Merely Quotes

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Manned spaceflight has lost its glamour - understandably so, because it hardly seems inspiring, 40 years after Apollo, for astronauts merely to circle the Earth… — Martin Rees
Too many sit at the banquet table of the gospel of Jesus Christ and merely nibble at the feast placed before them. They go through… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
Taking responsible steps to reduce poverty is not merely a moral imperative but an economic one. — John Yarmuth
Wherever there is a law and order problem, you treat it like that... there will be intelligence system in place. There will be security personnel,… — Kishore Chandra Deo
Marriage equality is coming, and not merely to a theater near you. — Suzanne Brockmann
No one ceases to be a man, no one forfeits his rights to civilization merely by being more or less uncultured, and since the Filipino… — Jose Rizal
The struggle of democratic secularism, religious tolerance, individual freedom and feminism against authoritarian patriarchal religion, culture and morality is going on all over the world… — Ellen Willis
New York is ultimately not the synthesis but merely the sum of its unfathomable subjectivities, its personal histories, its uncategorisable figures. — Jonathan Dee
We need to reaffirm that politics is not merely compatible with economic progress and development in the 21st century, but essential to it. — David Blunkett
I do think that the days of gathering around a television set that functions merely as a television set, to receive a live broadcast of… — Jason Alexander
In academic life, false ideas are merely false, and useless ones can be fun to play with. — Michael Ignatieff
I am not a doctor or a scientist, but merely a passionate layperson, a filter, a messenger. I spoke with so many patients who are… — Suzanne Somers
Many a fine SF story uses science or technology merely as backdrop. Many a fine SF story presumes a technological breakthrough and explores its implications… — Edward M. Lerner
The function of combat is not merely to perpetrate violence, but to perpetrate violence on command, instantaneously and reflexively. The function of the service academies… — Jim Webb
In all warm-blooded creatures, which are the highest evolved and have feelings, passions and emotions, which reach outward into the world with desire, which may… — Max Heindel
Religion of any form is a sacred matter. It involves the relation of the individual to some Being believed to be infinitely supreme. It involves… — David Josiah Brewer
Acting was merely a pastime; I wanted to make films. But theatre, ah - now that was a labour of love. Can there be anything… — Kabir Bedi
The Miss America Pageant reinforces a belief that women are merely how they look and how they please. — Gloria Steinem
Taste is one of the five senses, and the man who tells us with priggish pride that he does not care what he eats is… — Edward Frederic Benson
No one has any license to brag because he is honest. That should be natural instinct and, besides, if you are not, they put you… — Charles Comiskey

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