The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Votes: 2
Edmund BurkeThe only thing I want is to awaken all humans on the planet that we are living on Mother Earth. Votes: 2
Afrika BambaataaIt is a sad thing to look at happiness only through another's eyes. Votes: 0
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonThe only noble thing a man can do with money is to build a schooner. Votes: 0
Robert Louis StevensonWhy cannot one always do, not only the right thing, but at the right time?
Dinah Maria Murlock CraikThe only thing that should astonish us is that anything can yet astonish us.
Francois de La RochefoucauldCourage is always and only one thing: It is acting with fear, not without it.
Walter Inglis AndersonThe only thing to do when a man is wrong is to be right by ceasing to be wrong.
Jesse Lauriston LivermoreThere is only one thing I can say about the Shah- he knows how to draw a crowd.
Mohammed Reza PahlaviThe only thing that they can be relied on to do is to gallop too far and too fast.
Duke of WellingtonThe only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril.
Winston ChurchillPlease don't tell me there's no need to worry, it's the only thing I'm any good at.
Ashleigh BrilliantMoney is not the only thing that motivates employees. It's about making them happy.
Barbara CorcoranPoliticians generally do the right thing only when all other options are exhausted.
Daniel J. MitchellThere is only one thing that it requires real courage to say, and that is a truism.
Gilbert K. ChestertonNot only is there an art in knowing a thing, but also a certain art in teaching it.
Marcus Tullius CiceroThere is no such thing as an accident, only a failure to recognise the hand of fate
Napoleon BonaparteThe only money of God is God. He pays never with any thing less, or any thing else.
Ralph Waldo EmersonLoving a thing is shallow, only if you don't deeply appreciate its emotional value.
Valerie Estelle FrankelI can do only one thing at a time, but I can avoid doing many things simultaneously.
Ashleigh BrilliantWhy did people ask "What is it about?" as if a novel had to be about only one thing.
Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe only thing that keeps a man going is energy. And what is energy but liking life?
Louis AuchinclossHappiness lies only in that which excites, and the only thing that excites is crime.
Marquis de SadeAll the calculations show it can't work. There's only one thing to do: make it work.
Pierre-Georges LatecoereAbout the only good thing you can say about old age is, it's better than being dead!
Stephen LeacockThere's no such thing as boundaries only limits that get pushed further and further.
Travis PastranaNot only ought fortune to be pictured on a wheel, but every thing else in this world.
George HerbertInvesting in women is not only the right thing to do, but also the smart thing to do.
Hillary ClintonThe only thing better than one of my songs is one of my songs with a glass of scotch.
Jackie GleasonThere's no such thing as technology in the singular, only technologies in the plural.
John Michael GreerThere's no such thing as history, only historians. That's how we know about the past.
Peter GreenawayIn the end, it only comes down to one thing: choosing the one you can't live without.
Rachel VincentMy lifestyle is bizarre, but the only thing you need to know is where the darkroom is
Robert MapplethorpeOf course I despise money when I haven't got any. It's the only dignified thing to do.
Agatha ChristieThe only thing we can be certain of in this life is that we can be certain of nothing.
Albert EinsteinThe only thing you find in the middle of the road are dead animals and dumb Americans.
Anton NewcombeMy guitars, Cadillacs, and hillbilly music Is the only thing that keeps me hanging on.
Dwight YoakamThe only thing I expect out of lawyers is that they be back in their coffins by sunup.
F. Ross JohnsonThe only thing we're allowed to is to believe that we won't regret the choice we made.
Hajime IsayamaThere's only one thing for Chicago to do, and that's to move to a better neighborhood.
Herman FetzerThere is no such thing as economics, only social science applied to economic problems.
Kenneth E. BouldingLiberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others.
William Allen WhiteIs it O.K. that I speak in English? The only thing I know in Dutch is how to order pot.
Eddie VedderThe Only Thing More Surprising Than the Chance She's Taking...Is Where It's Taking Her!
Frances MayesEven if it's being a Beatle for the rest of my life, it's still only a temporary thing.
