Merely Quotes

3319 Merely quotes by 1909 unique authors

The telling of stories, like singing and praying, would seem to be an almost ceremonial act, an ancient and necessary mode of speech that tends… — David Abram
What is the real function, the essential function, the supreme function, of language? Isn't it merely to convey ideas and emotions? Certainly. Then if we… — Mark Twain
Learning to draw is really a matter of learning to see - to see correctly - and that means a good deal more than merely… — Kimon Nicolaides
We merely want to live in peace with all the world, to trade with them, to commune with them, to learn from their culture as… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Those who every morning plan the transactions of the day and follow out that plan carry a thread that will guide them through the labyrinth… — Victor Hugo
Upholding human rights is not merely compatible with fighting terrorism, it is essential. — Joichi Ito
However, if the religions in essence merely repeat statements from the United Nations Human Rights Declaration, such a Declaration becomes superfluous; an ethic is more… — Hans Kung
The means by which I preserve my own health are, temperance, early rising, and spunging the body every morning with cold water, a practice I… — Astley Cooper
It is said slavery is all we are fighting for, and if we give it up we give up all. Even if this were true,… — Patrick Cleburne
When, instead of merely associating some act with some situation in the animal way, we think the situation out, we have a set of particular… — Edward Thorndike
Animals... are there merely as a means to an end. That end is man. — Immanuel Kant
In the middlegame, the king is merely an extra, but in the endgame, he is one of the star actors. — Aron Nimzowitsch
Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power. — Swami Vivekananda
Superficial religion consists of merely believing certain truths and doing certain things....such superficial religion is rampant in the world today. — David Platt
Understand that all emotions serve you. Those you once thought of as negative emotions are merely calls to action. For example, if you feel frustrated… — Tony Robbins
The biggest secret of self-esteem is this: Begin to appreciate other people more; show respect for any human being merely because he is a child… — Maxwell Maltz
Short of preventing harm to the child, the standard of 'best interest of the child' is insufficient to serve as a compelling state interest overruling… — Unknown Author
He was not merely a chip off the old block, but the old block itself. — Edmund Burke
We're merely one tree with various types, shapes and sizes of leaves that all wave differently in the breeze. — Rasheed Ogunlaru
No true manhood can be trained by a merely intellectual process. You cannot train men by the intellect alone; you must train them by the… — Joseph Parker
He is a wise man who seeks by every legitimate means to make all the money he can honestly, for money can do so many… — B. C. Forbes
We have merely scratched the surface of the store of knowledge which will come to us. I believe that we are now, a-tremble on the… — Thomas A. Edison
In my opinion instruction is very purposeless for such individuals who do no want merely to collect a mass of knowledge, but are mainly interested… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
If human progress had been merely a matter of leadership we should be in Utopia today. — Thomas Reed
Faith is not merely a journey for the feet, but it is also a journey for the heart. — Aiden Wilson Tozer

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