Top 100 T'only Quotes
#1. Many of my works fall into the category of 'Zeitgeist novels'. Yet I hope that they aren't only reportage, but also attempts to convey the sense of the present to the future.
Will Self
#2. So I don't only watch my back, I watch my front,
Cause it's the niggaz who front, they be pulling stunts!
GZA
#3. Life isn't only about choice. Life is about how you provide value to your life and others.
Launa Rissadia
#5. Books don't only furnish a room: they also make the best holiday gifts.
Michael Dirda
#6. OF COURSE, SPACE travel isn't only about being stuffed into a claustrophobia-inducing cell, scared witless, trussed up in a restraint harness, and raped through every orifice for years on end. Because, you know, if that was all there was to it, there'd be a queue outside every travel agent.
Charles Stross
#7. The idea is distributed in space. It isn't only in one part; one part can't express the idea any longer, only the union of parts can completely express the idea. The idea found it necessary to be presented by several parts. After that, there was a rapid flowering of polyphony.
Anton Webern
#8. Love does not blind and it can't; only those lovers sometimes do blind.
Oladosu Feyikogbon
#9. Being political doesn't only or principally mean caring what party wins the next election; to be political is to care about the happiness of strangers.
Alain De Botton
#10. Whatever you know, or don't - only Love is real.
Rumi
#11. We mustn't only remember the good bits," she said. "We must remember the bad bits, too, so that we know it was real.
Eva Ibbotson
#12. Here he stands before me as he was, in midlife, and perhaps that is why reading them is so painful for me, he wasn't only much more than my feelings for him but infinitely more, a complete and living person in the midst of his life.
Karl Ove Knausgard
#14. The people who wrote the mediaeval ballads knew more about fairies than you do. It isn't only nice things that happen in fairyland. ... I never said it was wrong to enter fairyland. I only said it was dangerous.
G.K. Chesterton
#15. In my opinion the best writer of historical novels. He makes you feel, smell, see every thing he describes in all his books. He doesn't only write, he makes you linked images in your mind with his words.
Edward Rutherfurd
#16. When Marcus Garvey spoke about self-reliance, he wasn't only talking about people of colour. It's like self-reliance in general, for anyone. Just keep moving and moving within the right direction, and everything will be all right.
Burning Spear
#17. In the mornings, my pain was magnified by about a thousand. In the morning there weren't only those sad facts about my life. Now there was also the additional fact that I was a pile of shit.
Cheryl Strayed
#19. Religious people never believe I write books. Someone should tell them books aren't only produced in monasteries anymore.
Daniel Marques
#20. The villains were always ugly in books and movies. Necessarily so, it seemed. Because if they were attractive - if their looks matched their charm and their cunning - they wouldn't only be dangerous.
They would be irresistible.
Nenia Campbell
#21. I was surprised I was nominated for an Oscar because 'Cocoon' was such an ensemble picture. But now I'm certain it wasn't only for 'Cocoon.' It was a lifetime award, so I accepted it in that vein, and it probably meant more from a recognition standpoint.
Don Ameche
#22. Paste Magazine needs to stay in business! It's the first non-sensational quality music and film publication that doesn't only attempt to appeal to middle-aged male Bob Dylan completionists! And there are still many of us who love to pick up a print magazine instead of going online.
Nina Persson
#23. All I could think was that here, finally, for once, I wasn't only watching and reporting but part of this moving, changing world as well.
Sarah Dessen
#24. For a hero is someone who is selfless. Think about it, friends. Superman, Luke Skywalker, and Captain America. They are helping others. They aren't only thinking for themselves. They are reaching out beyond themselves.
Mark Andrew Poe
#25. When I started off, I didn't only ride to fame on my looks though many people I know think otherwise.
Natasha Henstridge
#26. Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
#27. Intelligence communities are very closed communities, but at the same time, you don't only learn how to fight terrorism. You need to learn about life, about West and East, geography, history, culture, there are many, many things that you learn in order to be able to solve puzzles.
