Simply Quotes

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No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over… — Charles Kendall Adams
No one ever attains success by simply doing what is required of him. — Charles Kendall Adams
In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground. — Douglas Adams
I would be far more critical than any reviewer could be of my own work. So I simply don't read them. — John Banville
As Prime Minister of Israel, I will introduce a bill into the Knesset that will simply pay the Arabs not to shoot at the Jews. — Roseanne Barr
Instead of fretting about getting everything done, why not simply accept that being alive means having things to do? Then drop into full engagement with… — Martha Beck
From our broadcasting box you can't see any grass at all. It is simply a carpet of humanity. — Richie Benaud
We call ourselves a free nation, and yet we let ourselves be told what cabs we can and can't take by a man at a… — Robert Benchley
Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church. — Pope Benedict XVI
In Latin America in general, it's very important that Christianity not be simply a thing of reason, but also of the heart. — Pope Benedict XVI
The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have… — Warren G. Bennis
The less you think counterfactually, the less you experience stress. Stress, in this light, isn't a bad thing. It's simply a warning system telling you… — Andrew Bernstein
The old and honorable idea of 'vocation' is simply that we each are called, by God, or by our gifts, or by our preference, to… — Wendell Berry
Failure is simply the non-presence of success. But a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions. — Orlando Bloom
This resolution simply says Israel has the right to defend itself. This includes conducting operations both inside its borders and in the territory of nations… — John Boehner
I don't think Hamas will be satisfied simply ruling the Gaza Strip. — John Bolton
An image is not simply a trademark, a design, a slogan or an easily remembered picture. It is a studiously crafted personality profile of an… — Daniel J. Boorstin
Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion. — Daniel J. Boorstin
The point of my work is to show that culture and education aren't simply hobbies or minor influences. — Pierre Bourdieu
If a theme or idea is too near the surface, the novel becomes simply a tract illustrating an idea. — Elizabeth Bowen

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