Merely Quotes

3319 Merely quotes by 1909 unique authors

Actors are merely the medium through which a story happens. — Ian Mckellen
Older boys often asked me to teach them “some bad words in your language”. At first I politely refused. My refusal merely increased their determination,… — Firoozeh Dumas
Hardship, in forcing us to exercise greater patience and forbearance in daily life, actually makes us stronger and more robust. From the daily experience of… — Dalai Lama
Man had in the beginning no power of analysis or synthesis approaching that of the spider, or even of the honey-bee; he had acute sensibility… — Henry Adams
A party is the vanguard of a class, and its duty is to lead the masses and not merely to reflect the average political level… — Vladimir Lenin
The working class must break up, smash the "ready-made state machinery," and not confine itself merely to laying hold of it. — Vladimir Lenin
To act well in this world, one must sacrifice all personal desires. The people who become missionaries of religious thought have no other Fatherland than… — Ernest Renan
The Roman Code was merely an enunciation in words of the existing customs of the Roman people. — Henry James Sumner Maine
God sends children for another purpose than merely to keep up the race - to enlarge our hearts; and to make us unselfish and full… — Mary Howitt
More and more people are becoming aware that government has nothing to give them without first taking it away from somebody else-or from themselves. Increased… — Henry Hazlitt
Children, it should be repeated, are not pocket editions of adults, because childhood is a period of physical growth and development, a period of preparation… — Grace Abbott
Poetry's medium is not merely light as air, it is air: vital and deep as ordinary breath. — Robert Pinsky
Nobody is fit to rule anybody else. It is not alleged that Mankind is perfect, or that merely through his/her natural goodness (or lack of… — Albert Meltzer
The readers who commited suicide after reading 'Werther' were not ideal but merely sentimental readers. — Alberto Manguel
Vague promises of savings from cutting waste, enhancing prevention and wellness, installing electronic medical records and improving quality are merely lipstick cost control, more for… — Ezekiel Emanuel
When we begin to reflect Christ, the Bible, when more understood as being centered around Christ, seems to be potentially every man's biography regarding God's… — Criss Jami
The most mesmerizing of artists is always like one who was merely drawing in the sand and people came to watch. — Criss Jami
I am not here to merely argue about the perplexities regarding theism or philosophy, but to be a light to the world and to reach… — Criss Jami
Many people in a rather reckless context claim to 'just tell it like it is'. In actuality, nobody really stresses what one says so much… — Criss Jami
As to spelling the very frequent word though with six letters instead of two, it is impossible to discuss it, as it is outside the… — George Bernard Shaw
Men were created for something better than merely to make money. A close application to business, until a competence is gained, is one of the… — Christian Nestell Bovee
Witchery is merely a word for what we are all capable of -- heightened nightsight, an empathy shared with the beasts, a utilization of the… — Charles de Lint
Failure seems to be regarded as the one unpardonable crime, success as the all-redeeming virtue, the acquisition of wealth as the single worthy aim of… — Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
First, what does truth require? It requires us to face the facts as they are, not to involve ourselves in self-deception; to refuse to think… — John F. Kennedy
Life is short, if we are only said to live when we enjoy ourselves; and if we were merely to count up the hours we… — Jean de la Bruyere

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