#merely

Social paralysis is strong and stands firmly in the way of change on the ground level. As allies, we have to prepare ourselves to step into the fire when necessary, even - and especially - when said fire is merely a still-lit cigarette tossed carelessly onto the street. ↗

— Jack Antonoff

#carelessly #change #cigarette #especially #even

Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#contemplate #contemplated #deliver #illuminate #merely

In the modern media age we are rarely surprised by what we see. Whether it's on television or film or in the theatre, everything is so advertised, so trailed, that most entertainment is merely what you thought it was going to be like. ↗

— Rowan Atkinson

#age #entertainment #everything #film #going

Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#age #am #another #belief #disguise

The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially in his or her hands in collaboration with other fellow Nigerians and not merely relying on what government alone could provide for him or her. ↗

— Ibrahim Babangida

#average #collaboration #come #could #essentially

The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was conceivable that the sun had been set afire merely to ripen men's apples and head their cabbages. ↗

— Cyrano de Bergerac

#apples #arrogance #been #beings #benefit

What a different world this would be if people would listen to those who know more and not merely try to get something from those who have more. ↗

— William J. H. Boetcker

#different world #get #know #listen #merely

We cling nervously to the melody, but we don't handle it freely, we don't really make anything new out of it, we merely overload it. ↗

— Johannes Brahms

#cling #freely #handle #make #melody

Inner city education must change. Our responsibility is not merely to provide access to knowledge; we must produce educated people. ↗

— James L. Farmer, Jr.

#change #city #educated #educated people #education

Is it faith to understand nothing, and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church? ↗

— John Calvin

#convictions #faith #implicitly #merely #nothing