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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.

As a historian, you can only go as far as the evidence will take you.

Quotes by Deborah Harkness

My motivation is only for us to win a championship. Anything else, I'm not concerned about.

Quotes by DeAndre Jordan

The only person I really believe in is me.

Quotes by Debbie Harry

I found that the only thing I felt passionate about drawing were words.

Quotes by Debbie Millman

No matter how bleak the situation into which we have been thrown by the global economy, it does offer opportunities. Designers need only invent them.

Quotes by Debbie Millman

Our abilities are limited only by our perceptions.

Quotes by Debbie Millman

The only way to make it through life is to fight.

Quotes by Debbie Reynolds

The Farm Bill is one of the only bills that provides substantial deficit reduction that passed the Senate this year. It only makes sense that this deficit reduction bill would be included in a larger deficit reduction agreement.

Quotes by Debbie Stabenow

The only reason I would write a sequel is if I were struck by an idea that I felt to be equal to the original. Too many sequels diminish the original.

Quotes by Dean Koontz

I might be the only guy in WWE who isn't acting ever.

Quotes by Dean Ambrose

We are cannibalizing our audience by only giving them regurgitated material. Every movie is either a remake, a sequel, based on something else. Based on a former television series. Based on a successful videogame.

Quotes by Dean Devlin

The only people who didn't like The Monkees were the French, and they don't even like themselves, so what's the point?

Quotes by Davy Jones

I'd only do a deal with a label if it allowed me to still be indie and have that indie mentality. I have to have creative control.

Quotes by Dawn Richard

The first season of a show is kind of like an extended pilot. You're only really on the map if it goes a second season.

Quotes by David Walton

With the new medium of knowledge - the Internet - knowledge not only takes on properties of that medium but also lives at the level of the network.

Quotes by David Weinberger

There are guys in the game only because of steroids. They couldn't make it with their natural talent, so they had to enhance themselves. It sucks.

Quotes by David Wells

Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do.

Quotes by David Wilkerson

The only school that let me in was U.C. Santa Cruz, which is where I went. They didn't have a journalism program, so I took sociology, which is the closest thing to journalism.

Quotes by David Talbot

Twitter is very impulsive and impermanent and you only have 140 characters. There is no greater 'Emperor' of Twitter than Stephen Fry.

Quotes by David Tang

Chairman Mao not only introduced Pinyin in China, but also simplified half the Chinese characters, believing that fewer strokes would enable more people to learn to write the characters.

Quotes by David Tang

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.