Merely Quotes

3319 Merely quotes by 1909 unique authors

The body is merely an evolutionary vehicle for the gene — Matt Ridley
The way a man penetrates the world should be the same way he penetrates his woman: not merely for personal gain or pleasure, but to… — David Deida
Contrary to the fantasies of the fundamentalists, there was no deathbed conversion, no last minute refuge taken in a comforting vision of a heaven or… — Ann Druyan
Values spoken without actions taken are merely slogans. — John F. Kerry
Shouldn't I join the ranks of philosophers and merely make unsubstantiated claims about the wonders of human consciousness? Shouldn't I stop trying to do some… — Kevin Warwick
I was born human. But this was an accident of fate - a condition merely of time and place. I believe it's something we have… — Kevin Warwick
Manners are like primary colors, there are certain rules and once you have these you merely mix, i.e., adapt, them to meet changing situations. — Emily Post
It is so much easier to deal with the dead than with the living. The dead are out of the way, merely characters from stories… — Aleksandar Hemon
The arts are not for the privileged few, but for the many. Their place is not on the periphery of daily life, but at its… — John D. Rockefeller III
Karate is Budo and if Budo is removed from Karate it is nothing more than sport karate, show karate, or even fashion karate-the idea of… — Mas Oyama
We are surrounded by the absurd excess of the universe. By meaningless bulk, vastness without size, power without consequence. The stubborn iteration that is present… — Jack Gilbert
With maternal love, life makes a promise at dawn that it can never hold. You are forced to eat cold food until your days end.… — Romain Gary
One could think of a person who seems to have two opposing and contradictory sides to his personality; but it turns out that in the… — Manuel Alvarez Bravo
Don't lose sight of the fact that hip and legs drive the horse forward and the hands merely channel this power by gentle rein aids. — Nuno Oliveira
Aviation is going to control the world economically and militarily whether we like it or not. Airpower is not merely military aviation, it is also… — Roscoe Turner
In the history of education, the most striking phenomenon is that schools of learning, which at one epoch are alive with a ferment of genius,… — Ted Sizer
Today, our sexuality is an open-ended personal project; it is part of who we are, an identity, and no longer merely something we do. — Esther Perel
This is the law of prosperity: When apparent adversity comes, be not cast down by it, but make the best of it, and always look… — Ralph Waldo Trine
Scripture is not a concept; scripture is a person (John 1:1,14). When you stand before the Word of God, you are not merely encountering a… — Henry Blackaby
I never knew how much we consumed. It seems as if we are all appetite, as if a human being is simply a bundle of… — Jean Hegland
The cognitive structure does not generate consciousness; it simply reflects it; and in the process limits and embellishes it. In a fundamental sense, consciousness is… — Larry Dossey
Like a child standing in a beautiful park with his eyes shut tight, there's no need to imagine trees, flowers, deer, birds, and sky; we… — Bo Lozoff
Knowledge is sacred and the choice to be informed or merely entertained in today's world is a very revealing test of the times. Expanding your mind… — Barbara Marciniak
Through the process of reincarnation we have all lived on other planets and in other dimensions and we will continue to do so after our… — Dolores Cannon
The sooner one develops compassion in this journey, the better. Compassion lets us appreciate that each individual is doing what he or she must do,… — Ram Dass

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