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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.

American troops have not only occupied Ulster but are arriving in increasing numbers in England.

Quotes by John Amery

The sense organs experience the external light, sound, etc. with difficulty; the different sense organs only have a so-called specific receptivity for particular stimuli.

Quotes by Johannes P. Muller

For under certain conditions the chemical atoms emit light waves of a specific length or oscillation frequency - their familiar characteristic spectra - and these can come in the form of electromagnetic waves only from accelerated electric quanta.

Quotes by Johannes Stark

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

Quotes by John Adams

Only one man ever understood me, and he didn't understand me.

Quotes by Johann Gottlieb Fichte

We need do no more than repeat: only under communism does the individual become himself and lead his own life.

Quotes by Johann Most

History creates comprehensibility primarily by arranging facts meaningfully and only in a very limited sense by establishing strict causal connections.

Quotes by Johan Huizinga

Art is never finished. It is only abandoned.

Quotes by Johan Renck

Tear man out of his outward circumstances; and what he then is; that only is he.

Quotes by Johann G. Seume

If only I was as eloquent as Demosthenes, I would have to do no more than repeat a single word three times.

Quotes by Johann Georg Hamann

Not only the entire ability to think rests on language... but language is also the crux of the misunderstanding of reason with itself.

Quotes by Johann Georg Hamann

Physics is nothing but the ABC's. Nature is an equation with an unknown, a Hebrew word which is written only with consonants to which reason has to add the dots.

Quotes by Johann Georg Hamann

We shot 'Dharma & Greg' six blocks from my house for five years. I had a Dodge Durango that I sold after five years, and it only had like 12,000 miles on it. My whole life was within eight square...

Quotes by Joel Murray

I guess you're only as good as the waves.

Quotes by Joel Parkinson

We only want autonomous collaborators that are incentivized to make or break their own income.

Quotes by Joel Salatin

The human diet, for millions of years, did not contain any added salt - only the sodium present in natural foods, adding up to only about 1000 mg sodium per day.

Quotes by Joel Fuhrman

Raw leafy greens contain only about 100 calories per pound and are packed with nutrients.

Quotes by Joel Fuhrman

Satisfying as that 'Cabaret' role was, it is not the only thing I do. But Hollywood is somewhat limited in its perspective about what it is you do or don't do.

Quotes by Joel Grey

You can only start a boyband if you kill one of the ones already out there.

Quotes by Joel Madden

This is a game, first and foremost. There was only one Vince Lombardi, and he died.

Quotes by Joe Theismann

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.