George HarrisonI believe in God, because he is the only thing that kept me going. He's my best friend.
Jessica HahnIt is a marvellous thing to be physically a woman if only to know the marvels of a man.
Marya MannesAs long as death exists, men will continue to exist only as a shadow, not a real thing!
Mehmet Murat ildanDance is the only thing that lets you lose yourself and find yourself at the same time.
Pete TownshendThe only thing my husband and I have in common is that we were married on the same day.
Phyllis DillerThe only thing to do is to go one's own way, to try one's best, to make the thing live.
Vincent Van GoghThere is no such thing as a heterosexual male, only men who haven't met Oscar Wilde yet.
Oscar WildeThe only thing worse than dating a single mom is dating a single mom that won't put out.
Chelsea HandlerThere is no darkness in this place that we're bound Love is the only thing that matters
Dan Fogelberg[ Cyber hacking] that's probably the only thing that we've learned from Hillary Clinton.
Donald TrumpThe world does not have to change.... The only thing that has to change is our attitude.
Gerald JampolskyLand is something one should never sell. It is the only thing left when all else is gone
Isabel AllendeThe only thing more painful than being an active forgetter is to be an inert rememberer.
Jonathan Safran FoerFreedom is the only thing we must demand in life, for all other good things stem from it
Miguel SyjucoI will say that art may well be the only thing that lasts, so I guess it's worth trying.
Nellie McKayThe love we do not show here on Earth is the only thing that hurts us in the after-life.
Steven SpielbergDo not fight the thing in detail: turn from it. Look ONLY at your Lord. Sing. Read. Work.
Amy CarmichaelA love-match was the only thing for happiness, where the parties could any way afford it.
Maria EdgeworthDesign is the only thing that differentiates one product from another in the marketplace.
Norio OhgaThe only thing that we have earned at the hands of perfect justice is perfect punishment.
R. C. SproulWhenever conscience commands anything, there is only one thing to fear, and that is fear.
Teresa of AvilaThere is no such thing as wasonly is. If was existed, there would be no grief or sorrow.
William FaulknerNudity doesn't scare me at all; the only thing about it is the perception by the audience.
Amanda SeyfriedTruth is man's proper good, and the only immortal thing was given to our mortality to use.
Ben JonsonFaith is the only thing that will ever close the gap between our theology and our reality.
Beth MooreStuck in speed bump city/Where the only thing that's pretty/Is the thought of getting out,
Jake BuggEverything is transient. Everything is constantly changing. The only thing we have is now.
Jessica LangeIt is not a thing that you can imagine. It only is. After that, there can be no imagining.
Jonathan Safran FoerIt's the only thing I get inspired by! I get inspired by dreams. Who cares about the rest?
Manolo BlahnikMy father had no sons, so I became queen. The only thing I had to do was perform the role.
Margrethe II of DenmarkScotch Whisky is about the only thing left that is guaranteed to bring comfort to mankind.
Robert Boothby, Baron BoothbyThe only important thing I have to say is that my father never fought against his country.
Zinedine ZidaneDistance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.
Ambrose BierceSometimes the only thing we do to avoid success is refuse to be energetic on our own behalf
Barbara SherThe only thing different between sinners and saints is one is forgiven and the other ain't.
George JonesA funny thing about tolerant people? They're really only tolerant when you agree with them.
Greg GutfeldI've tried a lot of things in the off-season, but the only thing I really know is baseball.
Hank AaronThe most important thing you learn at school is that learning only happens by being taught.
Ivan IllichWe are connected to each other not only as humans, but to every living thing on the planet.
Jacqueline NovogratzLove is the one thing stronger than desire and the only proper reason to resist temptation.
Jeanette WintersonThere's only one thing that separates us from animals: We aren't afraid of vacuum cleaners.
Jeff StilsonThe only thing that will really matter at the end of your life is: Did you love completely?
Kerry ShookThe only thing certain about any negotiation is that it will lead to another negotiation .
Leigh SteinbergThere is only one thing I fear in life, my friend: One day, the black will swallow the red.