Mosab Hassan Yousef
#28. Great military leaders have to sacrifice soldiers; great captains of industry have to sacrifice people. You can't only look after the poor, and the weak, and the disabled. You've got to do what's best for the community, and that often means sacrificing innocent people.
David Nasaw
#29. Talk to me. Look up, I thought. But she didn't, only stopped and picked a sprig of alyssum to smell the honey. I cut a shred from my heart and dangled it on a homemade hook before her.
Janet Fitch
#30. Evil men flourish. The righteous suffer. The Lord never promises we won't - only that He'll sustain us when the tribulation comes.
Roseanna M. White
#31. It ain't only the bad ones, nor yet the dumb ones that gets sucked under.
James Baldwin
#32. It wasn't only our country they occupied," Irene explained to Amir Shah. "They occupied our minds.
Sorayya Khan
#33. I think were all a part of something. We're striving (to be) more than we are ... I really don't only see religion as being for people who are perfect. They've got it all set. And I'm not like that.
Lino Rulli
#34. A generous person is a person who doesn't only give money but also contributes his service to humanity.
Debasish Mridha
#35. When I'm dealing with the 18th century, as I do in 'The Firebird,' the difficulty isn't only finding what a woman did, it's finding her at all. Most of the sources I'm dealing with - letters and memoirs and written reports of the day - have been written by men.
Susanna Kearsley
#36. If you see only your coreligionists as your brothers, you aren't only a good man but also you are very low in morality! Your brothers are the whole humanity!
Mehmet Murat Ildan
#37. Maybe marriage, like life, isn't only about the big moments, whether they be good or bad. Maybe it's all the small things - like being guided slowly forward, surely, day after day - that stretches out to strengthen even the most tenuous bond.
Sarah Dessen
#38. When you smile, you don't only appear to be more likable and courteous, you appear to be more competent.
Ron Gutman
#39. I am working to make sure we don't only protect the environment, we also improve governance.
Wangari Maathai
#40. And that's why books are never going to die. It's impossible. It's the only time we really go into the mind of a stranger, and we find our common humanity doing this. So the book doesn't only belong to the writer, it belongs to the reader as well, and then together you make it what it is.
Paul Auster
#41. You can't honestly be thinking about going back there," said Alex.
"Apparently my brother isn't only lacking in people skills," said Kenzie. "He's also lacking in common sense. Stupidity, however, he appears to have in abundance.
Jena Leigh
#42. I learned that friendship isn't only what you can give, it's what you're able to receive.
Sheryl Sandberg
#43. Horror isn't only about ghosts or monsters. For example, paranormal romance seems the antithesis of horror. Once you have a sexy, fun vampire who is sweet, and you have a happy ending, it's not horror.
Ellen Datlow
#44. It isn't only the terror everywhere, and the fear of being conscious of it, that freezes people. It's more than that. People know they are in a society dead or dying.
Doris Lessing
#45. Like to me, I did the 'Harajuku' stuff. I did the crazy stuff. And now I kind of want to tone that back, and it's not toning my personality back, it's just showing like I don't only have to do that.
Nicki Minaj
#46. Stress isn't only a joy stealer. The way we respond to it can be sin.
Ann Voskamp
#47. A writer doesn't only need the time when he's actually writing - he or she has got to have time to think and time just to let things work out. Nothing is worse for this than society. Nothing is worse for this than the abrasive, if enjoyable, effect of other people.
Nadine Gordimer
#48. Harriet was silent, thinking, and then she said, "It is too hard to be a person. You don't only have to go on and on. You have to be
" she looked for the word she needed and could not find it. Then, "You have to be tall as well," said Harriet.
Rumer Godden
#49. Depicting yourself as a whole person on the page doesn't only mean recognizing your role in a bad situation. It means being emotionally authentic. It means showing all of yourself: the shameful parts, the embarrassing parts, the parts that you might regret or that you wish weren't true.
Kerry Cohen
#50. Love isn't only for the young...love is also for the young at heart.
