Quotes of: Merely Keyword

Ordinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time; a man of talent tries to 'use' it.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Your absence has not taught me to be alone, it merely has shown that when together we cast a single shadow on the wall.

Life

Basically, writers write because they have something to say...Everyone has a story in them, writers merely decide to share it with the world...

Virginia Alison

I submit, on the other hand, most respectfully, that the Constitution not merely does not affirm that principle, but, on the contrary, altogether excludes it.

William H. Seward

If the student could give up her work on my advice, she had better give it up without it. One does not study for a goal. The goal is a mere accident.

Alma Gluck

Above and beyond drawing my creations, I try to incorporate some kind of message. I try not to end as merely a question but try to provide a conclusion within the work.

Natsuki Takaya

Books do not perish like humankind. Of course we commonly see them broken in the haberdasher's shop when only a few months before they lay bound on the stationer's stall; these are not true works, but mere trash and newfan...

The House of Doctor Dee

The moment men begin to care more for education than for religion they begin to care more for ambition than for education. It is no longer a world in which the souls of all are equal before heaven, but a world in which the mind of each is bent on ach...

G.K. Chesterton

He who wishes to explain Generation must take for his theme the organic body and its constituent parts, and philosophize about them; he must show how these parts originated, and how they came to be in that relation in which they stand to each other. ...

Caspar Friedrich Wolff

Dolores Umbridge: Pardon me, Professor, but what exactly are you insinuating? Minerva McGonagall: I am merely requesting that when it comes to my students you conform to the prescribed disciplinary practices. Dolores Umbridge: So silly of me, but it ...

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Mysticism was merely virility in a state of liquidation; sperm that had gone bad.

Cocaine

Employment is slavery. Workers merely have a choice over where to serve their daily eight-hour sentence.

The Confessions of a Misfit

Money to me had always been merely something the sheep used to show each other how wonderful they were.

Dexter Is Delicious

Perhaps I should not hope to convey in mere words the unutterable hideousness that can dwell in absolute silence and barren immensity.

Dagon

I have no ambition to change my nature, I merely intend to conquer my dislikes.

The Diary of a Country Priest

But without a need, even the finest piece of beef is merely a piece of dead bull is it not?

The Extremely Successful Salesman's Club

Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf.

Ender's Game

What you fear most will determine whether you merely save for the future or give for the future.

Fields Of Gold

Life is short. If you doubt me, ask a butterfly. Their average life span is a mere five to fourteen days.

The Funny Thing Is...

To say she is only a woman is to say a violin is a piece of wood with strings, and Dante is mere ink printed on paper.

Forlorn Passions

...it's merely writing, but you have to adjust your ear – I speak quietly – I sob – I whisper ...

A Familiar Rain