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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.

In the 1950s, when we went to Lord's, you had to sit down, and it was very prim and proper. It was only in the 1960s when we started to do well that West Indians started voicing their opinions.

Quotes by Garfield Sobers

Only men like Imran Khan, Kapil Dev and Ian Botham can be branded all-rounders.

Quotes by Garfield Sobers

Why has it seemed that the only way to protect the environment is with heavy-handed government regulation?

Quotes by Gale Norton

People think I played 10 years. I only played 68 games.

Quotes by Gale Sayers

We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.

Quotes by Galileo Galilei

What was taken by force, can only be restored by force.

Quotes by Gamal Abdel Nasser

My only thought about Margaret Thatcher is the same one I had about Ronald Reagan. I hated a lot of what they did, but once in a while a country just needs a change.

Quotes by Gail Collins

I'm the only female producer on Impact, and they're very supportive, the men.

Quotes by Gail Kim

I used to be pretty reckless. When I was a runner for a production company, I drove a massive 16 seater van. I was only 18. I mean I look young now, but then I looked about 12.

Quotes by Gail Porter

Changes are not only possible and predictable, but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's own unnecessary vegetation.

Quotes by Gail Sheehy

My only experience with American things is through movies.

Quotes by Gabriella Wilde

One of the tangible benefits of the merger is that we are not vying with each other for work. We can now focus on organizing work in one place. There is no SAG, no AFTRA, only SAG-AFTRA.

Quotes by Gabrielle Carteris

I don't watch a lot of T.V. I only watch things via Netflix, so I only watch the things that I'm choosing to watch.

Quotes by Gaby Hoffmann

It's only fitting that a Jewish comic makes his Just for Laughs anglo debut in a church, right?

Quotes by Gad Elmaleh

That's only in America. We don't have French doors in France.

Quotes by Gad Elmaleh

I never said I was going to play for Boca but rather that, if I went back to Argentina to play, I would do so for only one team, and that's Boca.

Quotes by Gabriel Batistuta

The only description for Nolan in the script was that he's a very bad dresser. I put on a red windbreaker and every other ugly, ill-fitting thing I could dig out. He was potentially written as a clean-cut nerd, but...

Quotes by Gabriel Mann

Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Word of mouth is the most valuable form of marketing, but you can't buy it. You can only deliver it. And you have to really deliver.

Quotes by G-Eazy

There is no such thing as absolute proof. There is only evidence.

Quotes by G. Edward Griffin

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.