#merely

But I think the bomb instead constitutes merely a first step in a new control by man over the forces of nature too revolutionary and dangerous to fit into old concepts. ↗

— Henry L. Stimson

#concepts #constitutes #control #dangerous #first

I did not write it. God wrote it. I merely did his dictation. ↗

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

#did #god #his #i #merely

I often wish... that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease. ↗

— Bliss Carman

#cease #compromises #could #fact #facts

True philosophy invents nothing; it merely establishes and describes what is. ↗

— Victor Cousin

#establishes #invents #merely #nothing #philosophy

Aristotle taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This is true only of certain persons. ↗

— Will Cuppy

#blood #brain #certain #cool #exists

The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents. ↗

— Salvador Dali

#jealousy #malcontents #merely #success is #thermometer

The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#improbable #integrity #kind #lacks #merely

What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease. ↗

— Bliss Carman

#cease #compromises #fact #facts #investigation

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#delightful #i #merely #out #simply

Aristotle was famous for knowing everything. He taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This is true only of certain persons. ↗

— Will Cuppy

#blood #brain #certain #cool #everything