No, you're right.

All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,...

But then again, it was merely a text message. And it was merely from Charlotte.

Merely some typos. There is war to think about.

And, merely working hard end neo fascism in America - soon we all hope.

Sir Ralph Richardson

The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.

Albert Einstein

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

Robert Morley

Ordinarily he was insane, but he had lucid moments when he was merely stupid.

Heinrich Heine

As such, I disagree with people who would like to excise a word from our vocabulary. But if I HAD to pick a word to excise, it would be "utilize."

People who judge other people by the words they use are axxholes.

Seriously.

'Nuff said.

Nelson Mandela

I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.

Duke Ellington

When the politicians complain that TV turns the proceedings into a circus, it should be made clear that the circus was already there, and that TV has merely demonstrated that not all the performers are well trained.

Edward R. Murrow

Art is merely the refuge which the ingenious have invented, when they were supplied with food and women, to escape the tediousness of life.

W. Somerset Maugham

If a writer wrote merely for his time, I would have to break my pen and throw it away.

Victor Hugo

OK. I swear, I'll stop now.

And @9 beat me to what I was going to say, word for word, by about nine hours.

Which reminds me, what are all of you doing on the Slog, especially one on this subject, during working hours on a Monday? Am I the only one here who is actually doing my job?

...sorry what were we talking about?