#the only thing

The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn't require any. ↗

— Russell Baker

#fit #i #never #notion #only

If you are going to make companies, corporations, actually responsible for the safety of other people's lives, then if they fail in their duty, the only thing to prevent them failing in their duty is the fear that they would be put behind bars. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#bars #behind #companies #corporations #duty

I also feel that the only thing more gratifying than working with someone who you've worked well with is working with someone new and coming up with something great. ↗

— Jonathan Demme

#coming #feel #gratifying #great #i

I'm a child of God. God is my mommy, my daddy. That's the only thing that'll keep my head up. If I don't remember who I am in him, I'm done. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#child #daddy #done #god #head

My business is can I create a world that's possible and could happen? I think that's the only thing that I have to do, and I think that I have done that each time. ↗

— Neil LaBute

#could #create #done #each #happen

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#care #clothed #fed #given #go

The only thing you owe the public is a good performance. ↗

— Humphrey Bogart

#only #owe #performance #public #the only thing

I think one game we played the Oakland Raiders and Jack Tatum and I had an accident on the one-yard line. The only thing that Jack Tatum didn't do was wrap me up so I backed into the endzone backwards. ↗

— Earl Campbell

#backed #backwards #game #had #i

But I'm never gonna get to a point in my life where what it costs to shoot a movie is going to determine what it is. The limits of my imagination is the only thing that's gonna stop me. ↗

— Abel Ferrara

#determine #get #going #gonna #i

When I was coming up, we weren't trying to get a hit or get paid, we were just trying to do our thing. The only thing we were really trying to do was to be recognized for our originality. ↗

— Bootsy Collins

#get #hit #i #just #only