Merely Quotes

3319 Merely quotes by 1909 unique authors

Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled. — Harry Emerson Fosdick
I believe we should reframe our response to climate change as an imperative for growth rather than merely being a way of being green or… — William Hague
Americans need to educate themselves, from elementary school onward, about what their country has done abroad. And they need to play a more active role… — Mohsin Hamid
Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom… — Alexander Hamilton
Film is the manipulative medium par excellence. When you think back on the history of film and the 20th century, you see the propaganda that's… — Michael Haneke
Science does not limit itself merely to what is currently verifiable. But it is interested in questions that are potentially verifiable (or, rather, falsifiable). — Sam Harris
We have Christians against Muslims against Jews, and no matter how liberal your theology, merely identifying yourself as a Christian or a Jew lends tacit… — Sam Harris
Knowledge fills a large brain; it merely inflates a small one. — Sydney J. Harris
In baseball, democracy shines its clearest. The only race that matters is the race to the bag. The creed is the rule book. And color,… — Ernie Harwell
It seems to me that socialists today can preserve their position in academic economics merely by the pretense that the differences are entirely moral questions… — Friedrich August von Hayek
The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy; it consists in… — Henry Hazlitt
We often choose a friend as we do a mistress - for no particular excellence in themselves, but merely from some circumstance that flatters our… — William Hazlitt
The German language speaks Being, while all the others merely speak of Being. — Martin Heidegger
Sex without love is merely healthy exercise. — Robert A. Heinlein
The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those other subjects merely require scholarship. — Robert A. Heinlein
New technologies will always demand and deserve careful navigation and difficult readjustments. But the weakening or de facto abolition of copyright will not merely roil… — Mark Helprin
East is East, and West is San Francisco, according to Californians. Californians are a race of people; they are not merely inhabitants of a State. — O. Henry
Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing. — Napoleon Hill
In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself… — Edward Hoagland
Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves. — Eric Hoffer

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