Merely Quotes

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Nothing comes merely by thinking about it. — John Wanamaker
He neither serves nor rules, he transmits. His position is humble and the beauty at the crown is not his own. He is merely a… — Paul Klee
Fundamentally, our Lord's message was Himself. He did not come merely to preach a Gospel; He himself is that Gospel. He did not come merely… — J. Sidlow Baxter
Since there is no such entity as 'the public,' since the public is merely a number of individuals, the idea that 'the public interest' supersedes… — Ayn Rand
Luck is merely an illusion, trusted by the ignorant and chased by the foolish. — Timothy Zahn
To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill. — Patrick MacGill
Violence is hidden within democratic structures because they are not radically democratic - Western democracy is merely a domestic convenience of consumerism. — Edward Bond
The Trinitarian Christ is elevated above us; the Unitarian Christ is merely a moral man; neither can help us. The Christ who is the Incarnation… — Swami Vivekananda
Western society has accepted as unquestionable a technological imperative that is quite as arbitrary as the most primitive taboo: not merely the duty to foster… — Lewis Mumford
Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life and literature. — Oscar Wilde
Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by lovers of the same. Gossip is the tool of the… — Phyllis McGinley
Equal justice under law is not merely a caption on the facade of the Supreme Court building, it is perhaps the most inspiring ideal of… — Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
The history of acceptance of new theories frequently shows the following steps: At first the new idea is treated as pure nonsense, not worth looking… — Kurt Lewin
When you get up in the morning, you merely put on your clothes. When a colored man gets up in the morning, he puts on… — Kristin Hunter
The Negro's so-called 'revolt' is merely an asking to be accepted into the existing system! — Malcolm X
Power is not merely shouting aloud. Power is to act positively with all the components of power. — Gamal Abdel Nasser
It is true, says Liebeg, that thousands have lived without a knowledge of tea and coffee; and daily experience teaches us that, under certain circumstances,… — Isabella Beeton
No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out of pique. — Sun Tzu
If someone puts up the argument that King Louis gave the Romagna to Pope Alexander, and the kingdom of Naples to Spain, in order to… — Niccolo Machiavelli
If they embark on this course the difference between the old and the new education will be an important one. Where the old initiated, the… — C.S. Lewis

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