#merely

With the brush we merely tint, while the imagination alone produces colour. ↗

— Theodore Gericault

#brush #colour #imagination #merely #produces

Were one merely to seek information, one should inquire of the man who hates, but if one wishes to know what truly is, one better ask the one who loves. ↗

— Hermann Broch

#better #hates #information #inquire #know

Coercion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him. ↗

— Robert McNamara

#after #captures #coercion #him #man

It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly. ↗

— Margaret Mead

#based #behavior #cowardly #eternal #ethical

Anyone who works is a fool. I don't work - I merely inflict myself upon the public. ↗

— Robert Morley

#fool #i #inflict #merely #myself

Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious. ↗

— Ramakrishna

#found #good #holy #make #many

The point I am making is that in the more primitive forms of society the individual is merely a unit; in more developed forms of society he is an independent personality. ↗

— Herbert Read

#developed #forms #i #i am #independent

Bringing democratic control to the conduct of foreign policy requires a struggle merely to force the issue onto the public agenda. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#bringing #conduct #control #democratic #force

It's not merely that conservatives are better at selling their product, or that they happen to have an easier-and undoubtedly simpler-ideological product to sell. It's that they know what they are selling. Liberals in general and Obama in particular cannot say the same. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#cannot #conservatives #general #happen #know

Social paralysis is strong and stands firmly in the way of change on the ground level. As allies, we have to prepare ourselves to step into the fire when necessary, even - and especially - when said fire is merely a still-lit cigarette tossed carelessly onto the street. ↗

— Jack Antonoff

#carelessly #change #cigarette #especially #even