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Only Quotes

On narrowed choices and the one option that remains.

The word 'only' frames very different ideas here: a single film genre praised for its originality, a physicist's account of shifting foundations, and a stated view on Cold War-era power struggles across Europe. For more, see our Life quotes.

What you want to do, and what you can do, is limited only by what you can dream.

Quotes by Mike Melville

I've painted in the past, but I only average about one painting a year, and the last painting I did, I actually really liked.

Quotes by Mike Mignola

People want to share photos with only their friends and loved ones.

Quotes by Mike Krieger

Despite the administration's long public information campaign, for many months polls have consistently indicated only 37 percent of those eligible for Medicare say they only partially understand the program.

Quotes by Mike Fitzpatrick

Goals seem impossible only when you are not heading toward them.

Quotes by Mike Hawkins

For most of the '90s and the first part of this decade, content providers who wanted to publish online only needed to worry about the graphical web browser.

Quotes by Mike Davidson

Only in Washington would death be considered a taxable event.

Quotes by Mike Ferguson

The only tweets I feel bad about are the fat-chick ones.

Quotes by Mike Cernovich

We're not only hockey players. A lot of guys have families and girlfriends. You can't just think about hockey 24-7.

Quotes by Mike Comrie

The school I went to was only famous for one thing... Peter Osgood went to that particular school. That's probably my earliest memory of the importance of football.

Quotes by Mike Ashley

Corbyn is not only a liar but clueless.

Quotes by Mike Ashley

Some of us are only going to show our emotions while we're actually vulnerable. But that's what makes us human.

Quotes by Miguel

There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots.

Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes

Tis the only comfort of the miserable to have partners in their woes.

Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes

In some cases we've been building tools that are specific to Linux for the desktop, and they only work on Linux, but I see two major projects that are wildly, wildly successful: Mozilla and OpenOffice, and those two programs are...

Quotes by Miguel de Icaza

Only in solitude do we find ourselves; and in finding ourselves, we find in ourselves all our brothers in solitude.

Quotes by Miguel de Unamuno

The only way to give finality to the world is to give it consciousness.

Quotes by Miguel de Unamuno

Suffering is the substance of life and the root of personality, for it is only suffering that makes us persons.

Quotes by Miguel de Unamuno

Art in the classroom not only spurs creativity, it also inspires learning.

Quotes by Mickey Hart

This is the kind of world I was born in, one in which I had only one reason for existence: pleasing others.

Quotes by Mickey Rooney

Frequently Asked Questions

What subjects do the "Only" quotes on this page cover?
The quotes touch on horror as a film genre that blends experimental technique into the mainstream, geopolitical strategy around balance of power in Europe, and reflections on the empirical foundations of science and modern physics.
Is there a quote here about horror movies?
Yes, one discusses horror as one of the only genres able to weave abstract, experimental filmmaking techniques into mainstream cinema, noting that creating something genuinely spooky takes particular skill.
Does this page include anything about geopolitics?
Yes, one quote discusses the balance of power in Eurasia from an Anglo-American perspective, weighing the choice of aligning with a Western Europe against Russia.
Is there a quote here about science and physics?
Yes, two touch on this - one on how scientific concepts are drawn from empirical data, and another on how the "foundations of physics have started moving" as modern physics developed, unsettling older assumptions. For more thoughtful, reflective lines, see Life or Good.
Is this page more scientific and political than personal?
Yes, these particular quotes lean intellectual and analytical rather than personal. For more everyday, relatable quotes, try Like or Me.

You can also browse our Good quotes and Like quotes for lighter reflections.