Our twenty-first century economy may focus on agriculture, not information. — James Howard Kunstler

It may seem contradictory, but in the languid tropics one spends more time contemplating those great good things of sound and sight and smell. — James A. Michener

Never sacrifice your family. They are the most important thing in life. — James May

Then we're out into the bright Seattle May morning. — E.L. James

With an open mind, we gain insight into ideas and expressions that we may have overlooked or not noticed at all. — James Van Praagh

Call Audi. I may need the A3 sooner than I thought." "It's ready, Mr. Grey." "Oh. Good. — E.L. James