Merely Quotes

3319 Merely quotes by 1909 unique authors

I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute Freedom and Wildness, as contrasted with a Freedom and Culture merely civil, - to regard… — Henry David Thoreau
Learning a technique is not an end in itself, it merely indicates where you need to start. — Masaaki Hatsumi
I testify that the tender mercies of the Lord are real and that they do not occur randomly or merely by coincidence. Often, the Lord's… — David A. Bednar
Champions aren't made in the ring, they are merely recognized there. — Joe Frazier
The Welfare State is merely a method for transforming the market economy step by step into socialism. — Ludwig von Mises
I make no conscious effort to be tough, or hard-boiled, or grim, or any of the things I am usually called. I merely try to… — James M. Cain
Leadership is meant merely to be lead-by-example.Anything given extra to support team result is just an icing on the top. — Unknown Author
Good hearts carry weighing balance that measures others' values based on the character merely than ever with their attire, wealth, rank or position. — Unknown Author
If, anywhere, brethren of a particular religious belief have been excluded from this Degree [18° Knight Rose Croix], it merely shows how gravely the purposes… — Albert Pike
Speed is what distinguishes intelligence. No bird discovers how to fly: evolution used a trillion bird-years to 'discover' that–where merely hundreds of person-years sufficed. — Marvin Minsky
Finding a programmer to work with if you don't already know one will be a challenge. Merely judging if a programmer is exceptional vs. competent… — Jessica Livingston
The reaction to any word may be, in an individual, either a mob-reaction or an individual reaction. It is up to the individual to ask… — D. H. Lawrence
It is impossible to fight bullies merely by saying they're going too far. — Robert Reich
Were Patrick Henry to return to earth and look around on the vast economic order of the day, he might revise his observation and merely… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
By merely foreswearing violence and taking advantage of their unique position contiguous with the world’s most creative people, the Palestinians could be rich and happy. — George Gilder
[I]t must be emphasized that nonviolent resistance is not a method for cowards; it does resist. If one uses this method because he is afraid… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Do we write books so that they shall merely be read? Don't we also write them for employment in the household? For one that is… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
We are somewhat amused by the hysteria manifest in the press at the suggestion by Gordon Liddy that if one is menaced by bad guys… — Jeff Cooper
A study of animal communities has this advantage: they are merely what they are, for anyone to see who will and can look clearly; they… — John Steinbeck
It's hard to rest knowing that millions of people merely carry on religious traditions but don't actually reach God. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Your own self is your ultimate teacher. The outer teacher is merely a milestone. It is only your inner teacher that will walk with you… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
The pure modernist is merely a snob; he cannot bear to be a month behind the fashion. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Take love as a sober man takes wine; do not become a drunkard. If your mistress is sincere and faithful, love her for that; but… — Alfred de Musset
And when you get an eminent journal like Time magazine complaining, as it often has, that to the young writers of today life seems short… — William Styron
By seeing the otherness in that which is most unfamiliar, we can learn to see it too in that which at first seemed merely ordinary.… — William Cronon

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