All Quotes

The only really expensive thing in our family budget, frankly, is private air travel.
‐‐ Nick Hanauer

The only really happy folk are married women and single men.
‐‐ H. L. Mencken

The only really important thing, at the end of the day, is your health. If you haven't got that, then all the money in the world isn't going to bring you happiness.
‐‐ John Caudwell

The only really safe thing to do is to write a diary of where you've been, what time you went to bed, what you ate. If I wrote honestly about everything I think it'd be a disaster. It would cause a lot of trouble.
‐‐ Ellie Goulding

The only reason anyone ever called me a hero is because I get this paper, here.
‐‐ Kyle Chandler

The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies.
‐‐ Bette Davis

The only reason anything was off-white at the Chateau was because it had once been just plain white.
‐‐ Eve Babitz

The only reason baseball's numerical touchstones have any significance is that most players - even the game's greats - peter out just barely before they reach them.
‐‐ Stephen Rodrick

The only reason ever to make a sequel is to spend more time with the characters that people love: to tell more of their story.
‐‐ Elizabeth Banks

The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.
‐‐ Leo Rosten

The only reason for doing a play is to make a statement about it, and by that I don't mean a conceit of the producer.
‐‐ Orson Welles

The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.
‐‐ Albert Einstein

The only reason for using another cut is to improve the scene.
‐‐ Edward Dmytryk

The only reason I became the singer in the band is because I sang the best. It wasn't out of some desire to be a star or be a famous singer. It's not like I love interviews.
‐‐ Adam Levine

The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play.
‐‐ Reggie Jackson

The only reason I don't want to commit adultery is because I love my wife and I love my lord.
‐‐ Joseph Prince

The only reason I ever do an independent film is that I believe in it, and I think it has something special to offer. I'm certainly not doing it to be a millionaire.
‐‐ Jason Ritter

The only reason I ever played golf in the first place was so I could afford to hunt and fish.
‐‐ Sam Snead

The only reason I felt like I could sing a song like 'Blown Away' is because I have definitely lived through my fair share of trips to the cellar in the spring. We were no stranger to that. I still ask my mom, 'Is the cellar cleaned out now? Is everything OK?' Even in my new house, I had something built in it that's like a storm shelter.
‐‐ Carrie Underwood

The only reason I got into broadcasting was, I needed money to pay for my junior and senior years at college, and they hired me, those fools!
‐‐ Alex Trebek

The only reason I got into movies was because I had no music talent.
‐‐ John Hughes

The only reason I got married in 2003 was for my children. I had a therapist who said marriage is really a container for a family, and that made sense to me.
‐‐ Julianne Moore

The only reason I look back is to check if I've been doing something wrong. I look at things from even three years ago and think, 'I wouldn't do that now.' Your life changes.
‐‐ Stewart Lee

The only reason I'm able to do music is because I'm making money on 'Community.' If I wasn't, I couldn't pay for things.
‐‐ Donald Glover

The only reason I'm an actor is that a lady pulled out of a parking space in front of a producer's office.
‐‐ James Garner

The only reason I'm coming out here tomorrow is the schedule says I have to.
‐‐ Sparky Anderson

The only reason I'm ever in character as 'Larry The Cable Guy' is because that's what I'm hired to do. In my movies, obviously they hired 'Larry The Cable Guy' to be 'Larry The Cable Guy.' When I do my shows, I'm 'Larry The Cable Guy.' When I do Jay Leno, it's: 'Please welcome 'Larry The Cable Guy.'
‐‐ Larry the Cable Guy

The only reason I'm in Hollywood is that I don't have the moral courage to refuse the money.
‐‐ Marlon Brando

The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my American Express bill.
‐‐ Peter Ustinov

The only reason I took steroids was for my health purposes. I did not take steroids to get any gain for any strength purposes.
‐‐ Mark McGwire

The only reason I've been so critical of hip-hop is because I've always been aware of the effect that it has, and the reflection that it gives of the African-American community.
‐‐ Saul Williams

The only reason I've shared my story is to take that tiny baby step of breaking down the stigma attached to depression.
‐‐ Clara Hughes

The only reason I wanted 'Making Toast' as the title is that it is a simple gesture of moving on. Every morning there's the bread and you make the toast and you start the day.
‐‐ Roger Rosenblatt

The only reason I went to college was to play basketball. I injured my knee and couldn't play.
‐‐ Jeffrey Dean Morgan

The only reason I would have liked to have gone to university is because I like cricket. Not a very good reason to want to go, but as good as any, I suppose.
‐‐ Jeffrey Bernard

The only reason I would stay away from a period piece is because sometimes the women are painted in a very stereotypical weakling, wallflower way - that's something I don't want to do. I want to show strength in the women I play, and a journey of some sort.
‐‐ Dagmara Dominczyk

The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.
‐‐ Erma Bombeck

The only reason I would write a break-up song is because my own problem of allowing myself to relate to people.
‐‐ Zola Jesus

The only reason I would write a sequel is if I were struck by an idea that I felt to be equal to the original. Too many sequels diminish the original.
‐‐ Dean Koontz

The only reason investors haven't run screaming from an obviously corrupt financial marketplace is because the government has gone to such extraordinary lengths to sell the narrative that the problems of 2008 have been fixed.
‐‐ Matt Taibbi

The only reason my work seems to be eclectic up to a certain period is because I was a failure as an actor.
‐‐ Hugh Grant

The only reason of the institution of civil government; and the only rational ground of submission to it, is the common safety and utility.
‐‐ Jonathan Mayhew

The only reason that it takes me seven years to do stuff is because I just don't really have a plan.
‐‐ Fiona Apple

The only reason that you do visual is solely for the visual. That's the only reason. It doesn't sell your music for you.
‐‐ Shania Twain

The only reason there is peace and order in Davao is because of me.
‐‐ Rodrigo Duterte

The only reason they come to see me is that I know that life is great, and they know I know it.
‐‐ Clark Gable

The only reason to be in politics is public service. There's no other reason. Frankly, if that's the best job you can get in terms of money, that's too bad, you know. Because frankly, it's not well paid, everyone knows that. So for most people it's a big sacrifice.
‐‐ Malcolm Turnbull

The only reason to be with somebody is that they make you a better person and you make them a better person.
‐‐ Linda Ronstadt

The only reason to do business is to make money; that's the only reason for doing business.
‐‐ Kevin O'Leary

The only reason Twitter itself would be a fad is if someone comes along and does it better.
‐‐ Evan Williams