Logo - Feel The Words

Never Quotes

Quotes on what never happens.

This page gathers quotes centered on absence and limits - books that stayed unpublished, and a pointed line arguing that secrecy is fundamentally undesirable, merely tolerated when unavoidable. Related reading includes Life Quotes.

I'm at the age where I've got to prove that I'm just as good as I never was.

Quotes by Rex Harrison

And one thing I can be proud of is we have a 'Come and Try Fishing' day every year. And there's 20 venues throughout the state, and see, these thousands of kids who've never been fishing come along.

Quotes by Rex Hunt

I've never been uncomfortable sharing stuff. It's almost the opposite. I'll say the most blunt, brutally honest thing about any situation.

Quotes by Rex Orange County

We have won five Super Bowls as a family, but we want to win our sixth at some point. And I want to win it as a head coach, because that has never been done in our family.

Quotes by Rex Ryan

I was never the kind of person who cared much what people thought about me.

Quotes by Rene Russo

Oh, my gosh, I've never seen a film unless, you know, if I have to go and do ADR, loop-loop. But I don't watch after. I'm too critical.

Quotes by Rene Russo

I had never seen a Marvel comic.

Quotes by Rene Russo

For me, when I did 'Thor,' they changed my lines at the last minute, and then I had to speak with an English accent - and it was horrifying. I was in front of a crew of 250 people on...

Quotes by Rene Russo

I never thought I could model, and I certainly never thought about acting. It's just something that happened to me.

Quotes by Rene Russo

I've never been a stalker fan. I've always been a fan from afar.

Quotes by Renee Elise Goldsberry

The terrorists haven't won, and we should tell them in plain English, 'No, there will never be a mosque at Ground Zero.'

Quotes by Renee Ellmers

There's no performance where I never have to think about setting up a phrase or making a technical adjustment while I'm performing.

Quotes by Renee Fleming

Some of my first teachers were incredibly tough. You could never sing more than three words without being stopped and having to do it over 20 times. I loved that - that sort of process of dissecting and trying to...

Quotes by Renee Fleming

Everybody's a work in progress. I'm a work in progress. I mean, I've never arrived... I'm still learning all the time.

Quotes by Renee Fleming

I remember just lying in the grass, staring at the clouds, wondering where they drifted off to after they floated over Texas. I never would have imagined that one day I would follow one of those clouds and find myself...

Quotes by Renee Zellweger

I'm never going to retire.

Quotes by Rene Auberjonois

A photograph is a moment - when you press the button, it will never come back.

Quotes by Rene Burri

I never had the time or luxury to think about inventing my own colour theory. When colour came, I was interested in expressing things that happened around me in time.

Quotes by Rene Burri

I think that's the strength of photography - to decide the decisive moment, to click in the moment to come up with a picture that never comes back again.

Quotes by Rene Burri

The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once.

Quotes by Rene Descartes

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of quotes are gathered under "Never"?
These quotes explore things that haven't happened, aren't wanted, or weren't anticipated — unpublished books that never found a marketing angle, the idea that secrets are "never desirable" even when needed, and a reflection on how it "never occurred" to anyone that private conversation might need protecting.
Are these quotes mostly about regret?
Not exactly regret, more observation — noticing gaps, oversights, or things that didn't come to pass, like unpublished books or an unanticipated need for privacy protections.
Is there a quote about problem-solving here?
Yes — one notes that "people constantly face problems they've never seen before" and have to improvise solutions, which is a nice contrast to the other, more resigned quotes on this page.
How is "Never" different from <a href="/always-quotes">Always</a> quotes?
They're natural opposites — "Always" quotes are about consistency and long-held habits, while "Never" quotes are about absence, gaps, and things that haven't happened.
What should I read if I want something more upbeat?
Good quotes or Like quotes lean lighter, while "Never" quotes tend to be more contemplative. For a broader reflective read, Life quotes is also worth checking.

Other quotes touch on constitutional rights never explicitly written down, and the constant stream of new problems people have never faced before. See also Always Quotes and Good Quotes.