Nothing Quotes

"Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."

William Morris, English Designer

Nothing,

14

"I've never been to the gym. I do nothing."

Adriana Lima, Brazilian Model

Nothing,

6

"Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state."

John Locke, English Philosopher

Nothing, State, World

6

"Nothing happens, and nothing happens, and then everything happens."

Fay Weldon, English Novelist

Nothing,

6

"Nothing you wear is more important than your smile."

Connie Stevens, American Actress

Nothing, Smile

5

"I maintain that nothing useful and lasting can emerge from violence."

Shirin Ebadi, Iranian Lawyer

Nothing, Violence

5

"Nothing has been given to me."

Freddy Adu, Ghanaian Athlete

Nothing,

5

"What is new in the world? Nothing. What is old in the world? Nothing. Everything has always been and will always be."

Sai Baba, Indian Leader

Nothing, Old, Will, World

4

"I wanted nothing else than to make the object as perfect as possible."

Erno Rubik, Hungarian Inventor

Nothing,

4

"There's a harsh reality - nothing lasts forever. You have to be ready to grow, and grow fast."

Pras Michel, Haitian Musician

Nothing, Reality

4

"It is reality that awakens possibilities, and nothing would be more perverse than to deny it."

Robert Musil, Austrian Writer

Nothing, Possibilities, Reality

4

"I am human and let nothing human be alien to me."

Terence, Roman Writer

Nothing,

3

"By all evidence we are in the world to do nothing."

Emile M. Cioran, Romanian Philosopher

Nothing, World

3

"My hairdresser and I found ourselves shopping at Bloomingdale's with nothing to do for days."

Chita Rivera, Puerto Rican Actress

Nothing,

3

"That could stay, not forever, because we believe that nothing exists that is forever, not even the dinosaurs, but if well maintained, it could remain for four to five thousand years. And that is definitely not forever."

Christo, Bulgarian Artist

Nothing, Years

2

"I believe in nothing, everything is sacred. I believe in everything, nothing is sacred."

Tom Robbins, American Author

Nothing,

2

"Always behave as if nothing had happened, no matter what has happened."

Arnold Bennett, English Novelist

Nothing,

1

"Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

Nothing, Oratory

1

"Nothing can stop the attack of aircraft except other aircraft."

Billy Mitchell, American Soldier

Nothing,

1

"My aim is for ripeness of form. I want to make my forms so full, so juicy that one could add nothing more to them."

Henri Laurens, French Sculptor

Nothing, Want

1

"You lose some, you win some. Nothing wrong with that at all."

Stefan Edberg, Swedish Athlete

Nothing, Wrong

1

"The World Coming Down tour was around four years ago, and other than the wear and tear we've all sustained in the last four years, nothing much has changed."

Josh Silver, American Musician

Nothing, World, Years

1

"For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen."

Douglas Adams, English Writer

Nothing,

1

"Back then it was nothing like today. So you'd go to the bowling alley. We bowled and you could be in the back and you could make out, you know? And you know how hot it was to make out."

Steven Tyler, American Musician

Nothing, Today

1

"To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less."

Andre Malraux, French Author

Nothing,

1

"I am not interested in releasing best of stuff and I have not given my permission. You release best of packages when you're a has-been and have nothing new to offer."

Amanda Lear, French Musician

Nothing,

1

"There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly."

R. Buckminster Fuller, American Inventor

Nothing,

1

"I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it."

Yoko Ono, American Artist

Nothing, Want

1

"To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma, because seeing is neither seeing nor not seeing and because understanding is neither understanding nor not understanding."

Bodhidharma, Indian Leader

Nothing, Understanding

1

"Saying nothing... sometimes says the most."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Nothing, Saying

"I have nothing to hide."

Linda Tripp, American Celebrity

Nothing,

"If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Nothing, World

"Self-respect is nothing to hide behind. When you need it most it isn't there."

May Sarton, American Poet

Nothing, Self

"My best album is called In Search Of A Song. That was my best shot right there. My finest hour, as they say. I could listen to the whole thing all the way through. There's nothing really crammed into it."

