#merely

Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it. ↗

— Malcolm Forbes

#enjoy #exercising #get #like #lose

The British system denied any role for human creativity, and instead argued, that if man merely followed his hedonistic desires, pursuing pleasure and avoiding pain, objective laws would naturally guide society to achieve the best allocation of wealth. ↗

— Robert Trout

#allocation #any #argued #avoiding #best

The atom bomb was no "great decision." It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#arsenal #atom #atom bomb #bomb #decision

The speed of light does not merely transform the world. It becomes the world. Globalization is the speed of light. ↗

— Paul Virilio

#does #globalization #light #merely #speed

In those days I was new to covers; merely felt pleased that a story of mine had been honored. I later met Rogers who did some of my early covers and I was impressed with him. ↗

— A. E. van Vogt

#covers #days #did #early #felt

Nothing comes merely by thinking about it. ↗

— John Wanamaker

#comes #merely #nothing #thinking

We are merely the stars tennis-balls, struck and bandied which way please them. ↗

— John Webster

#merely #please #stars #struck #them

The role of the intelligence - that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates opinions is merely to submit. ↗

— Simone Weil

#denies #formulates #intelligence #merely #opinions

The memory, experiencing and re-experiencing, has such power over one's mere personal life, that one has merely lived. ↗

— Rebecca West

#life #lived #memory #mere #merely

For us, someone who is willing to step forward and help is much more courageous than someone who is merely fulfilling the role. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#forward #fulfilling #help #merely #more