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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.

You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.

Quotes by Harold S. Geneen

I love nature. I'm not going to do anything to detract from it.

Quotes by Harold Hamm

I wrote my second novel, 'A Little Life,' in what I still think of as a fever dream: For 18 months, I was unable to properly concentrate on anything else.

Quotes by Hanya Yanagihara

If I didn't write, I'd be like a duvet cover; I have no other marketable skills. Clearly I'm not meant to do anything else.

Quotes by Harlan Coben

Katrina did much more damage than anything the terrorists could ever put together.

Quotes by Hamza Yusuf

I believe it is impossible to be sure of anything.

Quotes by Han Fei

I'm not afraid of portraying anything on-screen.

Quotes by Halle Berry

The Pandora's box of unholiness is attempting to sing anything that Freddie Mercury ever sang.

Quotes by Hale Appleman

I'm not a stand-up comedian. I'm not an improv person or anything, but I've always been a fan of that stuff.

Quotes by Haley Joel Osment

Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it.

Quotes by Haim Ginott

One can never produce anything as terrible and impressive as one can awesomely hint about.

Quotes by H. P. Lovecraft

The Founders were anything but demigods to themselves and their contemporaries, who recognized full well that the experiment in self-government had only begun.

Quotes by H. W. Brands

Dentists, doctors, surveyors from Latvia wanted to come to England, do anything to get away from the Soviet regime.

Quotes by Guy Martin

On immigration, there are a lot of hurdles before anything arrives at the White House.

Quotes by Gwen Ifill

I'm not doing anything for anybody. I'm doing what I do.

Quotes by Guy Fieri

More than I've wanted anything, I've wanted to do well at the X Games.

Quotes by Gus Kenworthy

Don't argue. We ain't doing that. What you going back and forth with somebody over anything for?

Quotes by Gunna

It's hard, transitioning from one thing to another. That's with anything you do.

Quotes by Gunna

I am often considered almost not a part of the profession of Establishment economists. I am even referred to as a sociologist. And by that, economists usually do not mean anything flattering.

Quotes by Gunnar Myrdal

I don't own anything designer.

Quotes by Grimes

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.