Mere Quotes

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As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being. — Carl Jung
Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play. — Immanuel Kant
We have used the Bible as if it were a mere special constable's handbook, an opium dose for keeping beasts of burden patient while they… — Charles Kingsley
A mere ape in our world may be a scholar in its own, and the low life of any beast may be a source of… — Jeffrey Kluger
It's not mere extremism that makes folks at the fringes so troubling; it's extremism wedded to false beliefs. Humans have long been dupes, easily gulled… — Jeffrey Kluger
For the record: Quantum mechanics does not deny the existence of objective reality. Nor does it imply that mere thoughts can change external events. Effects… — Lawrence M. Krauss
'Band on the Run' is a carefully composed, intricately designed personal statement that will make it impossible for anyone to classify Paul McCartney as a… — Jon Landau
Creation destroys as it goes, throws down one tree for the rise of another. But ideal mankind would abolish death, multiply itself million upon million,… — D. H. Lawrence
The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor… — D. H. Lawrence
The more I see of democracy the more I dislike it. It just brings everything down to the mere vulgar level of wages and prices,… — D. H. Lawrence
I must take issue with the term 'a mere child,' for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is… — Fran Lebowitz
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process. — Thurgood Marshall
For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him. — Karl Marx
If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from… — Maria Montessori
A rule I have had for years is: to treat the Lord Jesus Christ as a personal friend. His is not a creed, a mere… — Dwight L. Moody
Mere humans who root through their refrigerators at three o'clock in the morning can only produce writing that matches what they do. And that includes… — Haruki Murakami
More often than not, the experience of shooting the movie has been disappointing and the end product has been a mere shadow of what I… — Viggo Mortensen
From the age of fifteen, dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion: I know no other religion; I cannot enter into the idea… — John Henry Newman
NASA is an engine of innovation and inspiration as well as the world's premier space exploration agency, and we are well served by politicians working… — Bill Nye
I've always been afraid of video games - not afraid that I wouldn't like them, but that I would like them too much, and that… — Susan Orlean
Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something. — Jean Paul
Don't become a mere recorder of facts, but try to penetrate the mystery of their origin. — Ivan Pavlov
Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together. — James Cash Penney
Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through… — Edgar Allan Poe

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