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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.

We're all self-made, but only successful people admit it.

Quotes by Dan Pena

We cannot change the past, only recover from it. And perhaps learn its cruel lessons.

Quotes by Dan Pena

We are only as emotionally strong as our deepest/biggest secret!

Quotes by Dan Pena

Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children.

Quotes by Dan Quayle

I've seen the future and it's much like the present only longer.

Quotes by Dan Quisenberry

The future is much like the present, only longer.

Quotes by Dan Quisenberry

I have seen the future, and it is much like the present, only longer.

Quotes by Dan Quisenberry

I'm probably the only relief pitcher who has more saves than strikeouts.

Quotes by Dan Quisenberry

Only votes talk, everything else walks.

Quotes by Dan Rather

I actually worked for a small company in Ohio that sort of farmed out work from Disney and Dreamworks, so I really only ever worked in two studios.

Quotes by Dan Scanlon

Crystallographers believed in X-ray results, which are of course very accurate. But the x-rays are limited, and electron microscopy filled the gap, and so the discovery of quasicrystals could have been discovered only by electron microscopy, and the community of...

Quotes by Dan Shechtman

Driverless cars are coming to your street - the only question is, 'When?'

Quotes by Dan Lipinski

With increased growth in the U.S. population, especially in urban areas, transport bottlenecks will only become more frequent and severe.

Quotes by Dan Lipinski

Once publishers got interested in it, it was a year in developing, and it was launched, I think, in 1960. But Willie Lumpkin didn't last long - it only last a little better than a year, maybe a year and...

Quotes by Dan DeCarlo

Now is the only thing that exists.

Quotes by Dan Fogelberg

Ironically, the original Detroit Stock Exchange once sat less than a thousand feet from StockX headquarters here in downtown Detroit. It is only fitting that we are going to build the next iteration of the world's most efficient market invention...

Quotes by Dan Gilbert

We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race.

Quotes by Dan Aykroyd

The worst thing that we could do is raises taxes. It would only hurt the economy.

Quotes by Dan Bartlett

Walking is the only way proven to stave off cognitive decline - it works.

Quotes by Dan Buettner

The longest-lived people eat a plant-based diet. They eat meat but only as a condiment or a celebration. Nothing they eat has a plastic wrapper.

Quotes by Dan Buettner

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.