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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.

A running theme in my life is my inability to say no to anything.

Quotes by David Pogue

I don't think I've necessarily got anything to prove to anyone. I've worked really hard my whole career.

Quotes by David Moyes

Of course, we should all be aware of what we're packing in our carry-on luggage - anything that might be considered dangerous could be confiscated at a security checkpoint.

Quotes by David Neeleman

If there's anything I'm keen to get better at in my writing, then it's the writing of prose as opposed to the writing of dialogue.

Quotes by David Nicholls

Every individual is a person necessarily imbedded in a range of multiple relations, and therefore, no one is really independent in anything but a relative sense; no one is truly autonomous.

Quotes by David Novak

Listening is the essence of anything.

Quotes by David Lyons

Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

Quotes by David Letterman

I needed to be an actor more than anything.

Quotes by David Jason

I don't think I'd seen anything like 'The Killing.'

Quotes by David Hewson

Anything simple always interests me.

Quotes by David Hockney

I'm interested in all kinds of pictures, however they are made, with cameras, with paint brushes, with computers, with anything.

Quotes by David Hockney

I never have anything go wrong. Never have a backache. Never have a headache. Never have anything else.

Quotes by David H. Murdock

Doesn't anybody ever want to talk about anything else besides 'Star Trek?' There were 79 episodes of the series; there were 55 different writers. I was only one of them.

Quotes by David Gerrold

If you have anything, or if I have anything, it's because it's been given to us by our Creator.

Quotes by David Green

When you go into a forest, anything can happen.

Quotes by David Farr

It sometimes feels like I'm not doing anything.

Quotes by David Friedman

I'm a huge fan of anything touched by the Neptunes.

Quotes by David Gallagher

I'll sweep the floors. I've picked up napkins in the men's room. I'm not above anything.

Quotes by David Duffield

I don't think HBO would want to do anything in conjunction with Sub Pop but I never asked either.

Quotes by David Cross

Condemnatory conservatism isn't anything I'm interested in.

Quotes by David Brudnoy

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.