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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.

With the chronic obesity in America, it's more important than ever to not only feed kids healthy foods but to teach them how to make healthy choices on their own.

Quotes by Jennie Garth

While I'm writing YA, I can't read YA, and the same with adult. I usually only listen to music while I'm writing YA.

Quotes by Jennifer Armentrout

What is their potential for evil; what is their potential for wickedness? That's the only time that those characters become interesting to watch.

Quotes by Jennifer Beals

I love flawed characters, male or female, and I only want to talk about flawed characters, really, in what I do.

Quotes by Jenji Kohan

Historians and scholars have access to every issue of every newspaper and journal written during the civil rights struggle of the 1960s but can access only a comparative handful of papers covering the election of Barack Obama.

Quotes by Jeffrey Zeldman

Punk is not dead. Punk will only die when corporations can exploit and mass produce it.

Quotes by Jello Biafra

Accountability and democratic choice, I deeply believe, are guaranteed by rigorous scrutiny only.

Quotes by Jemima Khan

I only respond to Telemundo when it's about novellas, in regards to music or movies they have nothing to do with it; that's mine.

Quotes by Jencarlos Canela

Paul McCartney had a baby when he was 61; Rod Stewart was 66; Rupert Murdoch was a stunning 72. Not only does that mean they'll have less stamina than the average dad, that means they'll, well, check out a lot...

Quotes by Jeffrey Kluger

The only model to me that correlates with big success in the NFL is having a Hall of Fame franchise quarterback.

Quotes by Jeffrey Lurie

Roosevelt talked not only about Freedom from Fear, but also Freedom from Want.

Quotes by Jeffrey Sachs

The great leaders of the second world war alliance, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, understood the twin sides of destruction and salvation. Their war aims were not only to defeat fascism, but to create a world of shared prosperity.

Quotes by Jeffrey Sachs

My goal is to make the biggest difference possible in the world. I have only so many resources and so much time.

Quotes by Jeffrey Skoll

Only when my 'Punktown'-based stories began seeing print did I demonstrate my proclivity for blurring the borders between horror, science fiction, and other genres.

Quotes by Jeffrey Thomas

When I was deputy chairman I could travel from Glasgow to Edinburgh without leaving Tory land. In a two-week period I covered every constituency in which we had an MP. There were 14. Now we have only one. We appear...

Quotes by Jeffrey Archer

The only reason I went to college was to play basketball. I injured my knee and couldn't play.

Quotes by Jeffrey Dean Morgan

When I wrote The Virgin Suicides, I gave myself very strict rules about the narrative voice: the boys would only be able to report what they had seen or found or what had been told to them.

Quotes by Jeffrey Eugenides

It is clear that IDEA '97 not only undermines the educational process, it also undermines the authority of educators.

Quotes by Jeff Sessions

I've spent over half my life at NBC. This is the only place I have ever worked.

Quotes by Jeff Zucker

Reconciliation is a special budget procedure to change entitlement and tax laws. It cannot be filibustered and requires only a simple majority in the Senate to be passed. It is primarily intended for deficit and mandatory spending reduction.

Quotes by Jeff Miller

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.