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"A scientist lives with all reality. There is nothing better."

"A scientist lives with all reality. There is nothing better."

George Wald, American Scientist

Nothing, Reality

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

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

Paul Brown, American Coach

36

"We started with Denny Cordell, and he was a great record producer. He knew exactly how to take a band that knew absolutely nothing, and guide you without trying to tell you what to do."

"We started with Denny Cordell, and he was a great record producer. He knew exactly how to take a band that knew absolutely nothing, and guide you without trying to tell you what to do."

Benmont Tench, American Musician

Nothing, Trying

36

"Why are there beings at all, instead of Nothing?"

"Why are there beings at all, instead of Nothing?"

Martin Heidegger, German Philosopher

36

"Remember the poor, it costs nothing."

"Remember the poor, it costs nothing."

Josh Billings, American Comedian

36

"If you have a Stradivarius and nobody to play it, it's just a Stradivarius. Or is it even that? It's nothing."

"If you have a Stradivarius and nobody to play it, it's just a Stradivarius. Or is it even that? It's nothing."

Peabo Bryson, American Musician

36

"There's nothing you could say that would shock me."

"There's nothing you could say that would shock me."

Laura Prepon, American Actress

36

"If your only objective is to be popular, you're going to be popular but you will be known as the Prime Minister who achieved nothing."

"If your only objective is to be popular, you're going to be popular but you will be known as the Prime Minister who achieved nothing."

Brian Mulroney, Canadian Statesman

Nothing, Popular, Will

36

"Smut, if it's really smut, there's nothing backing it up. It's the easy way out."

"Smut, if it's really smut, there's nothing backing it up. It's the easy way out."

Sandra Bernhard, American Actress

36

"When I auditioned for the show, I didn't realize it was an MTV production, which is going to make for really good tunes during the episodes, if nothing else."

"When I auditioned for the show, I didn't realize it was an MTV production, which is going to make for really good tunes during the episodes, if nothing else."

Neil Patrick Harris, American Actor

Nothing, Production

36

"I try to keep my head on straight and take nothing for granted."

"I try to keep my head on straight and take nothing for granted."

Anna Faris, American Actress

36

"But I will say this: In my humble opinion, knowing nothing about it, I do believe that they have remote viewers working on where Osama Bin Laden is. I absolutely, 100%, convinced of that."

"But I will say this: In my humble opinion, knowing nothing about it, I do believe that they have remote viewers working on where Osama Bin Laden is. I absolutely, 100%, convinced of that."

Aaron Eckhart, American Actor

Nothing, Opinion, Osama bin laden, Will

36

"The toilets at a local police station have been stolen. Police say they have nothing to go on."

"The toilets at a local police station have been stolen. Police say they have nothing to go on."

Ronnie Barker, English Comedian

Nothing, Police

36

"As we were leaving the Huron camp, it was awkward filming. I think that the Huron watching us was there to create tension - maybe we wouldn't get out. Nothing complicated."

"As we were leaving the Huron camp, it was awkward filming. I think that the Huron watching us was there to create tension - maybe we wouldn't get out. Nothing complicated."

Madeleine Stowe, American Actress

Nothing, Tension

36

"The United States can tell you all about what's wrong with the British, to say nothing of the Russians."

"The United States can tell you all about what's wrong with the British, to say nothing of the Russians."

Arthur Hays Sulzberger, American Publisher

Nothing, States, United, Wrong

36

"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."

"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."

Elizabeth Wurtzel, American Writer

Nothing, Television

36

"I'm going to make it. Nothing is going to stop me. Nothing. I want it too much."

"I'm going to make it. Nothing is going to stop me. Nothing. I want it too much."

Alan Ladd, American Actor

36

"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."

"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

35

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

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

Arnold Bennett, English Novelist

35

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

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

Sophia Bush, American Actress

35

"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

35

"At my lowest I was making nothing, of course."

"At my lowest I was making nothing, of course."

Teri Hatcher, American Actress

35

"It's only when we have nothing else to hold onto that we're willing to try something very audacious and scary."

