Merely Quotes

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Homeopaths do not have a physical brain, but merely 'skull water' with the memory of brains. — Robin Ince
We do not want to merely “see” beauty. We want to be united with it, to receive it into ourselves, to become part of it. — C.S. Lewis
All of the Great Teachers throughout the history of our species have merely taught one thing, over & over, in whatever language, at whatever time.… — David Hawkins
Taken with the archaeological data, we can say that the old hypothesis of an invasion of people - not merely their language - from the… — Spencer Wells
In fact, merely writing the facts on a piece of paper and stating our problem clearly goes a long way toward helping us to reach… — Dale Carnegie
Differences must be not merely tolerated, but seen as a fund of necessary polarities between which our creativity can spark like a dialectic. — Audre Lorde
The slight, the facile and the merely self-glorifying tend to drop away over the centuries, and what we are left with is the bedrock: Homer… — Wendy Lesser
I do not sing politics. I merely sing the truth. — Miriam Makeba
The State is not force alone. It depends upon the credulity of man quite as much as upon his docility. Its aim is not merely… — H. L. Mencken
Spiritual light rarely comes to those who merely sit in the darkness waiting for someone to flick the switch. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
The haiku reproduces the designating gesture of the child pointing at whatever it is (the haiku shows no partiality for the subject), merely saying: that! — Roland Barthes
It is the mark of an educated mind to expect that amount of exactness which the nature of the particular subject admits. It is equally… — Aristotle
Better to illuminate, than merely to shine. — Thomas Aquinas
Need is not demand. Effective economic demand requires not merely need but corresponding purchasing power. — Henry Hazlitt
Money doesn't change men, it merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish or arrogant or greedy, the money brings that out, that's all. — Henry Ford
Don't be afraid. There are exquisite things in store for you. This is merely the beginning. — Oscar Wilde
I am talking about genuine peace, the kind of peace that makes life on earth worth living, the kind that enables men and nations to… — John F. Kennedy
Merely looking at the world around us is immensely different from seeing it. — Frederick Franck
To say that obesity is caused by merely consuming too many calories is like saying that the only cause of the American Revolution was the… — Adelle Davis
Everyone holds his fortune in his own hands, like a sculptor the raw material he will fashion into a figure. But it's the same with… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If we merely try to impress people and get people interested in us, we will never have many true, sincere friends. Friends, real friends, are… — Dale Carnegie
Champions don't become champions in the field---they are merely recognized there. — Bob Costas
Governments do not govern, but merely control the machinery of government, being themselves controlled by the hidden hand. — Benjamin Disraeli
As soon as he ceased to be mad he became merely stupid. There are maladies we must not seek to cure because they alone protect… — Marcel Proust
The religious quality of Marxism also explains a characteristic attitude of the orthodox Marxist toward opponents. To him, as to any believer in a Faith,… — Joseph A. Schumpeter

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