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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.

Native Americans had only stone and wooden weapons and no animals that could be ridden. Those military advantages repeatedly enabled troops of a few dozen mounted Spaniards to defeat Indian armies numbering in the thousands.

Quotes by Jared Diamond

Although native Africans domesticated some plants in the Sahel and in Ethiopia and in tropical West Africa, they acquired valuable domestic animals only later, from the north.

Quotes by Jared Diamond

Age is a convenient barometer of what a person is capable of, but it is only one.

Quotes by Jared Kushner

Only Congress can treat the gaping wound that is our broken immigration system.

Quotes by Jared Polis

Services like Google and Facebook only exist because of the social acceptance of a mass amount of distributed volunteer labor from tons and tons of people.

Quotes by Jaron Lanier

I'm a firm believer that you can only get better by working hard.

Quotes by Jarvis Landry

Only with the honour thus acquired can we earn the respect of our other compatriots as well.

Quotes by Janos Kadar

So not only do we need to deal with threats as they emerge, we have to be thinking in anticipation of future threats, and the things we do have to be things that enable the system to continue to work.

Quotes by Janet Napolitano

I'm just opposed to a pure inflation-only mandate in which the only thing a central bank cares about is inflation and not employment.

Quotes by Janet Yellen

I'm not sure if I should say this, but after watching 'Bareilly Ki Barfi', I really wanted Rajkummar Rao to notice me, so I commented on all his photos. He's the only person I've asked for a photo with.

Quotes by Janhvi Kapoor

The transgressive nature of biography is rarely acknowledged, but it is the only explanation for biography's status as a popular genre.

Quotes by Janet Malcolm

I believe only in art and failure.

Quotes by Jane Rule

Publicity can be terrible. But only if you don't have any.

Quotes by Jane Russell

In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it.

Quotes by Jane Smiley

The only siblings I have are half-siblings. My nuclear family would have been an extra-suffocating threesome. Instead, I have an interesting brother and sister, in-laws, and darling nephews.

Quotes by Jane Smiley

I have reared, or helped to rear, five children and the scariest bit, bar none, is the learning-to-drive part. It has filled me with anxiety not only about the children, but also about my former self and my friends.

Quotes by Jane Smiley

We have secrets, and we have the same secrets that criminals have. Sometimes the only difference between a criminal and a law-abiding citizen is that somebody found out the criminal's secret.

Quotes by Jane Velez-Mitchell

I love 'Scandal.' It's my favorite show - it's really - the only one I really watch.

Quotes by Jane Velez-Mitchell

Time is the only comforter for the loss of a mother.

Quotes by Jane Welsh Carlyle

The glittering baits of titles and honours are only for children and fools.

Quotes by Jane Welsh Carlyle

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.