Mere Quotes

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There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one… — Edgar Allan Poe
There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion… — Edgar Allan Poe
Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding. — Ezra Pound
Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust… — Salman Rushdie
Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total explanation, have wrought havoc among mere mixed-up human beings. — Salman Rushdie
There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a fat man more than a thin man. Sir Isaac Newton… — Bertrand Russell
A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call… — Walter Scott
Words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart. — William Shakespeare
The once inviolate frame within which programs or commercials were displayed on television - always separately - has been violated to a pulp. Program content… — Tom Shales
Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and… — Tony Snow
Proposition 19 already is a winner no matter what happens on election day. The mere fact of its being on the ballot has elevated and… — George Soros
Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are mere isolated curiosities. — Thomas Sowell
The history of the Internet is, in part, a series of opportunities missed: the major record labels let Apple take over the digital-music business; Blockbuster… — James Surowiecki
Humans are an infant species, a mere 150,000 years old. But, armed with a massive brain, we've not only survived, we've used our wits to… — David Suzuki
Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation. — Rabindranath Tagore
Love is not a mere impulse, it must contain truth, which is law. — Rabindranath Tagore
You listen to Bob Dylan and you can't help but think of the 60s, it's very relational and if artists are true artists and not… — Serj Tankian
Statistically, the probability of any one of us being here is so small that you'd think the mere fact of existing would keep us all… — Lewis Thomas
Being naked approaches being revolutionary; going barefoot is mere populism. — John Updike
I belong to a nation which over the past centuries has experienced many hardships and reverses. The world reacted with silence or with mere sympathy… — Lech Walesa
Do not hover always on the surface of things, nor take up suddenly with mere appearances; but penetrate into the depth of matters, as far… — Isaac Watts
The memory, experiencing and re-experiencing, has such power over one's mere personal life, that one has merely lived. — Rebecca West
English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street. — Elwyn Brooks White
True love is not a strong, fiery, impetuous passion. It is, on the contrary, an element calm and deep. It looks beyond mere externals, and… — Ellen G. White
Mere heathen morality, and not Jesus Christ, is preached in most of our churches. — George Whitefield

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