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Nothing Quotes


"Nothing ventured, nothing gained. And venture belongs to the adventurous."


"Nothing is more idealistic than a journalist on the defensive."


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


"I still play Strat, I don't know nothing else. Strats and Telecasters."


"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 is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able to do nothing else."


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


"Mrs. Robinson is a little dated now, but it has nothing to do with Joe DiMaggio."


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


"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."


"Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person."


"I'll see Naomi Wolf on television periodically, I have nothing against her and what she says, but I'll feel that she's a politician, like she's got an agenda to get across and that she doesn't always say what's really true or exactly what she feels."


"A hole is nothing at all, but you can break your neck in it."


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


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


"I've been doing these conventions for 20 years, and we used to at least have debates about issues. Nothing is happening basically at this convention, other than speeches."


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


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


"Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise."


"We all need to start making some changes to how our families eat. Now, everyone loves a good Sunday dinner. Me included. And there's nothing wrong with that. The problem is when we eat Sunday dinner Monday through Saturday."


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


"Our house is made of glass... and our lives are made of glass; and there is nothing we can do to protect ourselves."


"Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense."


"Well, I don't have anything to say to Mr. Sneddon, you know? Nothing at all."


"Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly."


"I'm now so keenly aware that I have everything to prove and nothing to lose."


"We feel it's unacceptable to be fat, when it has nothing to do with who the person actually is."


"Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write."
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