Tammie J. Jordan
#51. You don't have to live in community long to realize that lives which are blessed and instructive are still flawed. The grace of the gospel isn't only that the Word was made flesh in Jesus, but also that the eternal Word is made present in weak and wonderful people.
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
#52. I think a lot of what you do depends on the other people in the cast. It doesn't only depend on you the actor, but it depends on a variety of things, what the other actors are like.
Robert Loggia
#53. My God! The English language is a form of communication! Conversation isn't just crossfire where you shoot and get shot at! Where you've got to duck for your life and aim to kill! Words aren't only bombs and bullets - no, they're little gifts, containing meanings!
Philip Roth
#54. It is true that no member state can be required to make payments to others. But if countries want to offer voluntary assistance, as in the Greek case, this isn't only allowed, but it's also in Germany's interest. We all benefit by ensuring the stability of the euro zone.
Wolfgang Schauble
#55. It isn't only trouble that comes up behind you, Mama, it's sorrow too.
Suzanne Palmieri
#56. Those who love him love that he sells the most art; they take it as a point of faith that this proves Kinkade is the best. But his fans don't only rely on this supply-and-demand justification. They go back to values.
Jerry Saltz
#57. Heaven doesn't only teach humans about virtue and divinity.
It also shows us about politics and corruption; and that's a fact.
Toba Beta
#58. The No. 1 thing that I care about is the fact that I did my job by the children because that has a legacy that will far outlive me. Because it won't only be them, it will be how they impact their children and the next generation.
Michele Bachmann
#59. Gypsy [Rose Lee ] was a masterful storyteller, and her memoir and by extension, the musical weren't only Gypsy's monument; they were also her chance for monumental revisionism.
Karen Abbott
#60. I didn't only have a perceptual problem, I was also so nervous and so upset. The process just didn't work. I lost enthusiasm for school and I flunked second grade. The teachers said I was lazy.
Caitlyn Jenner
#61. It is extremely necessary to realize that the world doesn't only have one way of seeing things.
Christian Louboutin
#62. I don't only like rap music. There's everything from R&B to crazy gangster rap, hip hop ... everything! But it all blends together nicely. It's like a magical music rainbow.
Kreayshawn
#63. There were millions of different infinities and they weren't only measured in time, but in people. And in each one, I could find a reason to matter forever.
Mackie Burt
#64. Most people are so stuck in their egos that everything revolves around me, me, and more me. But if you want to be rich in the truest sense of the word, it can't only be about you. It has to include adding value to other people's lives.
T. Harv Eker
#65. Bright Side wasn't only my best friend; she was like my other half ... the other half of my brain, the other half of my conscience, the other half of my sense of humor, the other half of my creativity, the other half of my heart.
Kim Holden
#66. The English Language is a form of communication! Words aren't only bombs and bullets - no, they're little gifts, containing meanings. What is true in love, is equally true at law
Phillip Roth
#67. Stadiums fill up with people to see what's going to happen between the lines. But life isn't only about visible realities. There are invisible and unseen nuances ... things that shape us into who we are.
Orel Hershiser
#68. To be honest the future of The Life of One Kid... won't go very far... but I won't only put books/films.... and so on and so on... and some short stories I am going to put... from my darkness.
Deyth Banger
#69. It's important to find what really suits who you are, because style isn't only what you wear, it's what you project.
Carolina Herrera
#70. Whatever you are looking for is also looking for you. You see, don't only look. Be available and ready when it shows up
Sahndra Fon Dufe
#71. A home isn't only defined by what you need, Bram. It's also about the people who need you
Tessa Dare
#72. 'What is success?' It isn't only about winning, but playing in a certain way.
Kevin Keegan
#73. The gulf between Virginia and Maryland isn't only a function of geography. It's also sociological. Indeed, it's probably not much of an exaggeration to say that Maryland suburbanites and Virginia suburbanites constitute two mutually hostile tribes.