Mark RothkoAmidst sorrows, the only thing that enlivens us is optimistic faith. Never lose that faith.
Mata AmritanandamayiIn the cycle of nature there is no such thing as victory or defeat; there is only movement.
Paulo CoelhoThe only thing which separates man from child is all the values he has lost over the years.
Poul HenningsenBuying stock is exactly the same thing as going to a casino, only with no cocktail service.
Ted AllenTeaching and writing about philosophy is about the only thing I've ever been really good at.
Allen W. WoodThe only thing you can do is prepare the best you can and then just accept... stuff happens.
Carlos ConditLose everything, even the attachment to holiness, so that you aim only at one thing: to love
Chiara LubichI don't touch electric guitars. It's just not my thing - I stick with acoustic guitars only.
Dave Matthewsand taught him the only thing he had to learn about love: that nobody teaches life anything.
Gabriel Garcia MarquezWriting is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else.
Gloria SteinemThe only thing I can do is tell the truth as I see it and let the chips fall where they may.
Jack KempHappiness ain't a thing in itself - it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant.
Mark TwainThe only thing I can't stand more than seeing something done wrong is seeing it done slowly.
Sarah DessenThe only thing I can do is wipe my arse, brush my teeth, turn up and do the best work I can.
Tom HardyThe only thing very noticeable about Nebraska was that it was still, all day long, Nebraska.
Willa CatherYouth is the only thing worth having. When I find that I am growing old, I shall kill myself.
Oscar WildeThere's only one thing more beautiful than a beautiful dream, and that's a beautiful reality.
Ashleigh BrilliantIn December people give no thought to the Past or the Future. They thing only of the Present.
Carolyn WellsA laugh can be a very powerful thing. Why, sometimes in life, itâs the only weapon we have.
Charles FleischerOnly recently Iâve learned, itâs an obvious thing, but it just took me a while to realize
David ArchuletaThe only thing that disturbs me is that many psychopaths say they had a very happy childhood.
David LynchLiterature doesn't matter! The only thing that matters is money and getting your teeth fixed!
Delmore SchwartzThe only thing they (the English) have ever done for European agriculture is mad cow disease.
Jacques ChiracThe only thing of which one can be guilty is of having given ground relative to one's desire.
Jacques LacanThe only thing worse than being exploited by capitalism is not being exploited by capitalism.
Joan RobinsonThey're all about where people come from. The only thing important is where somebody's going.
Johnny DeppIn the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
Joseph HellerIn a thing, they can create a pretext coined hundreds of excuses , but the truth is only one.
Khem VeasnaConcentrate on each task, whether trivial or crucial, as if it's the only thing that matters.
Mark McCormackI think Pete Sampras has really reached his peak. About the only thing he doesn't do is cook.
Michael ChangThe only thing that can break a piece of Valentine candy is another piece of Valentine candy.
Milton BerleThe only thing we have in this world that is utterly and intrinsically ours is our integrity.
Mira GrantIf you think you understand it, that only shows that you don't know the first thing about it.
Niels BohrI have not once felt a thing for the male sex, I was only interested in the fairer sex. Mine.
Novala TakemotoIn the end, the only thing the true New Yorker knows about New York is that it is unknowable.
Pete HamillWe manage to swallow flesh, only because we do not think of the cruel and sinful thing we do.
Rabindranath TagoreI don't think there's such a thing as a bad emotion. The only bad emotion is a stuck emotion.
Rachel Naomi RemenOne may do whatever one likes. In art, the only thing is, to make sure that one does like it.
Robert BrowningWhat," I said, "is that a crime here or something? Like only buying one thing at the Gas/Gro?
Sarah DessenLately, the only thing keeping me from being a serial killer is my distaste for manual labor.
Scott AdamsLearn to ask, "If this is the only thing I accomplish today, will I be satisfied with my day?
Tim FerrissThe only negative thing about murder is that when you kills someone they can no longer suffer
Varg VikernesThe only thing harder than getting a new idea into the military mind is to get an old one out.
