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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.

If you only design menus that are essentially junk or fast food, the whole infrastructure supports junk.

Quotes by Jamie Oliver

I will take to my grave with me the atmosphere of the first 'Cursed Child' preview, because no one knew anything. Only very rarely have I been able to deploy the phrase 'audible gasps.'

Quotes by Jamie Parker

I didn't do particularly well with girls at school. I was very shy. I'm not saying that was the only reason I didn't do well with them, but I just didn't.

Quotes by Jamie Dornan

If you were the only suspect in a senseless bloodbath, would you be standing the the horror section?

Quotes by Jamie Kennedy

I work with The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. I sit proudly as one of only two recovering addicts on their board.

Quotes by Jamie Lee Curtis

I was fat because I lived in the Midwest in the 1970s, and everyone was a little fat then and only getting fatter.

Quotes by Jami Attenberg

Diversity is not only color, but it also includes individuals with disabilities.

Quotes by Jamie Brewer

I tend to thrive on being misquoted. It's the only way I sound good.

Quotes by Jamie Campbell Bower

I like to think we're not the only thing that exists on the plane of existence. I like to think that just because we don't see it doesn't mean it's not there.

Quotes by James Wan

The title of the poems was The Only Bar in Dixon. We sent it out to The New Yorker on a fluke, and they took them and printed all three in the same issue.

Quotes by James Welch

Washington shows the Negro not only at his best, but also at his worst.

Quotes by James Weldon Johnson

In the Tea Party era, it is the restless conservative Republican who has become passion's plaything, the toy of impetuous romance, an erotomania only intensified by the lusting for an upstart savior.

Quotes by James Wolcott

It's probably conventional wisdom now that you bring openness of markets only after the market has developed to a certain level.

Quotes by James Wolfensohn

Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.

Quotes by James Thurber

I've only dyed my hair blond once, after 'Varsity Blues.'

Quotes by James Van Der Beek

The only thing that's ever made sense to me has been sitting in the house by myself making music.

Quotes by James Vincent McMorrow

Only the actions of the just, Smell sweet and blossom in their dust.

Quotes by James Shirley

If somehow a proclamation were made that C.E.O.'s could only make a maximum of $300,000 a year, you would not have any shortage of very qualified men and women seeking the jobs.

Quotes by James Sinegal

In the days when corporate downsizing was all the rage, Wall Street took a lot of flak for judging companies too harshly and setting the bar for corporate performance so high that executives felt their only option was to slash...

Quotes by James Surowiecki

You can't fuel real economic growth with indiscriminate credit. You can only fuel it with well-allocated, long-term investment.

Quotes by James Surowiecki

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.