#mere

You can hardly judge women's effect on politics merely from the action of individual women officeholders. ↗

— Florence E. Allen

#effect #hardly #individual #judge #merely

There I met Gordon Jackson and Dave Meredith who were playing in local bands. ↗

— Jim Capaldi

#dave #gordon #i #jackson #local

In 1833, protection was abandoned, and a tariff was established by which it was provided that we should, in a few years, have a system of merely revenue duties. ↗

— Henry Charles Carey

#duties #established #few #merely #protection

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

#expenditure #found #gratification #lavish #mere

Being naked approaches being revolutionary; going barefoot is mere populism. ↗

— John Updike

#barefoot #being #going #mere #naked

The only difference between doctors and lawyers is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you, too. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#difference #doctors #kill #lawyers #merely

Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity. Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better. ↗

— John Updike

#activity #any #becomes #better #cares

Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first. ↗

— Peter Ustinov

#believe #best #contrary #first #friends

I wish there was a bar I could send opposing teams to and get them hammered or something - I could tell my buddies in New York to leave their places open or something. Playing for the Yankees, guys come at you extremely hard. I have to be ready or I'll be embarrassed. ↗

— Roger Clemens

#buddies #come #could #embarrassed #extremely

I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first. ↗

— Peter Ustinov

#best #first #friends #got #i