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Nothing Quotes

"Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing."

"Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing."

Euripides, Greek Poet

Nothing, Question

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"He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing."

"He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing."

Sallust, Roman Historian

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"In looking back, I see nothing to regret and little to correct."

"In looking back, I see nothing to regret and little to correct."

John C. Calhoun, American Statesman

Nothing, Regret

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"Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing."

"Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing."

Salvador Dali, Spanish Artist

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"Nothing is so dear as what you're about to leave."

"Nothing is so dear as what you're about to leave."

Jessamyn West, American Author

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"Of course, nothing happens until somebody sells something."

"Of course, nothing happens until somebody sells something."

Jim Barksdale, American Businessman

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"He who knows all things and believes nothing is damned."

"He who knows all things and believes nothing is damned."

Sargent Shriver, American Politician

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"Nothing adventured, nothing attained."

"Nothing adventured, nothing attained."

Peter McWilliams, American Writer

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"Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves."

"Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves."

Horace Mann, American Educator

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"Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety."

"Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

Nothing, Variety

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"Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable."

"Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

Nothing, Remarkable, Oliver Holmes, Jr.

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"There's nothing gratuitous about my films."

"There's nothing gratuitous about my films."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

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"There is nothing like playing for the team you grew up rooting for."

"There is nothing like playing for the team you grew up rooting for."

Milton Bradley, American Inventor

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

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

Billy Mitchell, American Soldier

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"Out of the water, I am nothing."

"Out of the water, I am nothing."

Duke Kahanamoku, American Athlete

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"Films are always pretentious. There's nothing more pretentious than a filmmaker."

"Films are always pretentious. There's nothing more pretentious than a filmmaker."

John Milius, American Director

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"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."

"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

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"You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and outcomes are nothing."

"You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and outcomes are nothing."

Thomas Sowell, American Economist

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"A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."

"A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French Novelist

Nothing, Perfection

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"Greatest hits is easy because one has nothing to do - except that we both, Roger and I, felt that new songs should be there because I've been away for awhile."

"Greatest hits is easy because one has nothing to do - except that we both, Roger and I, felt that new songs should be there because I've been away for awhile."

Tina Turner, American Musician

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"Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening."

"Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening."

Gertrude Stein, American Author

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"A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick."

"A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick."

Saint Francis de Sales, Swiss Clergyman

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"Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide."

"Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide."

Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish Writer

Nothing, Suicide

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

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

Jean Racine, French Dramatist

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"Nothing lasts forever - not even your troubles."

"Nothing lasts forever - not even your troubles."

Arnold H. Glasow, American Humorist

Nothing, Arnold H. Glasgow

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"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed."

"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed."

Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist

Nothing, Writing

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"I'm not bored; I'm not a guy who has nothing to do."

"I'm not bored; I'm not a guy who has nothing to do."

Darrell Royal, American Coach

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"Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself."

"Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself."

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher

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"There is nothing politically right that is morally wrong."

"There is nothing politically right that is morally wrong."

Daniel O'Connell, Irish Politician

Nothing, Right, Wrong

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"Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task."

"Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task."

William James, American Philosopher

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"Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market."

"Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market."

Ezra Pound, American Poet

Nothing, Printing, Worth

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"There's nothing colder than chemistry."

"There's nothing colder than chemistry."

Anita Loos, American Writer

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"I think what happened there was just the budget would be too big to build these sets because nothing really exists here in New York of that period; you have to build it all."

"I think what happened there was just the budget would be too big to build these sets because nothing really exists here in New York of that period; you have to build it all."

Martin Scorsese, American Director

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"Do nothing which is of no use."

"Do nothing which is of no use."

Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese Soldier

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"Nothing helps a bad mood like spreading it around."

"Nothing helps a bad mood like spreading it around."

Bill Watterson, American Cartoonist

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"When nothing is sure, everything is possible."

"When nothing is sure, everything is possible."

Margaret Drabble, English Novelist

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"Nothing happens by itself... it all will come your way, once you understand that you have to make it come your way, by your own exertions."

"Nothing happens by itself... it all will come your way, once you understand that you have to make it come your way, by your own exertions."

Ben Stein, American Actor

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"I like Brad Pitt; I just have nothing to do with him."

"I like Brad Pitt; I just have nothing to do with him."

Olivier Martinez, French Actor

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"Prohibition has made nothing but trouble."

"Prohibition has made nothing but trouble."

Al Capone, American Criminal

Nothing, Prohibition, Trouble

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"Nothing seems to me more doubtful than Aristotle's remark that it is probable the arts and philosophy have several times been discovered and several times lost."

"Nothing seems to me more doubtful than Aristotle's remark that it is probable the arts and philosophy have several times been discovered and several times lost."

Julien Benda, French Philosopher

Nothing, Philosophy

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"Out of nothing I have created a strange new universe."

"Out of nothing I have created a strange new universe."

Janos Bolyai, Hungarian Mathematician

Nothing, Universe

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"I'm afraid of everything. But maybe when you're afraid of everything, it sort of seems like you're scared of nothing."

"I'm afraid of everything. But maybe when you're afraid of everything, it sort of seems like you're scared of nothing."

Natalie Portman, American Actress

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"Gee, its lonesome in the outfield. It's hard to keep awake with nothing to do."

"Gee, its lonesome in the outfield. It's hard to keep awake with nothing to do."

Babe Ruth, American Athlete

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"For me, words are just words, nothing else."

"For me, words are just words, nothing else."

Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban Novelist

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"Be vigilant, for nothing one achieves lasts forever."

"Be vigilant, for nothing one achieves lasts forever."

Tahar Ben Jelloun, French Poet

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"The more honest you can be, the less you have to hide... when I have nothing to hide, I have everything to give."

"The more honest you can be, the less you have to hide... when I have nothing to hide, I have everything to give."

Kenny Loggins, American Musician

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"Nothing can be done except little by little."

"Nothing can be done except little by little."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

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"So there's nothing more provocative than taking a genre that everybody who's cool hates - and then making it cool."

"So there's nothing more provocative than taking a genre that everybody who's cool hates - and then making it cool."

Lady Gaga, American Musician

Nothing, Provocative

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"Concentration camps were entirely a matter for the police and had nothing to do with the administration."

"Concentration camps were entirely a matter for the police and had nothing to do with the administration."

Hans Frank, German Public Servant

Nothing, Police

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"That's what I think musicals will come to. No backstage stories, nothing of that sort."

"That's what I think musicals will come to. No backstage stories, nothing of that sort."

Vincente Minnelli, American Director

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