#mere

A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great. ↗

— Joshua Reynolds

#great #mere #nature #never #produce

I grew up with Scientology - my parents at one point were clerical. It's a pragmatic philosophy, not merely a belief system. Yeah, it's had media exposure because certain luminaries do Scientology, but millions of people do it who are not celebrities. It's not a threat or some cult. ↗

— Giovanni Ribisi

#belief #celebrities #certain #clerical #cult

I'm merely trying to be something akin to a nice, kind, good actress. ↗

— Christina Ricci

#akin #good #i #kind #merely

Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing. ↗

— Ralph Richardson

#art #coughing #group #keeping #large

To a poet the mere making of a poem can seem to solve the problem of truth, but only a problem of art is solved in poetry. ↗

— Laura Riding

#making #mere #only #poem #poet

I mean, you're gonna be left behind if you don't appreciate the genius that is Meredith Vieira. ↗

— Mo Rocca

#behind #genius #gonna #i #left

Most men, when they think they are thinking, are merely rearranging their prejudices. ↗

— Knute Rockne

#merely #most #prejudices #rearranging #their

The mere assemblage of peace loving people to interchange convincing reasons for their common faith, mere exhortation and argument to the public in favor of peace in general fall short of the mark. ↗

— Elihu Root

#assemblage #common #common faith #convincing #exhortation

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal. ↗

— Albert Camus

#expend #merely #nobody #normal #people

The mere attempt to examine my own confusion would consume volumes. ↗

— James Agee

#confusion #consume #examine #mere #my own