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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.

If I only concentrated on one thing, I would limit myself in life.

Quotes by Sasha Grey

The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second class citizen to a second class immortal.

Quotes by Satchel Paige

I believe in doing a nude scene only when I trust the director.

Quotes by Sarita Choudhury

Left to myself, I would only play an Indian. But the reality was that there were hardly any Indian characters I could play in the films made in England and Hollywood. So I had to learn how to disappear into...

Quotes by Sarita Choudhury

A few years ago, I got cast as a white boy in an off-Broadway play. So not only was it colour-blind, it was gender-blind as well. That would never happen in film.

Quotes by Sarita Choudhury

When you're an insecure teenager, you build walls and defenses and masks, and those are incredibly satisfying to perform and chip away at. I mean, when I was an insecure teenager, you'd have had no idea what I was insecure...

Quotes by Sarah Steele

The night I won at the Apollo, I was only doing it for the $10.

Quotes by Sarah Vaughan

I guess the only trouble was that George was very slow in getting around to proposing. Several times, I almost proposed to him.

Quotes by Sarah Vaughan

Vera Caspary wrote an essay called 'My 'Laura' and Otto's' where she talks about the arguments she had with Preminger. She felt that not only did he misunderstand the character but that he couldn't help but be misogynist.

Quotes by Sarah Weinman

There are so many previously unknown sites and structures all over the world. And I think most importantly what satellites help to show us is we've actually only found a fraction of a percent of ancient settlements and sites all...

Quotes by Sarah Parcak

I've only been to one concert in my life.

Quotes by Sarah Paulson

I hate all the core stuff. That's why I have to have a trainer. That's the only way I'm going to do the abs work.

Quotes by Sarah Rafferty

But there are still only certain film genres where a woman can stand out, be heroic, be the centerpiece.

Quotes by Sarah Michelle Gellar

It used to be only on TV that women could lead, that a show could be based on a woman.

Quotes by Sarah Michelle Gellar

I write in the mornings or afternoons - I'm not a night owl and can write for only four or five hours maximum.

Quotes by Sarah Hall

If two people have only one thought between them, something is very wrong.

Quotes by Sarah Jessica Parker

Expression and thought are inextricably linked: crude language permits only crude thinking.

Quotes by Sarah Churchwell

Racism is an effect of slavery, not the other way around. Once slavery was abolished, not only did racism not disappear, neither did the economic system it upheld.

Quotes by Sarah Churchwell

My grandmother - my mother's mother - was a German Jewish refugee, an only child who came here from Berlin in 1936 at the age of 17.

Quotes by Sarah Gavron

It was only when I saw films in my early 20s by Jane Campion, Mira Nair, Sally Potter and Kathryn Bigelow, I started to think, 'Oh, it's possible.' I dared to suggest that I wanted to train to be a...

Quotes by Sarah Gavron

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.