Merely Quotes

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We merely want to live in peace with all the world... — Dwight D. Eisenhower
There is not enough evidence, consistent evidence to make it as fact, and I say that because for theory to become a fact, it needs… — Christine O'Donnell
One of the most striking results of modern investigation has been the way in which several different and quite independent lines of evidence indicate that… — Henry Norris Russell
The first objection to Darwinism is that it is only a guess and was never anything more. It is called a "hypothesis," but the word… — William Jennings Bryan
The practice of that which is ethically best-what we call goodness or virtue-involves a course of conduct which, in all respects, is opposed to that… — Thomas Huxley
Capitalism and socialism are two distinct patterns of social organization. Private control of the means of production and public control are contradictory notions and not… — Ludwig von Mises
I have been successful probably because I have always realized that I knew nothing about writing and have merely tried to tell an interesting story… — Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tell the readers a story! Because without a story, you are merely using words to prove you can string them together in logical sentences. — Anne McCaffrey
Books are never finished, They are merely abandoned. — Oscar Wilde
We are not here merely to make a living. We are here to enrich the world. — Woodrow Wilson
It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
There must be love, and understanding, to betray. Most men haven't the wit or the honor for betrayal: not to know it when they see… — Janet Morris
God changes appearances every second. Blessed is the man who can recognize him in all his disguises. One moment he is a glass of fresh… — Nikos Kazantzakis
Anything that is created must sooner or later die. Enlightenment is permanent because we have not produced it; we have merely discovered it. — Chogyam Trungpa
To write that essential book, a great writer does not need to invent it but merely to translate it, since it already exists in each… — Marcel Proust
We do not merely perceive objects and hold thoughts in our minds: all our perceptions and thought processes are felt. All have a distinctive component… — Antonio Damasio
A person is not merely a single subject distinguished from all the others. It is especially a being to which is attributed a relative autonomy… — Emile Durkheim
Snohetta promotes a more democratic workplace atmosphere than most other architectural offices. This may merely reflect prevalent employment practices in Scandinavia, but Snohetta places a… — Martin Filler
How many more school shootings do we need before we start talking about this as a social problem, and not merely a random collection of… — Jackson Katz
War is wrong. Conscription for war is inconsistent with freedom of conscience, which is not merely the right to believe but to act on the… — Bayard Rustin

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