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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.

Only about 10 percent of India's population uses the web, making it unlikely that Internet freedom will be a decisive ballot-box issue anytime soon.

Quotes by Rebecca MacKinnon

By refusing to lend a hand, we are not only robbing our colleagues and peers of the opportunity to gain guidance, but we are also robbing ourselves of the opportunity to lead.

Quotes by Rebecca Serle

To say that everything without exception is going straight to hell is not an alternative vision but only an inversion of the mainstream's 'everything's fine.'

Quotes by Rebecca Solnit

Lentil dhal is the only thing I can cook.

Quotes by Rebecca Hall

You were only truly patriotic if you had a laborer for a grandfather and were glad of it.

Quotes by Rebecca Harding Davis

The only hero known to my childhood was Henry Clay.

Quotes by Rebecca Harding Davis

There have been only rare moments in history where individual histories were able to run their course without wars or revolutions.

Quotes by Raymond Queneau

I'm not the only foreigner who took up golf while living in Jakarta.

Quotes by Raymond Bonner

Every time four protons are turned into a helium nucleus, two neutrinos are produced. These neutrinos take only two seconds to reach the surface of the Sun and another eight minutes or so to reach the Earth. Thus, neutrinos tell...

Quotes by Raymond Davis, Jr.

I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.

Quotes by Ray Charles

Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it becomes cheap.

Quotes by Ray Charles

According to the Law of Biogenesis, life arises only from preexisting life.

Quotes by Ray Comfort

Life cannot arise spontaneously but comes only from preexisting life.

Quotes by Ray Comfort

Only an unscientific ignoramus would hold to the thought that nothing created everything.

Quotes by Ray Comfort

No one can penetrate me. They only see what's in their own fancy, always.

Quotes by Ray Davies

You only learn if you're given a crack at things.

Quotes by Ray Fearon

I only ever agreed to appear in 'Corrie' for two months, but I ended up staying a lot longer. I really enjoyed it.

Quotes by Ray Fearon

I have a taste for a lot of different kinds of music... everything, from hip-hop to jazz to R&B to top 40 to alternative. There's a lot of good music out there. Every now and then, I'll flip through VH1...

Quotes by Ray Allen

You fail only if you stop writing.

Ray Bradbury

It is so clear that the conservatives in Congress will only settle for a bill that allows the unequal treatment of immigrants, allow them to be shoved around the system with no way to plead their case for relief.

Quotes by Rashida Tlaib

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.