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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.

The only thing that frightens me a little is when I'm called Kevin rather than Fred, but that's how people have known me for so many years. So, I can't really blame them.

Quotes by Fred Savage

The only way to stop the erosion in network television is to come up with shows that are very popular.

Quotes by Fred Silverman

I support an all of the above energy policy, so that's not only just Keystone, that's not only just drilling, that's clean coal, that's safe nuclear.

Quotes by Fred Upton

Six months after we started, in 1964, there was a day when we sold only seven sandwiches. If we'd taken all the money from the register, we couldn't have paid an employee, much less the food or the rent or...

Quotes by Fred DeLuca

Profit or perish... There are only two ways to make money: increase sales and decrease costs.

Quotes by Fred DeLuca

AIs are only as good as the data they are trained on.

Quotes by Fred Ehrsam

Without a notion of the transcendental, human beings would, indeed, be animals; however, only fools can be convinced of it, and only degenerates need such a conviction.

Quotes by Franz Grillparzer

The uneducated person perceives only the individual phenomenon, the partly educated person the rule, and the educated person the exception.

Quotes by Franz Grillparzer

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.

Quotes by Franz Kafka

Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between this world and the positive.

Quotes by Franz Kafka

It is comforting to reflect that the disproportion of things in the world seems to be only arithmetical.

Quotes by Franz Kafka

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

Quotes by Franz Kafka

One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible, and not by having the least possible opportunity to do so.

Quotes by Franz Kafka

It is only our conception of time that makes us call the Last Judgement by this name. It is, in fact, a kind of martial law.

Quotes by Franz Kafka

The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support.

Quotes by Franz Kafka

Hiding places there are innumerable, escape is only one, but possibilities of escape, again, are as many as hiding places.

Quotes by Franz Kafka

Without any assistance whatever, I founded a school in Weimar in 10 years. Only I could perform certain works with the scanty means that I dared not ask anyone else to work with.

Quotes by Franz Liszt

Only God can turn our nation and the hearts of its people.

Quotes by Franklin Graham

Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid.

Quotes by Franklin P. Jones

Having imagination it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that if you were unimaginative would take you only a minute.

Quotes by Franklin Pierce Adams

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.