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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.

I didn't want to be nobody, and that was the only way I could be somebody was to do stand-up.

Quotes by George Lopez

One of the issues in electronics is that we work only in two scales - transistors and collections of transistors - and that's the device. But to take full advantage of nano, we're going to have to think about that...

Quotes by George M. Whitesides

As a filmmaker I find it much more rewarding to work with actors who are classically trained. It's about the work and only the work.

Quotes by George Hickenlooper

It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.

Quotes by George Jean Nathan

Part of my plan was not only to introduce all useful animals that I possibly could into this part of Australia, but also the most valuable plants of every description.

Quotes by George Grey

The cult of individuality and personality, which promotes painters and poets only to promote itself, is really a business. The greater the 'genius' of the personage, the greater the profit.

Quotes by George Grosz

You can achieve only that which you will do.

Quotes by George Halas

The only cure for grief is action.

Quotes by George Henry Lewes

Language, after all, is only the use of symbols, and Art also can only affect us through symbols.

Quotes by George Henry Lewes

The public can only be really moved by what is genuine.

Quotes by George Henry Lewes

No man was ever eloquent by trying to be eloquent, but only by being so.

Quotes by George Henry Lewes

Sincerity is not only effective and honourable, it is also much less difficult than is commonly supposed.

Quotes by George Henry Lewes

I have only one superstition... Touch all the bases when I hit a home run.

Quotes by George Herman

Poets are accepted in Canada as practically nowhere else in the West because of their place in an officially supported and popularly endorsed Canadian culture. Yet, they are still bitter and argumentative, as poets elsewhere are, because they have no...

Quotes by George Fetherling

It is only losers that are prosecuted.

Quotes by George Galloway

Even if you only counted the votes that actually made it through the hoops in order to be cast, the president was really Al Gore.

Quotes by George Galloway

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion.

George Eliot

Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

George Eliot

Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity.

George Eliot

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.

George Eliot

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.