Merely Quotes

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The intellect is a cold thing and a merely intellectual idea will never stimulate thought in the same manner that a spiritual idea does. — Ernest Holmes
I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy - I don't disparage envy, but I don't accept… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
If the technical innovations of the Impressionists led merely to a more accurate representation of nature, it was perhaps of not much value in enlarging… — Edward Hopper
Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them. — William Ralph Inge
It is not enough to merely defend democracy. To defend it may be to lose it; to extend it is to strengthen it. Democracy is… — Hubert H. Humphrey
Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my… — Zora Neale Hurston
I will never work merely to make a reputation for myself, to be popular for appearances rather than for what I am. My task is… — King Hussein I
Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards. — Aldous Huxley
Hell isn't merely paved with good intentions; it's walled and roofed with them. Yes, and furnished too. — Aldous Huxley
Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty - his excessive freedom. He accepts his boredom, when… — Aldous Huxley
One of the qualities of liberty is that, as long as it is being striven after, it goes on expanding. Therefore, the man who stands… — Henrik Ibsen
Official history is merely a veil to hide the truth of what really happened. When the veil is lifted, again and again we see that… — David Icke
We are not merely passive pawns of historical forces; nor are we victims of the past. We can shape and direct history. — Daisaku Ikeda
Go where your customers take you! For example, did you know that Sony's first product was a rice cooker? Since abandoning the rice cooker, it… — Naveen Jain
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. — William James
If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience. — William James
I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary. — Billy Joel
I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no… — Billy Joel
Some people think they are concentrating when they're merely worrying. — Bobby Jones
Prayer is commitment. We don't merely co-operate with God with certain things held back within. We, the total person, co-operate. This means that co-operation equals… — E. Stanley Jones

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