"It's only when we have nothing else to hold onto that we're willing to try something very audacious and scary."

Sonia Johnson, American Activist

35

"I opened a restaurant that had nothing but California wines."

"I opened a restaurant that had nothing but California wines."

Paul Prudhomme, American Celebrity

35

"Don't pity me now, don't pity me never; I'm going to do nothing for ever and ever."

"Don't pity me now, don't pity me never; I'm going to do nothing for ever and ever."

James Agate, British Critic

Nothing, Now, Pity

35

"Nothing is harder than to accept oneself."

"Nothing is harder than to accept oneself."

Max Frisch, Swiss Novelist

35

"The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do."

"The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do."

Galileo Galilei, Italian Scientist

Nothing, Sun, Universe

35

"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

35

"I do small cameos here and there but nothing that requires more than a paragraph of talking, because I'm just an amateur. The movie is a whole different reality."

"I do small cameos here and there but nothing that requires more than a paragraph of talking, because I'm just an amateur. The movie is a whole different reality."

Richard Price, American Writer

Nothing, Reality, Talking

35

"Nothing is going to stop Mike Tyson that doesn't have a motor attached."

"Nothing is going to stop Mike Tyson that doesn't have a motor attached."

David Brenner, American Comedian

35

"We know next to nothing of what we're going to know in 20 or 50 years."

"We know next to nothing of what we're going to know in 20 or 50 years."

Leon Kass, American Educator

35

"Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus."

"Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus."

Margaret Thatcher, English Leader

35

"Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain."

"Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain."

John Selden, English Statesman

Nothing, Pain, Pleasure

35

"There is nothing you can do about it but sit back and watch."

"There is nothing you can do about it but sit back and watch."

Jimmy Haynes, American Athlete

35

"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

35

"I have been out again on the river, rowing. I find nothing new."

"I have been out again on the river, rowing. I find nothing new."

Fanny Kemble, English Actress

35

"When I started out in the early 1930s, there were a great many magazines that published short stories. Unfortunately, the short-story market has dwindled to almost nothing."

"When I started out in the early 1930s, there were a great many magazines that published short stories. Unfortunately, the short-story market has dwindled to almost nothing."

Irwin Shaw, American Novelist

35

"Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing."

"Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing."

Moliere, French Playwright

35

"I have heard talk and talk, but nothing is done."

"I have heard talk and talk, but nothing is done."

Chief Joseph, American Leader

35

"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

35

"A rattlesnake that doesn't bite teaches you nothing."

"A rattlesnake that doesn't bite teaches you nothing."

Jessamyn West, American Author

35

"Rappers tend to use words sometimes that just rhyme and don't really mean nothing."

"Rappers tend to use words sometimes that just rhyme and don't really mean nothing."

Trick Daddy, American Musician

35

"I have nothing, absolutely nothing against anyone who's homosexual. If that's their orientation, then I accept that. And I have no problem with someone who has other orientations."

"I have nothing, absolutely nothing against anyone who's homosexual. If that's their orientation, then I accept that. And I have no problem with someone who has other orientations."

Rick Santorum, American Politician

35

"We've been together since we've been teenagers. I can go away and disappear for two years, and when we get back together, it's like nothing ever has changed."

"We've been together since we've been teenagers. I can go away and disappear for two years, and when we get back together, it's like nothing ever has changed."

John Oates, American Musician

Nothing, Teenagers, Years

35

"You say it best, when you say nothing at all."

"You say it best, when you say nothing at all."

Allison Krauss, American Musician

35

"Something cannot emerge from nothing."

"Something cannot emerge from nothing."

Frank Herbert, American Writer

35

"But we discovered that, although I liked publishing, the commercial side meant nothing at all to me."

"But we discovered that, although I liked publishing, the commercial side meant nothing at all to me."

Dick Bruna, Dutch Artist

Nothing, Publishing

35

"Do not they bring it to pass by knowing that they know nothing at all?"

"Do not they bring it to pass by knowing that they know nothing at all?"

Jean Racine, French Dramatist

35

"Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded."

"Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

35

"A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle."

"A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle."

James Keller, American Priest

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