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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.

For the critic, the author does not exist; only a certain number of writings exist.

Quotes by Italo Calvino

Good literature can be created only with something that is different from literature.

Quotes by Italo Calvino

I'm only a novelist on occasion. Many of my books are made up of brief texts collected together, short stories, or else they are books that have an overall structure but are composed of various texts.

Quotes by Italo Calvino

Only one of my grandchildren is serious about a musical instrument. The others dabble in it.

Quotes by Itzhak Perlman

So persuasive is the power of the institutions we have created that they shape not only our preferences but actually our sense of possibilities.

Quotes by Ivan Illich

I only like to play football.

Quotes by Isco

The example afforded before the Great War by Germany - which, if only it had exercised forbearance for another five or ten years, would by now be unrivaled in Europe - suggests that the task facing us now is to...

Quotes by Isoroku Yamamoto

I want to be clear that I only share passages from the Bible as a gesture of love.

Quotes by Israel Folau

Midwives not only save lives. They are also actors of social change.

Quotes by Isabella Lovin

Only barbarians are not curious about where they come from, how they came to be where they are, where they appear to be going, whether they wish to go there, and if so, why, and if not, why not.

Quotes by Isaiah Berlin

Poetical appreciation is only newly bursting on me.

Quotes by Isaac Rosenberg

The kimono, haori, and girdle, and even the long hanging sleeves, have only parallel seams, and these are only tacked or basted, as the garments, when washed, are taken to pieces, and each piece, after being very slightly stiffened, is...

Quotes by Isabella Bird

The Sandwich Islands are not the same as Otaheite nor as the Fijis, from which they are distant about 4,000 miles, nor are their people of the same race. The natives are not cannibals, and it is doubtful if they...

Quotes by Isabella Bird

We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious children.

Quotes by Isaac Bashevis Singer

But anyone who knows anything about the music industry knows it's not only about the music.

Quotes by Isaac Hanson

Most people are dispensable in 'Game of Thrones,' not only in the story but in the series.

Quotes by Isaac Hempstead Wright

It's rare that I read more than two or three books by any one author; usually only one.

Quotes by Isaac Marion

My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.

Quotes by Isaac Newton

God is the same God, always and everywhere. He is omnipresent not virtually only, but also substantially, for virtue cannot subsist without substance.

Quotes by Isaac Newton

Hypotheses should be subservient only in explaining the properties of things but not assumed in determining them, unless so far as they may furnish experiments.

Quotes by Isaac Newton

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.