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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'm an only child, so I don't even have nieces or nephews.

Quotes by Charlie Rose

Before I went to prison, there were not really many blockchain products. It was only bitcoin.

Quotes by Charlie Shrem

My voice is different, but I don't think I'm the only one with a different take on pop music.

Quotes by Charli XCX

I was only 14 when I started playing the east London rave scene. At the time, I was so captivated by everything. I didn't ever wanna progress out of that scene.

Quotes by Charli XCX

I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.

Quotes by Charlie Chaplin

Only the unloved hate; the unloved and the unnatural.

Quotes by Charlie Chaplin

There are only two kinds of employees that I've run across in 30 years. There are ones that get results, and ones that make excuses. If you're in that second camp, you're not going to like Dish.

Quotes by Charlie Ergen

Only criminals want to use cash.

Quotes by Charles W. Scharf

No one had ever told me that whites were supposed to sing one kind of music and blacks another - I sang what I liked in the only voice I had.

Quotes by Charley Pride

Many MIDI files contain entire musical compositions. Because MIDI supports only 16 channels, however, no more than 16 different instruments can play at any time, and one of those is the key-based percussion instrument.

Quotes by Charles Petzold

Don't be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of.

Quotes by Charles Richards

In films of terror, it's often not about being graphic. Or if there is a graphic image, it's extremely swift. Everyone talks about the shower scene in 'Psycho,' but that's the only graphic scene in the entire film.

Quotes by Charles Roven

The only conduct that merits the drastic remedy of impeachment is that which subverts our system of government or renders the president unfit or unable to govern.

Quotes by Charles Ruff

In reply, I can only plead that a discovery which seems to contradict the general tenor of previous investigations is naturally received with much hesitation.

Quotes by Charles Lyell

While the word 'bisexual' was technically correct, I would only slowly come to use it to refer to myself in part because of the derisive connotations. But, in addition, it would seem to me woefully inadequate and impressionistically inaccurate.

Quotes by Charles M. Blow

In our works at Bethlehem and San Francisco, and all over the United States, I adopted this system: I pay the managers practically no salary. I make them partners in the business, only I don't let them share in the...

Quotes by Charles M. Schwab

All enchantments die; only cowards die with them.

Quotes by Charles Morgan

Because I was an only child, I don't like many people around, and that's why I don't have any servants.

Quotes by Charles Nelson Reilly

The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.

Quotes by Charles Kettering

Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.

Quotes by Charles Kettering

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.