- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Moon
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was only 8 years old on July 20, 1969, when Neil Armstrong, 38-year-old commander of 'Apollo 11,' descended the cramped lunar module Eagle's ladder with hefty backpack and bulky spacesuit to become the first human on the moon.
- Nov 07, 2020
Most of us have only two or three genuinely interesting moments in our lives; the rest is filler.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The reason people blame things on previous generations is that there's only one other choice.
- Trying
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we visited with legislative counsel, they told us that the only way to effectively accomplish what we were trying to do was to put the words in the legislation.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only sin passion can commit is to be joyless.
- Vocabulary
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- Nov 07, 2020
Those who prefer their English sloppy have only themselves to thank if the advertisement writer uses his mastery of the vocabulary and syntax to mislead their weak minds.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only force that can overcome an idea and a faith is another and better idea and faith, positively and fearlessly upheld.
- Entire Lives
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- Nov 07, 2020
The greatest tragedy for any human being is going through their entire lives believing the only perspective that matters is their own.
- Nov 07, 2020
I would say I had anger-management issues, to be honest with you. But it was only on the football field.
- Busy
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we would only give, just once, the same amount of reflection to what we want to get out of life that we give to the question of what to do with a two weeks' vacation, we would be startled at our false standards and the aimless procession of our busy days.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
The surest route to breeding jealousy is to compare. Since jealousy comes from feeling less than another, comparisons only fan the fires.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a lot of nieces and nephews. I was always around kids. I was like the family babysitter because I was the only one that wasn't married.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was the only ambition I ever had - not to be a dancer or Hollywood movie star, but to be a housewife in a good marriage.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020