Only Quotes

Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway.

We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.

There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior.

The only time it got really crazy was during 'Batman.' Anywhere I went in the world, people knew who I was. I was being offered these huge films that would have taken my career to a different level, and I decided to put on the brakes. I knew if I continued on that track, I probably wouldn't have gotten married.

The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.

Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely.

An academic dialect is perfected when its terms are hard to understand and refer only to one another.

There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.

What I love about a play is that it's such an investment because only time can create a lot of what happens onstage.

Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.

All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.

The only work that will ultimately bring any good to any of us is the work of contributing to the healing of the world.

It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it.

The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.

Man is only great when he acts from passion.

People are like stained - glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.

Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?

It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.

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.