B. H. Liddell HartShow a people as one thing, only one thing, over and over again, and that is what they become.
Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieA thing is incredible, if ever, only after it is told -- returned to the world it came out of.
Eudora WeltyThere's only one thing worse than to live without working, and that is to work without living.
Evan EsarMy body is the only thing that's truly mine, so I don't give it away as though it's worthless.
Jeaniene FrostThere's only one thing worse than not satisfying a desire. And that is not to feel any desire.
Jo NesboIf you see the world as gloomily as I see it, the only thing to do is laugh or shoot yourself.
John le CarreThe only thing a true introvert dislikes more than talking about himself is repeating himself.
Jonathan RauchMaybe every family is dysfunctional, and that's the only thing in common throughout the world.
Julie DelpyThe only thing more dangerous than a willingness to ignore the Law is an ability to change it.
Robin WassermanI love hearing my relations abused. It is the only thing that makes me put up with them at all.
Oscar WildeThe only thing I hate are photo shoots. I just hate them. I don't know why I cannot stand them.
Bradley CooperMain thing is just to remember that hard work got me here and only hard work will keep me here.
Brandon StantonMy weird thing is, I only tan my legs. My whole body's covered in the shade, and I tan my legs.
Dakota FanningThere is only one thing that could make me near homicidal. Yeah - this is called My Proper Tea.
Doc BrownAfter paying for the wedding, about the only thing a father has left to give away is the bride.
Evan EsarThe only thing I have to do in life is die. Everything else is a choice... including breathing.
G-DragonI worked very hard. I felt I could play the game. The only thing that could stop me was myself.
Jim AbbottThe only thing worse than a silly politician analyzing art is a silly artist analyzing politics
Jonathan AlterYesterday doesn't even look the same, and the only thing more beautiful than today is tomorrow.
Marc MarcelJust write, get better, keep writing, keep getting better. It's the only thing you can control.
Roger EbertThe only thing that could possibly save British politics would be Margaret Thatcher's assassin.
Steven MorrisseyDo you think it is only a little thing to possess a house from which lovely things can be seen?
Teresa of AvilaThe supreme virtue in art is soul, perhaps it is the only thing which gives it the right to be.
Willa CatherWhatever was written in the media was beyond me. The only thing I could control was getting fit.
Andrew FlintoffI have always felt that the only great thing about an interview is the questions that are asked.
Diana VreelandIf life has taught me one thing, it's that there are no villains. Only people, doing their best.
Joe AbercrombieThe only thing worse than an oppressed liberal is the Rino Republican who sympathizes with them.
Josh BernsteinThe only thing left to do is forgive and forget. I want to forgive you and I want to forget you.
Lauren ConradThe thing is I never want to be an observer, it's only in retrospect that I wish I had observed.
Mary Tyler MooreYou cannot commit an act of violence against a non-sentient object, only against a living thing.
Paul WatsonThe shortest verse in the Bible is 'Jesus wept.' The only thing wrong with it is the past tense.
R. K. MilhollandCredit leads a man into temptation. Cash down is the only thing that will deliver him from evil.
Solomon NorthupThe only useful thing I ever learned in school was that if you spit on your eraser it erased ink.
Dorothy ParkerThe only thing that can combat fear is action. And there's two actions. There's fight and flight.
Earl SweatshirtLife should not be measured by time. The only thing that counts is how one uses the time one has.
Eloisa JamesAdvice is one thing that is freely given away, but watch that you only take what is worth having.
George S. ClasonBullying is a horrible thing. It sticks with you forever. It poisons you. But only if you let it.
Heather BrewerBut there is only one thing which gathers people into seditious commotion, and that is oppression
John LockeSometimes, Clark, you are pretty much the only thing that makes me want to get up in the morning.
Jojo MoyesYouâre insane, you know that?â he says. âItâs the only thing keeping me afloat,â I say.
Lauren DeStefanoTo lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
MenciusGreat, just great. The only thing to make him a worse asshole would be to kick a puppy.' (Nathan)
Sherrilyn KenyonForget death and taxes. The only sure thing is that, win or lose, Don King is counting the money.
