Merely Quotes

3319 Merely quotes by 1909 unique authors

People who need to possess the physical copy of a book, and not merely an electronic version, are in some sense mysteics. We believe that… — Joe Queenan
To make a man perfectly happy tell him he works too hard, that he spends too much money, that he is misunderstood or that he… — Helen Rowland
What we call little things are merely the causes of great things; they are the beginning, the embryo, and it is the point of departure… — Henri Frederic Amiel
And so class will some day supplant race in world affairs. Race war will then be merely a side-show to the gigantic class war which… — Ralph Bunche
All our theories of improving the world, while we are still asleep, merely intensify the sleep of humanity. — Maurice Nicoll
Freedom is merely privilege extended, unless enjoyed by one and all. — Billy Bragg
I have really enjoyed every minute I have spent in golf- above all, the many wonderful friends I have made. I have loved playing the… — Ben Hogan
All books are merely delayed dust. — George Elliott Clarke
I stress that I am not attacking Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, and the environmental movement in general. They have done some good work overall.… — David Icke
I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealists, and dualists amounts to a merely verbal dispute that is more a matter… — Moses Mendelssohn
You know how much I am inclined to explain all disputes among philosophical schools as merely verbal disputes or at least to derive them originally… — Moses Mendelssohn
How dare anyone, parent, schoolteacher, or merely literary critic, tell me not to act colored. — Arna Bontemps
Commonplace objects are constantly changing… The pies, for example, we now see, are not going to be around forever. We are merely used to the… — Wayne Thiebaud
What we love about this life are the things that resonate with the life we were made for. The things we love are not merely… — Randy Alcorn
We declare that only man exists. This is not to say that material, inorganic nature and nonhuman beings-animals and plants-are in any sense unreal, insubstantial,… — Medard Boss
My mission was always intended to be slightly outside the public eye, because that makes me appear more interesting than I really am. A lot… — Julian Cope
I am not merely a habitual quoter but an incorrigible one. I am, I may as well face it, more quotatious than an old stock-market… — Joseph Epstein
People mistakenly think that art is about nature, or about an artists feelings about nature. It is instead a path of enlightenment and pleasure, one… — Wolf Kahn
From what deep springs of character our personal philosophies issue, we cannot be sure. In philosophers themselves we seem always able to notice some deep… — William Barrett
Facts, according to my ideas, are merely the elements of truths, and not the truths themselves; of all matters there are none so utterly useless… — Henry Mayhew
Children allowed to take responsibility and given a serious part in the larger world are always superior to those merely permitted to play and be… — John Taylor Gatto
Childhood is not merely basic training for utilitarian adulthood. It should have some claims upon our mercy, not for its future value to the economic… — Jonathan Kozol
To me defeat in anything is merely temporary. Defeat simply tells me that something is wrong in my doing; it is a path leading to… — Bruce Lee
It is strange to hear people talk of Humanitarianism, who are members of societies for the prevention of cruelty to children and animals, and who… — Unknown Author
Being discontented, we either seek a different job or merely succumb to environment...instead of causing us to question life, the whole process of existence. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

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