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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.

If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.

Quotes by William Styron

No one ever was a great poet, that applied himself much to anything else.

Quotes by William Temple

The only subject I know anything about is myself and I don't know that too clearly.

Quotes by William Shatner

Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn't music.

Quotes by William Stafford

A politician will do anything to keep his job, even become a patriot.

Quotes by William Randolph Hearst

I've been campaigning like anything for restoring these changes. For 27 years. I wrote a book about it, well, a portion of the book was devoted to these scenes and why they should have been in the movie.

Quotes by William Peter Blatty

The presidents I served under don't have anything to do with my politics.

Quotes by William Odom

The magic question is, 'What for?' But art is not for anything. Art is the ultimate goal.

Quotes by William McDonough

Who thinks the law has anything to do with justice? It's what we have because we can't have justice.

Quotes by William McIlvanney

I contend that in the kind of nonfiction I write, and that other people also pursue, anything is permissible provided the reader knows what you're taking liberties with.

Quotes by William Least Heat-Moon

To know all about anything is to know how to deal with it under all circumstances.

Quotes by William Kingdon Clifford

To sum up: it is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.

Quotes by William Kingdon Clifford

It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.

Quotes by William Kingdon Clifford

It was said that Mr. Gladstone could persuade most people of most things, and himself of anything.

Quotes by William Inge

Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything.

Quotes by William H. Macy

Nobody knows anything.

Quotes by William Goldman

Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie.

Quotes by William Ellery Channing

Life is like a trumpet - if you don't put anything into it, you don't get anything out of it.

Quotes by William Christopher Handy

So, anything that avoids a conflict that could draw in, unhappily again, outside powers such as the United States or revisit, for example, Japan's interests in the Taiwan area would be the last thing that anyone would want.

Quotes by William C. Kirby

Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again.

Quotes by Willa Cather

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.