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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'd only read a bit of the first book. And I just knew about all the media furor over it. But I'd not read books 2 or 3. I'd just read a bit of it. And I'd seen the films.

Quotes by David Thewlis

One can only improvise what one knows.

Quotes by David Thewlis

There are two traditions in Northern Ireland. There are two main religious denominations. But there is only one true moral denomination. And it wants peace.

Quotes by David Trimble

I don't object to AA at all - only the programs that insist that it's the only way to get clean and to stay clean.

Quotes by David Sheff

I only have one note, let's be honest. But I'll play a different version of that one note.

Quotes by David Spade

A Web site is the only medium of semipermanent communication where you can express yourself.

Quotes by David Rusenko

You're only as good as your last record.

Quotes by David Sanborn

After all the fertile land in the immediate neighbourhood of the first settlers were cultivated, if capital and population increased, more food would be required, and it could only be procured from land not so advantageously situated.

Quotes by David Ricardo

During the Spanish conquest of Mesoamerica in the 16th century, the Catholic Church's Friar Diego de Landa supervised the burning of hundreds of Maya codices - fig-bark books rich in mythological and astronomical information. Only four Maya codices are known...

Quotes by David Roberts

I have the unique distinction of being on the only Olympic team to lose without controversy, and the only Pan Am Games team to lose without controversy.

Quotes by David Robinson

We went through a nice stretch of big guys. But soon, everyone is going to realize that there's only one Steph Curry.

Quotes by David Robinson

I can only say that I have had a wonderful life.

Quotes by David Rockefeller

I avoid clients for whom advertising is only a marginal factor in their marketing mix. They have an awkward tendency to raid their advertising appropriations whenever they need cash for other purposes.

Quotes by David Ogilvy

Some manufacturers illustrate their advertisements with abstract paintings. I would only do this if I wished to conceal from the reader what I was advertising.

Quotes by David Ogilvy

Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things.

Quotes by David Ogilvy

Political advertising ought to be stopped. It's the only really dishonest kind of advertising that's left. It's totally dishonest.

Quotes by David Ogilvy

I've only ever been recognised in the street once. In Sweden, strangely.

Quotes by David Nicholls

Going to war was the only unselfish thing I have ever done for humanity.

Quotes by David Niven

The one and only time I met Pope Benedict XVI was when he was Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger.

Quotes by David Novak

Proselytizing is only wrong if coercive or deceptive. Coercion, whether violent or not, is immoral, just as deception is immoral.

Quotes by David Novak

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.