Mere Quotes

1764 quotes by 1143 authors

When I was a kid, Ellen DeGeneres and Rosie O'Donnell were mere blips on the gaydar; and they were both still in the closet. — Beth Ditto
A client is to me a mere unit, a factor in a problem. — Arthur Conan Doyle
Sadness does not inhere in things; it does not reach us from the world and through mere contemplation of the world. It is a product… — Emile Durkheim
The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion. — George Eliot
Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is… — Havelock Ellis
Poets say science takes away from the beauty of the stars - mere globs of gas atoms. I, too, can see the stars on a… — Richard P. Feynman
Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving. — Henry Ford
But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to disappear or to merge in something else. — E. M. Forster
Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its inmates to love it rather than to love one another. — E. M. Forster
However, I think the major opposition to ecology has deeper roots than mere economics; ecology threatens widely held values so fundamental that they must be… — Garrett Hardin
After all, enforced national bilingualism in this country isn't mere policy. It has attained the status of a religion. It's a dogma which one is… — Stephen Harper
Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines. For those who play the game, an hour may be… — Helen Hayes
Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke. — Hermann Hesse
You had to be aware that I saw that photography was a mere episode in the history of the optical projection and when the chemicals… — David Hockney
Words, without power, is mere philosophy. — Muhammad Iqbal
Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in… — William James
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains. — Thomas Jefferson
Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption… — Thomas Jefferson
Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure. — Samuel Johnson

Who Wrote These Mere Quotes

1,143 authors contributed a total of 1,764 Mere Quotes, led by these top contributors: