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Nothing Quotes

"The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person."

"The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person."

P. J. O'Rourke, American Comedian

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"There was no silver bullet that could have prevented the 11 September attacks. There was nothing demonstrating or showing that something was coming in the United States. If there had been something, we would have acted on it."

"There was no silver bullet that could have prevented the 11 September attacks. There was nothing demonstrating or showing that something was coming in the United States. If there had been something, we would have acted on it."

Condoleezza Rice, American Statesman

Nothing, States, United

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"Think nothing done while aught remains to do."

"Think nothing done while aught remains to do."

Samuel Rogers, English Poet

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

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

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Nothing, Saying

27

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

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

William Hazlitt, English Critic

27

"The only risk we run is by doing nothing."

"The only risk we run is by doing nothing."

Brian Higgins, American Politician

27

"Nothing had changed in my routine, except that when I went down the chippy and got me special fried rice, it would be wrapped in a newspaper that had my picture all over it."

"Nothing had changed in my routine, except that when I went down the chippy and got me special fried rice, it would be wrapped in a newspaper that had my picture all over it."

Robbie Fowler, English Athlete

Nothing, Routine

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"You argue with the umpire because there is nothing else you can do about it."

"You argue with the umpire because there is nothing else you can do about it."

Leo Durocher, American Athlete

Nothing, Umpire

27

"It is better to waste one's youth than to do nothing with it at all."

"It is better to waste one's youth than to do nothing with it at all."

Georges Courteline, French Dramatist

Nothing, Waste, Youth

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"Whoever you are, you will not write this book. I can tell you nothing. Do not call me again. Ever."

"Whoever you are, you will not write this book. I can tell you nothing. Do not call me again. Ever."

Roberto Calvi, Italian Businessman

27

"There's nothing wrong with failing if you learn from it, and I've failed out here plenty."

"There's nothing wrong with failing if you learn from it, and I've failed out here plenty."

Trent Dilfer, American Athlete

26

"Nothing ever changes as far as Westerns are concerned. They are the same today as they were years ago."

"Nothing ever changes as far as Westerns are concerned. They are the same today as they were years ago."

Glenn Ford, American Actor

Nothing, Today, Years

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"Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced."

"Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced."

John Keats, English Poet

26

"I can honestly say that I regret nothing... like I said I have the best of both worlds."

"I can honestly say that I regret nothing... like I said I have the best of both worlds."

Kim Smith, American Actress

Nothing, Regret

26

"Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive, would part with nothing."

"Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive, would part with nothing."

Charles Caleb Colton, English Writer

Nothing, Selfishness

26

"Probably the closest things to perfection are the huge absolutely empty holes that astronomers have recently discovered in space. If there's nothing there, how can anything go wrong?"

"Probably the closest things to perfection are the huge absolutely empty holes that astronomers have recently discovered in space. If there's nothing there, how can anything go wrong?"

Richard Brautigan, American Writer

Nothing, Perfection, Space, Wrong

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"We could imagine nothing pleasanter than to spend all of our lives digging for relics of the past."

"We could imagine nothing pleasanter than to spend all of our lives digging for relics of the past."

Heinrich Schliemann, German Scientist

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"I made nothing happen very slowly."

"I made nothing happen very slowly."

Gary McCord, American Athlete

26

"Hey, nothing grows to the sky. There will be a successor movement. Right now it's nascent."

"Hey, nothing grows to the sky. There will be a successor movement. Right now it's nascent."

Peter Brimelow, British Journalist

Nothing, Now, Right, Sky

26

"Nothing ever ends."

"Nothing ever ends."

Meyer Levin, American Novelist

25

"When television is good, nothing is better. When it's bad, nothing is worse."

"When television is good, nothing is better. When it's bad, nothing is worse."

Newton N. Minow, American Lawyer

Nothing, Television

25

"Iran is nothing but trouble, and always has been that."

"Iran is nothing but trouble, and always has been that."

Jay Rockefeller, American Politician

Nothing, Trouble

25

"There's nothing you can really do to prepare to rock. Do you prepare to eat a delicious meal? Are you hungry? Then you're gonna eat it."

"There's nothing you can really do to prepare to rock. Do you prepare to eat a delicious meal? Are you hungry? Then you're gonna eat it."

Jack Black, American Actor

25

"It is therefore not to be wondered at that Lincoln's single term in the House of Representatives at Washington added practically nothing to his reputation."

"It is therefore not to be wondered at that Lincoln's single term in the House of Representatives at Washington added practically nothing to his reputation."

John George Nicolay, American Writer

Nothing, Reputation, Washington

25

"Nothing need be apprehended from this miserable adventurer."

"Nothing need be apprehended from this miserable adventurer."

Louis Bonaparte, French Royalty

25

"Out of nothing can come, and nothing can become nothing."

"Out of nothing can come, and nothing can become nothing."

Aulus Persius Flaccus, Italian Poet

25

"I have been in there with all of them and there is nothing left for me to prove."

"I have been in there with all of them and there is nothing left for me to prove."

Lennox Lewis, English Athlete

25

"I'd like to play nothing but good characters."

"I'd like to play nothing but good characters."

Joan Leslie, American Actress

25

"I believe in nothing."

"I believe in nothing."

Theodore Kaczynski, American Criminal

25

"Ain't nothing but 10 grand. What's 10 grand to me?"

"Ain't nothing but 10 grand. What's 10 grand to me?"

Randy Moss, American Athlete

25

"Nothing could stop us, and nothing did for a decade."

"Nothing could stop us, and nothing did for a decade."

Will M. Cook, American Composer

25

"There's nothing worse than talking about yourself to find out that you're not that interesting."

"There's nothing worse than talking about yourself to find out that you're not that interesting."

Sean Kinney, American Musician

Nothing, Talking

24

"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."

"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

24

"I concede nothing until they throw dirt on my face."

"I concede nothing until they throw dirt on my face."

John Monks, British Leader

24

"Aim for the chopping block. If you aim for the wood, you will have nothing. Aim past the wood, aim through the wood; aim for the chopping block."

"Aim for the chopping block. If you aim for the wood, you will have nothing. Aim past the wood, aim through the wood; aim for the chopping block."

Annie Dillard, American Author

Nothing, Past, Will, Wood

24

"Will this new play be good or bad? Nothing else matters. Nothing at all."

"Will this new play be good or bad? Nothing else matters. Nothing at all."

Terence Rattigan, British Dramatist

Nothing, Play, Will

24

"No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars."

"No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars."

Quintus Ennius, Roman Poet

Nothing, Feet, Stars

24

"Shakespeare said, nothing is either good nor bad but thinking makes it so."

"Shakespeare said, nothing is either good nor bad but thinking makes it so."

Dyan Cannon, American Actress

Nothing, Shakespeare, Thinking

24

"Nothing from nothing leaves nothing."

"Nothing from nothing leaves nothing."

Boozoo Chavis, American Musician

24

"There's nothing secret about it. Everyone knows that I am waiting for my real parents, the king and queen, to come restore me to my rightful throne."

"There's nothing secret about it. Everyone knows that I am waiting for my real parents, the king and queen, to come restore me to my rightful throne."

Meg Cabot, American Author

Nothing, Parents, Queen, Waiting

23

"If one has not given everything, one has given nothing."

"If one has not given everything, one has given nothing."

Georges Guynemer, French Aviator

23

"Nothing is true, everything is permitted."

"Nothing is true, everything is permitted."

William S. Burroughs, American Writer

23

"There's nothing like rejection to make you do an inventory of yourself."

"There's nothing like rejection to make you do an inventory of yourself."

James Lee Burke, American Author

Nothing, Rejection

23

"They, that unnamed "they," they've knocked me down but I got up. I always get up-and I swear when I went down quite often I took the fall; nothing moves a mountain but itself. They, I've long ago named them me."

"They, that unnamed "they," they've knocked me down but I got up. I always get up-and I swear when I went down quite often I took the fall; nothing moves a mountain but itself. They, I've long ago named them me."

Gregory Corso, American Poet

23

"Nothing is divine but what is agreeable to reason."

"Nothing is divine but what is agreeable to reason."

Immanuel Kant, German Philosopher

Nothing, Reason

23

"Nothing ain't worth nothing but it's free."

"Nothing ain't worth nothing but it's free."

Kris Kristofferson, American Musician

23

"I still do a bit of this and a bit of that. Some brews and there's nothing wrong with a bud or two! I still do a bit of this and a bit of that. Some brews and there's nothing wrong with a bud or two!"

"I still do a bit of this and a bit of that. Some brews and there's nothing wrong with a bud or two! I still do a bit of this and a bit of that. Some brews and there's nothing wrong with a bud or two!"

Eddie Money, American Musician

23

"I want to keep my voice young, with nothing heavy."

"I want to keep my voice young, with nothing heavy."

Renee Fleming, American Musician

Nothing, Voice, Want

22

"We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing."

"We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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"There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness."

"There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness."

Han Suyin, Chinese Writer

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