Merely Quotes

3319 quotes by 1909 authors

I waste much time gaping and wondering. During a walk or in a book or in the middle of an embrace, suddenly I awake to… — W.N.P. Barbellion
Had my life increased, or merely added to itself? There had been addition and subtraction in my life, but how much multiplication? — Julian Barnes
One of your American professors said that to study religion was merely to know the mind of man, but if one truly wanted to know… — Iain Banks
The universe is merely a fleeting idea in God's mind -- a pretty uncomfortable thought, particularly if you've just made a down payment on a… — Woody Allen
I was too tired to think. I merely felt the town as a unique unreality. What was it? I knew -- the moon's picture of… — E E Cummings
Fashion is merely a saying: I belong to your world. I'm wearing the same uniform as your army, so don't shoot. — Paulo Coelho
In order to become a success, a business doesn't just have to do well, it has to to better than its competitors. Being number one… — Mitt Romney
One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested. — E. M. Forster
It's not enough merely to exist. Every man has to seek in his own way to make his own self more noble and to relize… — Albert Schweitzer
She has form," he said to himself, as he walked away through the grove - "that cannot be denied to her; but has she got… — Oscar Wilde
There is no good talking to him," said a Dragon-fly, who was sitting on the top of a large brown bulrush; "no good at all,… — Oscar Wilde
Try it on." "It's probably a little snug," I said, suddenly feeling conspicuous. "Marcie tends to buy down when it comes to sizing." He merely… — Becca Fitzpatrick
You only learn when you give your whole being to something. When you give your whole being to mathematics,you learn; but when you are in… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Men are not dogs. We merely think we are and, on occasion, act as if we are. But, by believing in our nobler nature, women… — Neil Strauss
Summerset, don't you ever sleep?" "It's Lieutenant Dallas. She's--" Roarke dropped his briefcase, grabbed Summerset by the lapels. "Has she been hurt? Where is she?"… — Nora Roberts
Instant communication is not communication at all but merely a frantic, trivial, nerve-wracking bombardment of cliches, threats, fads, fashions, gibberish and advertising. — Edward Abbey
How memories lie to us. How time coats the ordinary with gold. How it breaks the heart to go back and attempt to re-live them.… — Henry Rollins
I know that when a supersexy older girl with hips and breasts and nice hair wants to take off your glasses and to paint you… — Chuck Palahniuk
The robin flew from his swinging spray of ivy on to the top of the wall and he opened his beak and sang a loud,… — Frances Hodgson Burnett
A body is merely a vehicle. The deepest emotions are experienced through the soul. — Alexandra Adornetto

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