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Anything Quotes

Sometimes anything is exactly nothing.

These quotes use the word "anything" to mark limits or surprises - a pitch with no real movement behind it, a contract that blocks further work, and total unfamiliarity with a story someone assumed was common knowledge. Related reading in About Quotes.

Like so many writers I started writing stories because I didn't have much time for anything else.

Quotes by Tobias Wolff

When I was about 14 or 15 I decided to become a writer and never for a moment since have I wanted to do anything else.

Quotes by Tobias Wolff

I am a blank slate - therefore I can create anything I want.

Quotes by Tobey Maguire

David is purely a conceptual artist. He didn't play any instruments or paint or anything. We were painters.

Quotes by Tina Weymouth

The trouble is that after nine years as a Jack of all trades and Master of the Dominican Order, I have no expertise on anything except airports and exotic foods.

Quotes by Timothy Radcliffe

I think we're not going to preserve Fannie and Freddie in anything like their current form. We're going to have to bring fundamental change to that market.

Quotes by Timothy Geithner

The United States is not, nor has ever been, anything close to a fascist country.

Quotes by Timothy Noah

I haven't heard anything from anyone in the administration.

Quotes by Timothy Bottoms

I can't do anything else. So if this falls through, I'm screwed.

Quotes by Tim Roth

If you don't have anything different to say, don't say it at all. That's my rule.

Quotes by Tim Minchin

But here's the bottom line, the president of the United States, he controls the bully pulpit, he can talk about anything he wants to talk about.

Quotes by Tim Griffin

Kids will eat anything, won't they?

Quotes by Tim Curry

Comedy was a secret want, but it wasn't anything I pursued.

Quotes by Tig Notaro

As long as I'm not hurting anybody, I don't think that anything I do is wrong.

Quotes by Tila Tequila

I'd still rather be singing on stage than doing anything else.

Quotes by Tiffany Darwish

Even if you didn't want to have anything to do with the politics, you have to.

Quotes by Thundercat

It was hard to know if anything, any one particular thing, increased my career or not.

Quotes by Thurl Ravenscroft

I certainly don't sit around in the morning making pancakes listening to Whitehouse or anything.

Quotes by Thurston Moore

I'm not any good at foul language or anything like that.

Quotes by Thora Hird

This is the spirit of Manchester United: that they are ready for anything.

Quotes by Thomas Tuchel

Frequently Asked Questions

What different 'anything' statements appear in these quotes?
They range from a baseball comment about an easy pitch to hit, to a defense of Jane Austen against a cliche label, to being contractually limited in what you can do, to never having heard anything about a particular topic.
Is there a quote about an easy pitch in baseball?
Yes. One quote says, "There's no easier pitch to hit than a splitter that doesn't do anything." For more, see Like quotes.
Is there a quote defending Jane Austen?
Yes - one speaker says they don't think "there's anything cliche feminine about Jane Austen," pointing out that her earliest champions were "Sir Walter Scott and the Prince Regent." For more, see About quotes.
Is there a quote about being limited by a contract?
Yes. One speaker explains that after shooting 'Deception,' being "under contract with NBC" meant they "can't really do anything." For more, see Just quotes.
Is there a quote about never having heard something before?
Yes - one speaker says, "I'd never heard anything about this at all." For more, see Know quotes.

Another entry pushes back gently against a stereotype, arguing there's nothing inherently shallow about a beloved author's legacy. Browse more in Know Quotes or Just Quotes.