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"There's nothing like doing something wrong to learn how it might be done better."

"There's nothing like doing something wrong to learn how it might be done better."

David Knopfler, British Musician

14

"Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught."

"Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught."

Sydney J. Harris, American Journalist

Nothing, Promise, Summer, Winter

14

"Propositions show what they say: tautologies and contradictions show that they say nothing."

"Propositions show what they say: tautologies and contradictions show that they say nothing."

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher

14

"They built these little tanning booths for Brooke and I to do nothing but lay down and tan all over."

"They built these little tanning booths for Brooke and I to do nothing but lay down and tan all over."

Christopher Atkins, American Actor

14

"Nothing so much enhances a good as to make sacrifices for it."

"Nothing so much enhances a good as to make sacrifices for it."

George Santayana, American Philosopher

14

"Doing nothing is very hard to do... you never know when you're finished."

"Doing nothing is very hard to do... you never know when you're finished."

Leslie Nielsen, Canadian Actor

14

"Nothing is sacred to a gamester."

"Nothing is sacred to a gamester."

Bernard Joseph Saurin, French Dramatist

14

"To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say."

"To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say."

Will Durant, American Historian

14

"Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away."

"Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away."

Ted Rall, American Cartoonist

Nothing, Quotes, Right, Road

14

"Nothing can be done except little by little."

"Nothing can be done except little by little."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

14

"It's true that I'm taking a break from writing a regular column to do other things but it's got nothing to do with what dear Simon has or has not written."

"It's true that I'm taking a break from writing a regular column to do other things but it's got nothing to do with what dear Simon has or has not written."

Ferdinand Mount, British Writer

Nothing, Writing

14

"I find that easier to accept than this all happened out of nothing."

"I find that easier to accept than this all happened out of nothing."

Dwight Schultz, American Actor

14

"If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface of my paintings and films and me, and there I am. There's nothing behind it."

"If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface of my paintings and films and me, and there I am. There's nothing behind it."

Andy Warhol, American Artist

14

"See, that's nothing but blues, that's all I'm singing about. It's today's blues."

"See, that's nothing but blues, that's all I'm singing about. It's today's blues."

Jimi Hendrix, American Musician

Nothing, Singing, Today

14

"Nothing is ever simple. What do you do when you discover you like parts of the role you're trying to escape?"

"Nothing is ever simple. What do you do when you discover you like parts of the role you're trying to escape?"

Marilyn French, American Author

Nothing, Trying

14

"Nothing is more exhilarating than philistine vulgarity."

"Nothing is more exhilarating than philistine vulgarity."

Vladimir Nabokov, American Novelist

Nothing, Vulgarity

14

"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."

"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

14

"Nothing is wasted."

"Nothing is wasted."

Edward V. Lucas, American Writer

13

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

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

Elizabeth Bowen, Irish Novelist

13

"Nothing is more despicable than a professional talker who uses his words as a quack uses his remedies."

"Nothing is more despicable than a professional talker who uses his words as a quack uses his remedies."

Francois Fenelon, French Clergyman

Nothing, Remedies, Words

13

"You show up in Paris, and on the drive from the airport to the hotel you're like, 'This is so cool! I want to see something! I want to go to the Eiffel Tower!' And then you leave the next morning. You think, Oh, I didn't get to do anything. I tell people: I've been just about everywhere, but I've seen nothing."

"You show up in Paris, and on the drive from the airport to the hotel you're like, 'This is so cool! I want to see something! I want to go to the Eiffel Tower!' And then you leave the next morning. You think, Oh, I didn't get to do anything. I tell people: I've been just about everywhere, but I've seen nothing."

Taylor Lautner, American Actor

Nothing, Paris, Want

13

"One album has absolutely nothing to do with the other."

"One album has absolutely nothing to do with the other."

Josh Silver, American Musician

13

"You come to the planet with nothing and you leave with nothing, so you'd better do some good while you are here."

"You come to the planet with nothing and you leave with nothing, so you'd better do some good while you are here."

Alex Van Halen, American Musician

13

"The enormous lake stretched flat and smooth and white all the way to the edge of the gray sky. Wagon tracks went away across it, so far that you could not see where they went; they ended in nothing at all."

"The enormous lake stretched flat and smooth and white all the way to the edge of the gray sky. Wagon tracks went away across it, so far that you could not see where they went; they ended in nothing at all."

