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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This page gathers quotes centered on absence and limits - books that stayed unpublished, and a pointed line arguing that secrecy is fundamentally undesirable, merely tolerated when unavoidable.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 trying to do what I have never done - give the impression one has on entering a room: one sees everything and at the same time nothing.

Quotes by Pierre Bonnard

Art will never be able to exist without nature.

Quotes by Pierre Bonnard

A first impulse was never a crime.

Quotes by Pierre Corneille

I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor.

Quotes by Pierre Corneille

We never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness.

Quotes by Pierre Corneille

We all have these emotions, but you never really want to own up to sadness. You want to bury it.

Quotes by Phyllis Smith

Butterfly was certainly a vehicle for me, and if it died, it still would have served its purpose, in spades. We never expected it to give me the visibility it has given me. It was just a small thing as...

Quotes by Pia Zadora

Hello Kitty will never speak.

Quotes by Pico Iyer

The first time I stepped onto the rooftop of the Potala Palace in Lhasa in 1985, I felt, as never before or since, as if I was stepping onto the rooftop of my being: onto some dimension of consciousness that...

Quotes by Pico Iyer

I would never call Jerusalem beautiful or comfortable or consoling. But there's something about it that you can't turn away from.

Quotes by Pico Iyer

I've yet to use a cellphone, and I've never tweeted or entered Facebook. I try not to go online till my day's writing is finished, and I moved from Manhattan to rural Japan in part so I could more easily...

Quotes by Pico Iyer

It takes 25 minutes to recover from a phone call or an e-mail, researchers have found, and yet the average person receives such an interruption every 11 minutes. Which means that we're never caught up; we're always out of breath,...

Quotes by Pico Iyer

I can still remember the afternoon, on my 15th birthday, when I opened up 'The Virgin and the Gypsy,' D.H. Lawrence's novella, in my tiny cell in boarding school, and whole worlds of possibility opened out that I had never...

Quotes by Pico Iyer

I never expect business to be easy.

Quotes by Pier Luigi Loro Piana

I'll never get bored of seeing flawed women on the screen.

Quotes by Phoebe Waller-Bridge

There's always something to suggest that you'll never be who you wanted to be. Your choice is to take it or keep on moving.

Quotes by Phylicia Rashad

Movie-making is an extreme sport on many levels. It requires stamina such as I had never imagined.

Quotes by Phyllida Lloyd

In the not-for-profit world, I never felt that being female was an impediment. I was, however, given my break into commercial theatre by a female producer, Judy Craymer, and women - in particular, Donna Langley, president of production at Universal...

Quotes by Phyllida Lloyd

Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.

Quotes by Phyllis Diller

A bachelor is a guy who never made the same mistake once.

Quotes by Phyllis Diller

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.