Merely Quotes

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For just as poets love their own works, and fathers their own children, in the same way those who have created a fortune value their… — Plato
Our society is not a community, but merely a collection of isolated family units. — Valerie Solanas
Why are you so sure parallel lines exist? Believe nothing, merely because you have been told it, or because it is traditional, or because you… — Gautama Buddha
The best programmers are not marginally better than merely good ones. They are an order-of-magnitude better, measured by whatever standard: conceptual creativity, speed, ingenuity of… — Unknown Author
The being we call god is merely a pawn working for a powerful and rational force in some far-off galaxy. This force is trying to… — Unknown Author
Meanwhile, their [evolutionists] unproven theories will continue to be accepted by the learned and the illiterate alike as absolute truth, and will be defended with… — Unknown Author
It is not that I want merely to be called a Christian, but actually to be one. Yes, if I prove to be one, then… — Ignatius of Antioch
This is the same problem I have with digital photography. The potential is always remarkable. But the medium never settles. Each year there is a… — Alec Soth
When men evaluate each other as men, they still look for the same virtues that they'd need to keep the perimeter. Men respond to and… — Jack Donovan
Our lives with all their miracles and wonders are merely a discontinuous string of incidents - until we create the narrative that gives them meaning — Unknown Author
Understand that the body is merely the foam of a wave, the shadow of a shadow. — Gautama Buddha
The work is primarily subject-driven.Â All decisions flow from there. The photographs are all made in response to a unique subject, in particular context, at… — Gregory Heisler
The reader reads aloud, with a sing-song up â€¦ then down â€¦ then down again cadence. My mood shifts from merely reluctant to derisive. Itâ€™s… — Gabrielle Hamilton
But [in bureaucracies], too, decision making takes place in a world full of unceratinties. Any actual system of information processing, planning and control will never… — Manuel De Landa
Racism is not merely a simplistic hatred. It is, more often, broad sympathy toward some and broader skepticism toward others... — Ta-Nehisi Coates
The social [media channel] isn't about beauty contests and popularity contests. They're a distortion, a caricature of the real thing. It's about trust, connection, and… — Umair Haque
Depth of understanding involves something which is more than merely a matter of deconstructive alertness; it involves a measure of interpretative charity and at least… — Stefan Collini
As for will, woman should be considered superior to man for Eve ate of the apple for love of knowledge and learning, but Adam ate… — Donna Woolfolk Cross
Plot is merely the mechanism by which your character is forced up against her deepest fears and desires. — Unknown Author
I know that it's easier to look at death than it is to look at pain, because while death is irrevocable, and the grief will… — Robert Goolrick

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