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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 books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves.

Quotes by E. M. Forster

We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be approached by the statistician or the poet.

Quotes by E. M. Forster

You know as a scientist that both were developed completely independently of each other in the laboratories. And only afterward were the political situations contrived out of which they could be justified.

Quotes by E. P. Thompson

I have always hated machinery, and the only machine I ever understood was a wheelbarrow, and that but imperfectly.

Quotes by E. T. Bell

If indeed, as Hilbert asserted, mathematics is a meaningless game played with meaningless marks on paper, the only mathematical experience to which we can refer is the making of marks on paper.

Quotes by E. T. Bell

Time makes fools of us all. Our only comfort is that greater shall come after us.

Quotes by E. T. Bell

Farmers only worry during the growing season, but townspeople worry all the time.

Quotes by E. W. Howe

From the moment this war began, there was, for this state, only one policy possible, neutrality.

Quotes by Eamon de Valera

Mr. Speaker, in the years since we enacted our attack against Iraq, the threat from Iran has only grown more difficult, and our capacity to meet that threat actually has diminished. It is one of the reasons many of us...

Quotes by Earl Blumenauer

Marxism conceives of the new system of socialism as the necessary outcome of all previous history made possible and necessary only by that previous history.

Quotes by Earl Browder

I think one game we played the Oakland Raiders and Jack Tatum and I had an accident on the one-yard line. The only thing that Jack Tatum didn't do was wrap me up so I backed into the endzone backwards.

Quotes by Earl Campbell

Only very brave mouse makes nest in cat's ear.

Quotes by Earl Derr Biggers

There is only one position for an artist anywhere; and that is upright.

Quotes by Dylan Thomas

I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought it was the office cat.

Quotes by E. B. White

The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change and we all instinctively avoid it.

Quotes by E. B. White

We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.

Quotes by E. B. White

I imagine that yes is the only living thing.

Quotes by e. e. cummings

Emotionally, I have no picture-book illustrated with memories of my first five years, but externally, I have impressions that possess a haunting vividness comparable only to the texture of dreams, when dreams are tumultuously alive.

Quotes by E. F. Benson

There is no longer any such thing as fiction or nonfiction; there's only narrative.

Quotes by E. L. Doctorow

About the only thing that I'll probably end up doing is I made this amplifier with Peavey. It's in the manufacturing stages right now, and there are a lot of orders that we just got for it.

Quotes by Dweezil Zappa

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.