#merely

In physics, to be in two places at the same time would be a miracle; in politics it seems not merely normal, but natural. ↗

— Charles Edison

#miracle #natural #normal #physics #places

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#albeit #illusion #merely #persistent #reality

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

Violence is hidden within democratic structures because they are not radically democratic - Western democracy is merely a domestic convenience of consumerism. ↗

— Edward Bond

#consumerism #convenience #democracy #democratic #domestic

I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive. ↗

— Nora Ephron

#continually #controversial #difficulty #distinguishing #fascinated

There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men. ↗

— Epicurus

#abstract #between #compact #justice #merely

To unfold the secret laws and relations of those high faculties of thought by which all beyond the merely perceptive knowledge of the world and of ourselves is attained or matured, is a object which does not stand in need of commendation to a rational mind. ↗

— George Boole

#beyond #commendation #does #faculties #high

It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness. ↗

— George Borrow

#been #dreary #escape #idleness #itself

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

It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people. ↗

— Giordano Bruno

#because #believed #change #does #low