Merely Quotes

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Even the utmost good-will and harmony and practical kindness are not sufficient for Friendship, for Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say,… — Henry David Thoreau
Too many people think only of their own profit. But business opportunity seldom knocks on the door of self-centered people. No customer ever goes to… — Unknown Author
The aim of leadership should be to improve the performance of man and machine, to improve quality, to increase output, and simultaneously to bring pride… — W. Edwards Deming
Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself. — Epictetus
Practice. Learn and then unlearn - that's the trick in finding your own style of playing. You can't merely emulate, you have to innovate, or… — Carrie Brownstein
My dear boy, you are under a wrong impression. It is not a race, it is merely a means of getting crews to do long… — Steve Fairbairn
PLAGUE, n. In ancient times a general punishment of the innocent for admonition of their ruler, as in the familiar instance of Pharaoh the Immune.… — Ambrose Bierce
Abused as we abuse it at present, dramatic art is in no sense cathartic; it is merely a form of emotional masturbation. It is the… — Aldous Huxley
Many people are shrinking from the future and from participation in the movement toward a new, expanded reality. And, like homesick travelers abroad, they are… — Margaret Mead
Architecture which enters into a symbiosis with light does not merely create form in light, by day and at night, but allow light to become… — Richard Meier
Professional bodybuilding is a sport of total dedication. You must dedicate every aspect of every day to the attainment of your goals if you want… — Nasser El Sonbaty
For those for whom the sex act has come to seem mechanical and merely the meeting and manipulation of body parts, there often remains a… — Marshall McLuhan
[W]hile people are making a big fuss over Gruber's calling Americans stupid, they ought to be far more outraged that he admitted the administration purposefully… — David Limbaugh
If you're to succeed at any endeavor, the first and most important person you must convince is yourself. Success comes not from merely a belief… — Ralph Marston
The copy of an ad is merely a punning gag to distract the critical faculties while the image of the product goes to work on… — Marshall McLuhan
To say that "the camera cannot lie" is merely to underline the multiple deceits that are now practised in its name. — Marshall McLuhan
We really cannot see what equanimity there is in jerking a lacerated carp out of the water by the jaws, merely because it has no… — Leigh Hunt
Freemasonry teaches not merely temperance, fortitude, prudence, justice, brotherly love, relief, and truth, but liberty, equality, and fraternity, and it denounces ignorance, superstition, bigotry, lust… — Theodore Roosevelt
From where does this "I" arise? Seek for it within; it then vanishes. This is the pursuit of wisdom. When the mind unceasingly investigates its… — Ramana Maharshi
Why are vegans made fun of while the inhumane factory farming process regards animals and the natural world merely as commodities to be exploited for… — Ellen Page
The preservation of a free government requires not merely that the metes and bounds which separate each department of power be invariably maintained; but more… — James Madison
Science, not religion, has taught me my most useful values, among them intellectual honesty. It is better to go without answers than to accept those… — B.F. Skinner
We seek true individuality and the true individuals. But we find them not. For lo, we mortals see what our poor eyes can see; and… — Josiah Royce
Widespread state control over art and culture has left no room for freedom of expression in the country. For more than 60 years, anyone with… — Ai Weiwei
Words are merely utterances: noises that stand for feelings, thoughts, and experience. They are symbols. Signs. Insignias. They are not Truth. They are not the… — Neale Donald Walsch

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