Tim WitherspoonThe only thing worse than being misquoted is being sentenced to two years' hard labour for buggery
Oscar WildeThe only real valuable thing is intuition. The intellect has little to do on the road to discovery
Albert EinsteinIn every well-governed state wealth is a sacred thing; in democracies it is the only sacred thing.
Anatole FranceWhat the world needs now is love, sweet love, It's the only thing that there's just too little of.
Burt BacharachIt's the only thing that keeps me going these days, travelling. Changes of scene, changes of faces
David LodgeThere is such a thing as fate, but it only takes you so far. Then its up to you to make it happen.
Jenna ElfmanI only want to write one thing over the doorpost to my heart and life: âJesus Christ lives here.
Leonard SweetWhat people will say about me then - or maybe not say - will be the only thing that finally counts
Martin KippenbergerThe only thing that gives [new technology] purpose is the kind of creative content we all produce.
Michael EisnerThe only thing over which you have complete right of control at all times is your mental attitude.
Napoleon HillA thing is only right or wrong because you say it is. A thing is not right or wrong intrinsically.
Neale Donald WalschThere is no such thing as exaggerated art. I even believe that there is salvation only in extreme.
Paul GauguinIn the future, all cities will be distinguished by one thing only. The nature of their enthusiasm.
Pier Giorgio Di CiccoSometimes the only thing to do is to take the thing that you must have. Even if someone gets hurt.
Stephen KingArt is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.
Oscar WildeI knew comedy was the thing for me when I was the only Asian kid in high school... who failed math.
Dat PhanI don't believe there's any such thing as objective reality. It's only reality as we experience it.
James NachtweyThe only thing that is still free in this world is religion, which is why a lot of people "find it.
Jimmy Buffettthere's no use trying to live in other people's opinions. The only thing to do is live in your own.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryYou noticed that I wore this outfit twice? Why, the only thing you wear twice is a sour expression.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryThe only thing any entrepreneur, salesperson or anyone in any position can control is their effort.
Mark CubanThe only thing history teaches us, a wise man once said, is that history doesn't teach us anything.
Michael LewisThat's the thing with suicide pacts. Sometimes they only really work if they catch you by surprise.
R. K. MilhollandThere was simply from this quite early age the awareness that the only thing I wanted was to dance.
Rudolf NureyevTrue success is the only thing that you cannot have unless and until you have offered it to others.
Sri ChinmoyI only wish I could write with both hands, so as not to forget one thing while I am saying another.
Teresa of AvilaThere is only one thing I will not concede: that it might be meaningless to strive in a good cause.
Vaclav HavelMaybe I'll learn how, but the only thing I can do is turn down parts that would hurt my conscience.
Victoria JacksonWish all the Farmers would move to town one year, that's the only way I know to clear the thing up.
Will RogersThe world is little, people are little, human life is little. There is only one big thing desire.
Willa CatherPeople really like to listen to other people talk; sometimes listening is the only thing you can do.
Alex BlumbergMotherhood is the only thing in my life that I've really known for sure is something I wanted to do.
Cynthia NixonFish is the only kind of respirating thing that I consume. Everything else I don't want any part of.
Henry RollinsBut thereâs no such thing as free. There are only different and more horrible ways to be enslaved.
Lauren DeStefanoOnly let's cut out the transcendental twaddle when the whole thing is as plain as a sock on the jaw.
Ludwig WittgensteinFriendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.
Marcus Tullius CiceroI guess I've learned that there's really no such thing as a bad label, there is only a bad contract.
Peter SteeleI think the only thing I've got going for me as an actor specifically is the fact that I can change.
Rufus SewellThe only way you can learn about making films is by making them, by putting your stamp on the thing.
Stephen FrearsMoney is the only thing you can use even if you don't have any. ... There's always a credit card ...
Suze OrmanDeep within, you know that the only thing that is truly important is being in alignment with spirit.
Wayne DyerDo one thing every day that scares you. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself.
Mary Schmich