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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.

We need not only one Cesar Chavez; we need a thousand Cesar Chavezes.

Quotes by Jorge Ramos

It isn't only rich countries that suffer from the effects of tax havens. Developing countries also lose billions of dollars in tax revenues due each year because wealthy individuals and some companies use tax havens to move assets and income...

Quotes by Jose Angel Gurria

There is no upside for the U.K. in Brexit. Only costs that can be avoided and advantages to be seized by remaining in Europe. No one should have to pay the Brexit tax.

Quotes by Jose Angel Gurria

To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment.

Quotes by Jose Bergamin

In French literature, you can choose a la carte; in Spanish literature, there is only the set meal.

Quotes by Jose Bergamin

There are those who dance to the rhythm that is played to them, those who only dance to their own rhythm, and those who don't dance at all.

Quotes by Jose Bergamin

Only one thing has to matter for everything to matter.

Quotes by Jose Bergamin

True solidarity is only possible among the solitary.

Quotes by Jose Bergamin

The only time a man thinks is when he's alone.

Quotes by Jose Bergamin

My undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only have to be immortal to carry it out.

Quotes by Jorge Luis Borges

I never care about my opponents, especially now - I care about 'Gamebred' and 'Gamebred' is only going for the off button.

Quotes by Jorge Masvidal

Maybe I was accepted to Harvard only because of my tennis skills, since I definitively had no great academic achievements. I was 17 and only thought about surfing and playing tennis. I had almost never left Rio de Janeiro and...

Quotes by Jorge Paulo Lemann

I didn't know my father very well; I only met him a few times.

Quotes by Jordan Peele

I know I'm only 24, but I know in my head already I am mature, because I've got the right mental side of it.

Quotes by Jordan Pickford

I only know about a few things, but I am quite good at bluffing. There are a whole range of subjects, including the Renaissance, which I am prepared to sound expert on.

Quotes by Jools Holland

The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit.

Jonathan Swift

Wormholes don't exist because the only way they would exist is if they were seeded with exotic material created by an intelligence far beyond our own. Something would have to make one.

Quotes by Jonathan Nolan

Freedom is not won by merely overthrowing a tyrannical ruler or an oppressive regime. That is usually only the prelude to a new tyranny, a new oppression.

Quotes by Jonathan Sacks

I am an only child and home-schooled, so I have no siblings or classmates.

Quotes by Jonathan Krohn

Unfortunately, I have two facets to my makeup, and that is both scientific and artistic. By doing medicine, I was only answering one of those sides.

Quotes by Jonathan LaPaglia

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.