Laura Ingalls Wilder, American Author

13

"There is a moment when nothing can be wiped out and left behind any more, when there is only reality and reality is horrifying."

"There is a moment when nothing can be wiped out and left behind any more, when there is only reality and reality is horrifying."

Friedrich Durrenmatt, Swiss Author

Nothing, Reality

13

"I listened a little to punk when I was younger, but it was straight edge punk. It was nothing like what is going on now, like poppy punk."

"I listened a little to punk when I was younger, but it was straight edge punk. It was nothing like what is going on now, like poppy punk."

Travis Barker, American Musician

Nothing, Now, Punk

13

"I realize that nothing's as it seems."

"I realize that nothing's as it seems."

Sting, British Musician

13

"What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with what we are today, but revisiting this painful past can contribute little or nothing to what we need to do now."

"What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with what we are today, but revisiting this painful past can contribute little or nothing to what we need to do now."

William Glasser, American Psychologist

Nothing, Now, Past, Today

13

"There is nothing new except what has been forgotten."

"There is nothing new except what has been forgotten."

Marie Antoinette, French Royalty

13

"There's no tour plans, no reunion, no new album... nothing."

"There's no tour plans, no reunion, no new album... nothing."

Dee Snider, American Musician

13

"When I put some Tabasco on things, and there's really nothing in Tabasco, it's not bad for you in any way, so that's kind of become my substitute. Now you got to get used to a hot mouth, but that's okay."

"When I put some Tabasco on things, and there's really nothing in Tabasco, it's not bad for you in any way, so that's kind of become my substitute. Now you got to get used to a hot mouth, but that's okay."

Mike Ditka, American Coach

13

"I was a shy little girl, nothing like what I am now."

"I was a shy little girl, nothing like what I am now."

Debra Wilson, American Comedian

13

"Those we dislike can do nothing to please us."

"Those we dislike can do nothing to please us."

Samuel Richardson, English Novelist

13

"A diplomat these days in nothing, but a head waiter who is allowed to sit down occasionally."

"A diplomat these days in nothing, but a head waiter who is allowed to sit down occasionally."

Peter Ustinov, English Actor

13

"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

13

"There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms."

"There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms."

Ida B. Wells, American Activist

13

"There is nothing so strange and so unbelievable that it has not been said by one philosopher or another."

"There is nothing so strange and so unbelievable that it has not been said by one philosopher or another."

Rene Descartes, French Mathematician

13

"It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on."

"It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on."

Marilyn Monroe, American Actress

13

"I can take pot or leave it. I got busted in Japan for it. I was nine days without it and there wasn't a hint of withdrawal, nothing."

"I can take pot or leave it. I got busted in Japan for it. I was nine days without it and there wasn't a hint of withdrawal, nothing."

Paul McCartney, English Musician

13

"I used to believe that anything was better than nothing. Now I know that sometimes nothing is better."

"I used to believe that anything was better than nothing. Now I know that sometimes nothing is better."

Glenda Jackson, British Actress

13

"There's nothing greater in the world than when somebody on the team does something good, and everybody gathers around to pat him on the back."

"There's nothing greater in the world than when somebody on the team does something good, and everybody gathers around to pat him on the back."

Billy Martin, American Businessman

13

"If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh."

"If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh."

Lord Acton, British Historian

13

"As an actress, there's nothing worse than not knowing your cues."

"As an actress, there's nothing worse than not knowing your cues."

Kristin Davis, American Actress

13

"I ain't nothing but a winner."

"I ain't nothing but a winner."

Paul Bryant, American Coach

13

"When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less."

"When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less."

Paul Brown, American Coach

13

"Nothing is an obstacle unless you say it is."

"Nothing is an obstacle unless you say it is."

Wally Amos, American Businessman

13

"Certainly nothing is unnatural that is not physically impossible."

"Certainly nothing is unnatural that is not physically impossible."

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish Playwright

13

"I am ashamed of confessing that I have nothing to confess."

"I am ashamed of confessing that I have nothing to confess."

Fanny Burney, English Novelist

13

"If only Tammy knew how much I really cared about her. She has nothing to do with any of this mess."

"If only Tammy knew how much I really cared about her. She has nothing to do with any of this mess."

Jessica Hahn, American Celebrity

13

"Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the visitors."

"Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the visitors."

Henry James, American Writer

Nothing, Venice

13

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