Merely Quotes

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Aimless extension of knowledge, however, which is what I think you really mean by the term curiosity, is merely inefficiency. I am designed to avoid… — Isaac Asimov
Conquer the world by intelligence, and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it. — Bertrand Russell
It doesn't seem to me that this fantastically marvelous universe, this tremendous range of time and space and different kinds of animals, and all the… — Richard P. Feynman
Supernatural is a dangerous and difficult word in any of its senses, looser or stricter. But to fairies it can hardly be applied, unless super… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Do not repeat after me words that you do not understand. Do not merely put on a mask of my ideas, for it will be… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
The man who denounces life merely defines himself as the man who is unequal to it. — Aleister Crowley
Oh, there you are, Albus,' he said. 'You've been a very long time. Upset stomach?' 'No, I was merely reading the Muggle magazines,' said Dumbledore.… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
As I railed on and on, I became increasingly energied and excited by my own misery and misanthropy until I reached a kind of orgasm… — Eric Weiner
When he comes, he makes a noise deep in his throat that is so raw and animal and sexual that I think if he merely… — Karen Marie Moning
Good and evil are merely opposite sides of a coin. Get tossed in the air enough, it's easy to come down on the wrong side. — Karen Marie Moning
Yet the world is the same as it always was. It is merely that you see it with new eyes. — Sharon Shinn
Who would condescend to strike down the mere things that he does not fear? Who would debase himself to be merely brave, like any common… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Fictions are merely frozen dreams, linked images with some semblance of structure. They are not to be trusted, no more than the people who create… — Neil Gaiman
The spiritual life of individuals has to be extended both vertically to God and horizontally to other souls; and the more it grows in both… — Evelyn Underhill
...new ideas are merely several old thoughts that occur at the exact same time. — Jonah Lehrer
This massive ascendancy of corporate power over democratic process is probably the most ominous development since the end of World War II, and for the… — Wendell Berry
But too many people now climb onto the cross merely to be seen from a greater distance, even if they have to trample somewhat on… — Albert Camus
The heavy red roses smoldering in the foggy morning, blood-colored and uninhibited, made me greedy, and tempted me powerfully to steal one--I asked the prices… — Knut Hamsun
When we only name the problem, when we state complaint without a constructive focus or resolution, we take hope away. In this way critique can… — Bell Hooks
our job was merely to create the noise that seemed to fascinate them. — Jeffrey Eugenides
The use of self control is like the use of brakes on train. It is useful when you find yourself in wrong direction but merely… — Bertrand Russell
i understand that the world was nothing: a mechanical chaos of casual, brute enmity on which we stupidly impose our hopes and fears. i understood… — John Gardner
Bending his head over hers, Leo murmured, "When I give you away at the altar, Bea, I want you to remember something. I'm not really… — Lisa Kleypas
I don't think anyone ever gets over anything in life; they merely get used to it. — Douglas Coupland
He had no settled plan of life, nor looked forward at all, but merely lived from day to day. Yet he read a great deal… — James Boswell

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