Merely Quotes

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We must be concerned not merely about who murdered them, but about the system, the way of life, the philosophy which produced the murderers . — Martin Luther King, Jr.
There is poetry and there is beauty in real sympathy; but there is more - there is action. The noblest and most powerful form of… — Octavius Winslow
The criterion of true beauty is, that it increases in examination; of false, that it lessens. There is something, therefore, in true beauty that corresponds… — George Grenville
Art is merely the refuge which the ingenious have invented, when they were supplied with food and women, to escape the tediousness of life. — W. Somerset Maugham
If new ideas are the lifeblood of any thriving organisation-and, trust me, they are-managers must learn to revere, not merely tolerate, the people who come… — Mark McCormack
Surely the mitochondrion that first entered another cell was not thinking about the future benefits of cooperation and integration; it was merely trying to make… — Stephen Jay Gould
In these letters which I write, in the testimonies I bear, I am presenting to you that which the Lord has presented to me. I… — Ellen G. White
The Spiritual Disciplines are things that we do. We must never lose sight of this fact. It is one thing to talk piously about 'the… — Richard J. Foster
In dealing with the Communists, remember that in their mind what is secret is serious, and what is public is merely propaganda. — Unknown Author
As a child I was not interested in science. I was merely interested in things human, the human side of nature, if you like, and… — Jonas Salk
When digging ceases to be a great game and becomes, as in Egypt, merely business, it will be a bad thing. — Unknown Author
Martin Buber said he sensed a rising hunger for relatedness Men would no longer rise in rebellion merely against one oppressor or another but against… — Marilyn Ferguson
Other people are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or… — Cherie Carter-Scott
Without good communication, a relationship is merely a hollow vessel carrying you along on a frustrating journey fraught with the perils of confusion, projection, and… — Cherie Carter-Scott
Everything one sees is merely a projection of what one does not see, its true nature and substance. — Fernando Sabino
The past record of man is burdened with accounts of assasinations, secret combines, palace plots and betrayals in war. But in spite of this clear… — G. Edward Griffin
It must inquire not merely about the circumstances of the time in general, but in particular about the writer's position with regard to these things,… — Ferdinand Christian Baur
Taste is the feeling that permits one to tell the difference between what is beautiful and what is merely spectacular. — Madeleine Vionnet
Logic merely sanctions the conquests of the intuition. — Jacques Hadamard
You call a star a star, and say it is just a ball of matter moving on a mathematical course. But that is merely how… — Humphrey Carpenter
In the broadest sense, evolution is merely change, and so is all-pervasive; galaxies, languages, and political systems all evolve. Biological evolution ... is change in… — Douglas J. Futuyma
I regard large inherited wealth as a misfortune, which merely serves to dull men's faculties. A man who possesses great wealth should, therefore, allow only… — Alfred Nobel
Hi-def is merely the latest in a string of evolutional leaps that have transformed the way we sit slumped in front of a box wishing… — Charlie Brooker
I welcome each new day with a hopeful expectancy that I, too, will rise above the ordinary. For I am not content to live a… — Melody Carlson
I write because the lives of all of us are stories. If enough of those stories are told, then perhaps we will begin to see… — Julius Lester

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