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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.

I'm treading the backward path. Mostly, I just waste my time.

Quotes by Syd Barrett

I've just had an operation, but nothing too serious.

Quotes by Syd Barrett

Mostly, I just waste my time.

Quotes by Syd Barrett

Just because you can afford it doesn't mean you should buy it.

Quotes by Suze Orman

You can't really call yourself an environmentalist if you're still consuming animals. You just can't.

Quotes by Suzy Amis

I made a Christmas album a couple of years ago and just put it out on my Web site. It kind of smacked of this flavor. All of the reviews said it was Western swing even when it was Christmas...

Quotes by Suzy Bogguss

But it's just been recently that Nashville has started to feel like home.

Quotes by Suzy Bogguss

Lawmakers need to be better stewards of policy and update it, not just keep adding on top of old laws.

Quotes by Suzan DelBene

When you have multiple patients on life support, you don't pull the plug on one just to save another.

Quotes by Suzan DelBene

My plays aren't stylistically the same. Just being an African-American woman playwright on Broadway is experimental.

Quotes by Suzan-Lori Parks

I sort of half read Thomas Hardy's 'The Mayor of Casterbridge.' It was assigned in 10th grade, and I just couldn't get into it. About seven years later, I rediscovered Hardy and consumed four of his novels in a row.

Quotes by Suzanne Collins

Motown wasn't just pioneering a sound but a cultural dynamic.

Quotes by Suzanne de Passe

I got more and more politically active and just followed the course of feminism and sexual liberation.

Quotes by Susie Bright

I don't intentionally eavesdrop. I'm not looking for salacious gossip, I'm just looking for vocabulary items.

Quotes by Susie Dent

I really was the nerd in the car that read vocabulary books. If we were going on day trips, I would quite like to have just stayed in the car with my German and French vocab books. It's embarrassing to...

Quotes by Susie Dent

In the early Seventies, the technology for purifying a specific eukaryotic mRNA was just becoming available.

Quotes by Susumu Tonegawa

I mean, everybody's star fades in every business; that's just a natural part of life.

Quotes by Susan Sullivan

Parents really just need support and not to be blamed and not to have fingers pointed at them.

Quotes by Susan L. Taylor

I don't really do jolly. I don't know why, I just don't.

Quotes by Susan Hill

San Diego walked away with just a scratch.

Quotes by Susan Davis

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.