Generality is, indeed, an indispensable ingredient of reality; for mere individual existence or actuality without any regularity whatever is a nullity. Chaos is pure nothing.
Can't step from one movie set to the next. Only Samuel L. Jackson can do that. All us mere mortals can't do that!
Hanging with people who make you feel unappreciated, for the mere sake of appearing to be popular, is the loneliest place to be.
The mere process of growing old together will make the slightest acquaintance seem a bosom friend.
Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves - and be free.
Would you rather have butter or guns? Preparedness makes us powerful. Butter merely makes us fat.
I conclude that it is a fundamental mistake to think that salvation, justice, or virtue come through merely human institutions.
In view of our public pledges, we public officials can never again go before the public merely promising election reform. The time for promises is past.
Aikido is not merely about fighting and the development of the physical self but the perfection of the spiritual man at the same time. It has very harmonious movements, very beautiful to watch and beautiful for your body to feel.
In morals, truth is but little prized when it is a mere sentiment, and only attains its full value when realized in the world as fact.
Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
He has a number of curious facts in illustration of the power of mere goodness to protect against outrage.
The 21st century will be quite unlike the preceding two centuries, in which power was located in Europe and the U.S., and the rest of the world consisted of mere supplicants and bit players.
After all, enforced national bilingualism in this country isn't mere policy. It has attained the status of a religion. It's a dogma which one is supposed to accept without question.
Science does not limit itself merely to what is currently verifiable. But it is interested in questions that are potentially verifiable (or, rather, falsifiable).
The human being is in the most literal sense a political animal, not merely a gregarious animal, but an animal which can individuate itself only in the midst of society.
I believe that our society is merely a reflection of what is going on inside each and every one of us.
Every morning is a battle between the superego and the id, and I am a mere foot soldier with mud and a snooze button on her shield.
Mere humans who root through their refrigerators at three o'clock in the morning can only produce writing that matches what they do. And that includes me.
When your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway.
As every reader knows in his or her heart, there is much more to truth than mere fact.