Timothy Noah
#74. Noah walked with God; he didn't only preach righteousness, he acted it. He went through water and didn't melt. He breasted the current of the popular opinion of his day, scorning alike the hatred and ridicule of the scoffers who mocked at the thought of there being but one way of salvation.
Charles Studd
#75. We cover hamburgers, chicken, veggie burgers, salads, we've got a pretty broad range. To me, McDonald's isn't only about the food. It's about the prices, it's about the way we eat.
Jim Cantalupo
#76. You really can't go home again. Sometimes, that's a good thing. Sometimes, when you try, you find out that home isn't really there anymore ... but that it wasn't only in your head before. Home actually existed. Home wasn't just a dream. Sometimes, that's the best thing of all.
Mira Grant
#77. I thought I knew what love meant to me
About decency, care and honesty
It is my lesson, you see
That true love doesn't only feel good physically
Elise Icten
#78. Fans today don't only care about achievement, but about good looks, good public appearance and good lifestyle.
Herbert Hainer
#79. When I look at a painting it isn't only the painting I see but the thing that I am. If there is more in the painting that I am, then I won't see it.
Ivan Eyre
#80. We don't only tell stories when we set out to tell stories, our memory tells us stories. That is, what we get to keep from our experiences is a story.
Daniel Kahneman
#82. Change isn't only about changing your circumstances, it's about changing you.
Toni Sorenson
#83. It isn't only living people who die, it is great stretches of living, which can die even when the people who lived there still exist.
Rebecca West
#84. Life isn't only about the big moments whether they be good or bad. Maybe it's about the small things that stretch out to strengthen the most tenuous bound.
Sarah Dessen
#85. No matter what's going on in your life, remember that salvation isn't only something Jesus did for you; it's Jesus living in you.
Stormie O'martian
#86. Fate and mathematics don't only bring you back to the people you love. They can also bring you to the people you hate.
Claudia Gray
#87. Poverty, I realized, wasn't only a lack of financial resources; it was isolation from the kind of people that could help you make more of yourself.
Keith Ferrazzi
#88. I liked to dwell on these shortcomings now. It wasn't only that I was wondering why they had ever annoyed me. I was hoping they would annoy me still, so that I could stop missing her.
Anne Tyler
#89. Fear isn't only a guide to keep us safe; it's also a manipulative emotion that can trick us into living a boring life ... the great stories go to those who don't give in to fear.
Donald Miller
#90. Scientific results that aren't reported might as well not exist. They're like the sound of one hand clapping. For scientists, communication isn't only a responsibility, it's our chief pleasure.
Robert O. Becker
#91. You must however pay attention to the fact that we don't only lose time to lateness. We also lose time to jokes, gossip, empty talks, sleep on duty, social media etc.
Sunday Adelaja
#92. You are a sociopath, Adrius. You don't only do what you need to do. You wear whatever face you need, whatever emotion you desire like a glove.
Pierce Brown
#93. I think we can all be divas, but as an actress, you can't only be the diva; that would be boring. But sometimes, perhaps, it's fun.
Monica Bellucci
#94. Your dreams can earn you money and provision when you don't only have fans, but customers.
Israelmore Ayivor
#95. Messi not scoring? Great players aren't only great because of goals. If they don't score, they offer goals to teammates
Bernd Schuster
#96. Actions don't only speak louder than words; actions should be used to interpret words.
Andy Stanley
#97. It isn't only art that is incompatible with happiness, it's also science. Science is dangerous, we have to keep it most carefully chained and muzzled.
Aldous Huxley
#98. It's like people don't only look good when they look like a magazine. People can be aesthetically beautiful in the way sunsets and leaves and things are.
Laura Tims
#99. It wasn't only his city that was healing, Raphael thought, his eyes catching the refracted light that betrayed Aodhan's presence in the sky; his people were, too. And it had all begun with a single, vulnerable mortal who did not accept that to be an archangel was to be always right.
Nalini Singh
#100. I haven't only been offered Hasidic roles.
Rachel Weisz
