#only

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape. ↗

— Voltaire

#brave #close #coward #death #defying

Money is only useful when you get rid of it. It is like the odd card in "Old Maid"; the player who is finally left with it has lost. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#finally #get #left #like #lost

News is what a chap who doesn't care much about anything wants to read. And it's only news until he's read it. After that it's dead. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#after #anything #care #chap #dead

For an economic recovery program to be effective, it must not only create a short-term economic boost but also generate lasting value. Home Star would accomplish that by breaking down the key barrier between homeowners and money-saving retrofits: upfront costs. ↗

— Peter Welch

#also #barrier #between #boost #breaking

To my thinking, this: - that the Priestly Code rests upon the result which is only the aim of Deuteronomy. ↗

— Julius Wellhausen

#code #only #priestly #rests #result

We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry. ↗

— E. B. White

#gives #grapes #joy #laundry #long

The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change and we all instinctively avoid it. ↗

— E. B. White

#change #common #instinctively #long #long run

You have to compromise all the way. The only thing that counts is the result. ↗

— Richard Widmark

#counts #only #result #the only thing #thing

Actually, I've only been involved with one girl I worked with. It was Alyssa Milano. We didn't actually have an onscreen kiss - we're about to but it gets broken up. ↗

— Scott Wolf

#actually #been #broken #gets #girl

The care of a wise and good man for his only son is inferior to the regard of the great Parent of the universe for his creatures. ↗

— John Woolman

#creatures #good #good man #great #his