Only Quotes

We went to church every Sunday. When I was a kid, the only time I sang was around my family.

It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve.

Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers.

I'm a competitive person and it is in my nature to try hard in every match I play. The only time I'm not competitive is when I'm playing against my mom.

I don't think we're going to save anything if we go around talking about saving plants and animals only; we've got to translate that into what's in it for us.

A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half.

Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death.

Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.

Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living.

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.

I found there was only one way to look thin: hang out with fat people.

The main difference between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives.

Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core.

It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realize that the only vehicle for change are these people who have lost their personality.

One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people's minds.

The only love worthy of a name is unconditional.

As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree,' probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.

Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.

The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.

The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.

However, there is no assurance that we can produce world class players so soon. Only time can tell.

Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal, with takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice.

Honesty is the cruelest game of all, because not only can you hurt someone - and hurt them to the bone - you can feel self-righteous about it at the same time.

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol, but every human thought has its page in that vast book.

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can't tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself.