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Just Quotes

On simplicity and things that just come together.

The word 'just' does a lot of work in these quotes, minimizing effort, describing creativity in unexpected places, or downplaying how a career path came about at all. For more, see our Being quotes.

In the end, a new Americanization movement can't just be about listing our privileges and immunities, which we catalog in our laws. It also has to be about reinforcing our duties, which we convey in our habits.

Quotes by Eric Liu

'The Purpose-Driven Life' is not just a mega-bestselling work of Christian faith; it is the thing that every voter, secular or not, yearns for.

Quotes by Eric Liu

The vote is the important thing. Just go and vote.

Quotes by Eric McCormack

My primary thing is to make a painting, not necessarily to make a painting to sell for gazillions of dollars, but just to make a painting.

Quotes by Eric Fischl

They're just big in the eyes of the American public.

Quotes by Eric Heiden

You look just like you!

Quotes by Eric Idle

The Crafty Cockney had a picture of the owner dressed up as a copper, so I brought it home, wore it on TV and the name just stuck.

Quotes by Eric Bristow

Nah, I don't watch TV either, apart from a few sports programmes. I just don't have the time.

Quotes by Eric Bristow

Recording - once something's done, it's done, there's not much you can do about it. It's out there and you just have to pray to the gods.

Quotes by Eric Burdon

When times are difficult, I tell myself, 'I'm just passing through.'

Quotes by Eric Cantona

I'm just enjoying my life at the moment.

Quotes by Eric Cantona

What the president announced yesterday, is that somehow magically, if we just continue to prime the pump of taxpayer dollars, we're going to see magically an economic recovery.

Quotes by Eric Cantor

When I was a kid, I went through a lot of musical phases, and one was when I'd learn everything that The Beatles ever recorded. After I started drums, I fell in love with their music so much that I...

Quotes by Eric Carr

Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I'd rather lie around. No contest.

Quotes by Eric Clapton

It's so hard to figure out what's going on in biological systems. You just can't see them.

Quotes by Erez Lieberman Aiden

America's great newspapers have staffs that range from 50 percent to 70 percent of what they were just a few years ago.

Quotes by Eric Alterman

I like Velvet Underground, but I was never really hardcore into them. I like them, and I like Nico, but I won't front like I'm super knowledgeable. I just never got around to it.

Quotes by Eric Andre

But the great thing, and the horrible thing about the web is you can just throw stuff up there and it doesn't cost anybody anything.

Quotes by Eric Avery

If you want to really learn your playbook, you just do it.

Quotes by Eric Berry

You can't just run through a cookie cutter press and crank out a wrestler that looks like Bill Goldberg.

Quotes by Eric Bischoff

Frequently Asked Questions

What does "just" mean in each of these quotes?
The word is used in a few different ways here - "just" meaning "only" (needing just two star players), "just" meaning "simply" (TV is just film in smaller pieces), and "just" meaning "as much as" when comparing creativity between game makers and filmmakers.
Is there a quote here naming real athletes?
Yes: "We need just two players to be a contender. Just Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax," naming two real baseball players as the standard for building a winning team.
Is there a quote comparing creativity across industries?
Yes: "Personally I find there is just as much if not more creativity among game makers as there is among feature filmmakers," making the case that video game creators are just as creative as filmmakers. For more comparisons of tastes and preferences, see Like.
Is there a quote about how a career path unfolded unexpectedly?
Yes: "I never really planned on making action films. It just kind of happened," a short reflection on an unplanned career direction. For more first-person reflections on identity, see Being or About.
How does this page compare to Always quotes?
This page's quotes use "just" mostly to mean "only" or "simply," describing specific one-off situations, while Always deals with consistency and habits over time.

Related pages include our Always quotes and About quotes, both useful for similarly understated reflections.