#merely

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

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company. ↗

— Andre Gide

#get #go #him #his #idea

Merely external emancipation has made of the modern woman an artificial being. Now, woman is confronted with the necessity of emancipating herself from emancipation, if she really desires to be free. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#being #confronted #desires #emancipation #external

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#aspire #hero #merely #rather #than