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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.

It doesn't take anything to be a businessman.

Quotes by John Paul Getty Jr.

I'm British, so obviously I repress any powerful emotions of any kind in relation to anything.

Quotes by John Oliver

A set definite objective must be established if we are to accomplish anything in a big way.

Quotes by John McDonald

It's very tough to run my side of the line. Eight out of 10 plays, they don't get anything.

Quotes by John Matuszak

I don't release records to be anything but enjoyable.

Quotes by John Lydon

The United States came out of the 1990s, if anything, in an even greater position of hegemony and preeminence than it was at the beginning of the 1990s.

Quotes by John Lewis Gaddis

Protest theater has a place again. It's not against whites or apartheid. It is against injustice and anything that fails our people.

Quotes by John Kani

Brother Jones is not my product, and I am not responsible for anything he writes or says.

Quotes by John Harvey Kellogg

We must make up our minds to be ignorant of much, if we would know anything.

Quotes by John Henry Newman

One thing you really have to watch as a writer is getting on a soapbox or pulpit about anything. You don't want to alienate readers.

Quotes by John Grisham

There was no convincing me that a stepmother could be anything but a wicked ogre, and I acted accordingly.

Quotes by John Garfield

Sometimes the weight of expectations, of doing anything, can be a little bit heavy.

Quotes by John F. Kennedy Jr.

I've experienced the highest of highs and lowest of lows. I think to really appreciate anything you have to be at both ends of the spectrum.

Quotes by John Elway

I don't like paying too much for anything or wasting it. I think that I'm more of a balanced individual rather than a dichotomy.

Quotes by John Caudwell

'Titania' is the best yacht currently afloat of its kind and size. There is very little, if anything, that anybody would go wanting for on 'Titania.'

Quotes by John Caudwell

My home is at the WWE. I truly do love performing. The atmosphere here isn't like anything else. It's truly where I belong.

Quotes by John Cena

A man will give up almost anything except his suffering.

Quotes by John Cleese

The point of an experiment is not to arrive at a predetermined end point, to prove or disprove anything, but to deliver a poem that reveals much about the process taken.

Quotes by John Barton

Live to 97 and you can do anything.

Quotes by John B. Goodenough

As a storyboard artist, you have to be able to draw anything.

Quotes by John Allison

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.