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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.

Maybe we're kind of predisposed to think that anything a politician does is calculated and therefore suspect.

Quotes by Deborah Tannen

A double bind is far worse than a straightforward damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't dilemma. It requires you to obey two mutually exclusive commands: Anything you do to fulfill one violates the other.

Quotes by Deborah Tannen

Our field is very focused on finding Earth 2.0, and anything we can do to narrow the search is helpful.

Quotes by Debra Fischer

I had no thought of being a writer. I never wanted to do anything. I'm tremendously lazy.

Quotes by Deborah Eisenberg

I always need huge amounts of time to do anything.

Quotes by Deborah Eisenberg

I just entered the wonderful world of 40s, so anything anti-aging, I'm jumping on.

Quotes by Deborah Joy Winans

My motivation is only for us to win a championship. Anything else, I'm not concerned about.

Quotes by DeAndre Jordan

I just want to be the best defensive player I can be and anything I can give us offensively is a bonus.

Quotes by DeAndre Jordan

Anything I get offensively, just finish it.

Quotes by DeAndre Jordan

I played saxophone for 15 years. I played out. It never reached any kind of a level that was recording or anything.

Quotes by Dayton Callie

There are times when you got to put a little 'extra' in, especially on a card at WrestleMania or SummerSlam because it's no time to hold anything back. You have to pull out all of the stops.

Quotes by Dean Ambrose

The WWE Championship is the greatest championship in the history of this sport. It has the most history of anything.

Quotes by Dean Ambrose

Anything that creates fear, I want to conquer it.

Quotes by Dawn Richard

It's going to be impossible in the 21st century for anyone to think about anything without a Chinese aspect.

Quotes by David Tang

I would consider myself one of the least misogynistic men in the country - if anything, just the opposite.

Quotes by David Thewlis

I think I've had more fun playing Varga than I've had for quite a number of years playing anything.

Quotes by David Thewlis

A spontaneous interview feels differently than anything else you see on television.

Quotes by David Steinberg

I did three or four weeks of work on 'Godzilla;' it wasn't a page-one rewrite or anything like that. The term is 'script doctoring,' is what I did on it.

Quotes by David S. Goyer

Finger pointing never got anything done!

Quotes by David Pratt

Ninety-nine percent of advertising doesn't sell much of anything.

Quotes by David Ogilvy

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.