Tom T. Hall, American Musician

Nothing, Right, Song

"Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

Nothing, Remarkable

"I think Freud is about contamination, but I think that is something he learned from Shakespeare, because Shakespeare is about nothing but contamination, you might say."

Harold Bloom, American Critic

Nothing, Shakespeare

"I have everything, yet have nothing; and although I possess nothing, still of nothing am I in want."

Jean Racine, French Dramatist

Nothing, Want

"Nothing is ever a barometer. Nothing is ever for sure except that this band has been around forever."

Steven Tyler, American Musician

Nothing,

"There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it with reluctance."

Jean Racine, French Dramatist

Nothing,

"As good as I am, I'm nothing without my band."

Steven Tyler, American Musician

Nothing,

"Nothing can happen nowhere. The locale of the happening always colours the happening, and often, to a degree, shapes it."

Elizabeth Bowen, Irish Novelist

Nothing,

"Nothing ever sounds quite the way it does when you're standing right in the middle of it."

Michael Davis, American Cartoonist

Nothing, Right

"I enjoy getting riled up, and nothing's gonna do that for you like a good scary movie."

Sophia Bush, American Actress

Nothing,

"Nothing can come of nothing."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Nothing,

"A witty saying proves nothing."

Voltaire, French Writer

Nothing, Saying, Witty

"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French Novelist

Nothing, Perfection

"Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."

14

"I've never been to the gym. I do nothing."

6

"Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state."

6

"Nothing happens, and nothing happens, and then everything happens."

6

"Nothing you wear is more important than your smile."

5

"I maintain that nothing useful and lasting can emerge from violence."

5

"Nothing has been given to me."

5

"What is new in the world? Nothing. What is old in the world? Nothing. Everything has always been and will always be."

4

"I wanted nothing else than to make the object as perfect as possible."

4

"There's a harsh reality - nothing lasts forever. You have to be ready to grow, and grow fast."

4

"It is reality that awakens possibilities, and nothing would be more perverse than to deny it."

4

"I am human and let nothing human be alien to me."

3

"By all evidence we are in the world to do nothing."

3

"My hairdresser and I found ourselves shopping at Bloomingdale's with nothing to do for days."

3

"That could stay, not forever, because we believe that nothing exists that is forever, not even the dinosaurs, but if well maintained, it could remain for four to five thousand years. And that is definitely not forever."

2

"I believe in nothing, everything is sacred. I believe in everything, nothing is sacred."

2

"Always behave as if nothing had happened, no matter what has happened."

1

"Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable."

1

"Nothing can stop the attack of aircraft except other aircraft."

1

"My aim is for ripeness of form. I want to make my forms so full, so juicy that one could add nothing more to them."

1

"You lose some, you win some. Nothing wrong with that at all."

1

"The World Coming Down tour was around four years ago, and other than the wear and tear we've all sustained in the last four years, nothing much has changed."

1

"For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen."

1

"Back then it was nothing like today. So you'd go to the bowling alley. We bowled and you could be in the back and you could make out, you know? And you know how hot it was to make out."

1

"To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less."

1

"I am not interested in releasing best of stuff and I have not given my permission. You release best of packages when you're a has-been and have nothing new to offer."

1

"There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly."

1

"I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it."

1

"To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma, because seeing is neither seeing nor not seeing and because understanding is neither understanding nor not understanding."

1

"Saying nothing... sometimes says the most."

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"I have nothing to hide."

​

"If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation."

​

"Self-respect is nothing to hide behind. When you need it most it isn't there."

​

"My best album is called In Search Of A Song. That was my best shot right there. My finest hour, as they say. I could listen to the whole thing all the way through. There's nothing really crammed into it."

​

"Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable."

​

"I think Freud is about contamination, but I think that is something he learned from Shakespeare, because Shakespeare is about nothing but contamination, you might say."

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"Nothing is wasted."

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"My personal philosophy is, you can be sure of nothing."

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"A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle."

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"You can't live in the past, there's nothing you can do about it."