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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 know I only need one punch to knock any guy out.

Quotes by Derrick Lewis

Jess is not only a successful actress but also has a line of eco-friendly products called Honest that's become a million-dollar business. Jessica Alba an undercover businesswoman? That's my favorite kind of style - the kind with substance.

Quotes by Derek Blasberg

The college that takes students with modest entering abilities and improves their abilities substantially contributes more than the school that takes very bright students and helps them develop only modestly.

Quotes by Derek Bok

Although professors regard improving critical thinking as the most important goal of college, tests reveal that seniors who began their studies with average critical thinking skills have progressed only from the 50th percentile of entering freshmen to about the 69th...

Quotes by Derek Bok

We started filming in 1993 which was only four years after the fall of communism. The difference in Budapest over the last five years has been remarkable.

Quotes by Derek Jacobi

Ellis Peters's historical detail is very accurate and very minute, and therefore is not only interesting to read but good for an actor to acquire a sense of the period. And the other thing I think is that an actor...

Quotes by Derek Jacobi

The future of innovation has to include not only the technology, but economic viability.

Quotes by Dennis Muilenburg

A bad act done will fester and create in its own way. It's not only goodness that creates. Bad things create. They have their own yeast.

Quotes by Dennis Potter

The only difference between your local college and a Christian seminary is that the latter is more honest.

Quotes by Dennis Prager

The fact is that not only do people get more wise and more conservative as they get older, they get more kind and more generous, too.

Quotes by Dennis Prager

When I get a script, it's the only time that I get to be an audience member with the first-time experience of that movie. That's the first and only time.

Quotes by Dennis Quaid

It's about... my only strategy I've ever had in my career is to do as many different types of roles as possible, as many different types of genres. It keeps the fire in my belly.

Quotes by Dennis Quaid

We're the only species that have crapped up the planet and the only species that can clean it up.

Quotes by Dennis Weaver

Our people can draw on the tremendous strides made in recent years, not only in terms of advancing themselves spiritually and materially, but also in having weathered social and economic turbulence, triggered, in the main, by factors not of their...

Quotes by Denzil Douglas

If Clinton had only attacked terrorism as much as he attacks George Bush we wouldn't be in this problem.

Quotes by Dennis Miller

The only way the French are going in is if we tell them we found truffles in Iraq.

Quotes by Dennis Miller

There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons.

Quotes by Denis Waitley

If you think a bare midriff is only for teens, think again.

Quotes by Denise Austin

Spoiling my ballot paper is the only way I can see of stripping the system of legitimacy, shaking it up, and reforming it so that it favours citizens.

Quotes by Denise Dresser

I tweet 20 times a day, not only about Mexican politics, but about film, books, restaurants, U.S. politics.

Quotes by Denise Dresser

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.