Merely Quotes

3319 Merely quotes by 1909 unique authors

It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed. — Ram Dass
It's an important point to realize that the genetic programming of our lives is not fully deterministic. It is statistical - it is in any… — Richard Dawkins
The problem with merely writing so that you can be understood is that the wrong people, in advancing their agendas, are only too ready to… — William A. Dembski
Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong. — Democritus
Doing something because God has said to do it does not make a person moral: it merely tells us that person is a prudential believer,… — Alan Dershowitz
For most people, the question why be good - as distinguished from merely law abiding - is a simple one. Because God commands it, because… — Alan Dershowitz
The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies… — Benjamin Disraeli
I am interested in ideas, not merely in visual products. — Marcel Duchamp
There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher. — Henry Van Dyke
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide… — Amelia Earhart
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. — Albert Einstein
The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one. — Albert Einstein
I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues. — Duke Ellington
I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive. — Nora Ephron
There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men. — Epicurus
Not a tenth of us who are in business are doing as well as we could if we merely followed the principles that were known… — William Feather
To consult the statistician after an experiment is finished is often merely to ask him to conduct a post mortem examination. He can perhaps say… — Ronald Fisher
Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it. — Malcolm Forbes
Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had a bad press. It is negative. It merely means putting… — E. M. Forster
Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it. — Harry Emerson Fosdick

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