Merely Quotes

3319 quotes by 1909 authors

You might be able to thrash your way out of a spiderweb, but thrashing in quicksand doesnâ€™t work. The harder you fight, the more ground… — Karen Marie Moning
There are two kinds of sorry. There is the sorry imbued with regret. And a pure sorry. The kind that is merely asking for forgiveness,… — Emily Giffin
We affect one another quite enough merely by existing. Whenever the stars cross, or is it comets? fragments pass briefly from one orbit to another.… — Gore Vidal
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before; But the silence was… — Edgar Allan Poe
A social movement that only moves people is merely a revolt. A movement that changes both people and institutions is a revolution. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Oh, of course, naturally, God is impossible. That is the first proof that he exists." Nothing exists as we see it. Nothing we see is… — Gregory David Roberts
I'm merely trying to give you the sort of argument that would appeal to your intelligence. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
We know from our recent history that English did not come to replace U.S. Indian languages merely because English sounded musical to Indians' ears. Instead,… — Jared Diamond
Early on, I learnt from the Russian intelligentsia that the only meaning of life lies in conscious participation in the making of history. The more… — Victor Serge
The bud disappears when the blossom breaks through, and we might say that the former is refuted by the latter; in the same way when… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
We never lose our loved ones. The accompany us; they don't disappear from our lives. We are merely in different rooms. — Paulo Coelho
He seemed a part of the mute melancholy landscape, an incarnation of it's frozen woe, with all that was warm and sentient in him fast… — Edith Wharton
Or maybe youâ€™re merely uncomfortable with uncertainty. Like the rest of the human race. — Jerry Spinelli
If we study what is merely average, we will remain merely average. — Shawn Achor
If you feel your value lies in being merely decorative, I fear that someday you might find yourself believing thatâ€™s all that you really are.… — Louisa May Alcott
When we fail we are merely joining the great parade of humanity that has walked ahead of us and will follow after us. — Richard Rohr
And as we drift into sleep, I feel something Iâ€™ve never felt before. A closeness that isnâ€™t merely physical. A connection that defies the fact… — David Levithan
While one is young is the time to investigate, to experiment with everything. The school should help its young people to discover their vocations and… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
An intelligent person fights for lost causes, realizing that others are merely effects — E E Cummings
A flower is not better when it blooms than when it is merely a bud; at each stage it is the same thing â€” a… — Paulo Coelho

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