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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This page gathers quotes centered on absence and limits - books that stayed unpublished, and a pointed line arguing that secrecy is fundamentally undesirable, merely tolerated when unavoidable.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 don't know if I have any feelings about psychics. I never really met any.

Quotes by Patrick Wilson

Children never say that their father is the smartest; instead they boast that he's the strongest.

Quotes by Patrik Baboumian

My first reaction to Trump being elected was a visceral one. I cried for black people in general but, more particularly, for those of us at the margins who have been struggling and who have never received enough support.

Quotes by Patrisse Cullors

Policing has never been about public safety: its origins are rooted in social control, the denial of people's human rights, securing the U.S. borders, recapturing escaped, enslaved Africans, and upholding racist, homophobic, and transphobic laws.

Quotes by Patrisse Cullors

Black women's lives have never been shown any value in America.

Quotes by Patrisse Cullors

I have never felt the grips of patriarchy and its need to erase black women and our labor... so strongly until the creation of Black Lives Matter.

Quotes by Patrisse Cullors

I would never have gone anywhere if it hadn't been for Mother's faith and support.

Quotes by Patsy Cline

I got me a hit record and I ain't never made a cent from it.

Quotes by Patsy Cline

Boys, they can't take my refrigerator now. They'll never get my car now. I paid cash for 'em and they're mine, and I'm keepin' 'em!

Quotes by Patsy Cline

I'll be a flop in movies. Besides, I don't like 'em, and I never did believe there was a place called Hollywood. Somebody made it up!

Quotes by Patsy Kelly

I think that my father would find it so confusing that people want to imitate him. Not because he didn't have confidence in who he was, but because he never imitated anybody. He was his own person.

Quotes by Patti Davis

I grew up in this era where your parents' friends were all called aunt and uncle. And then I had an aunt and an aunt. We saw them on holidays and other times. We never talked about it, but I...

Quotes by Patti Davis

When my father, Ronald Reagan, was running for president in 1980, my mother, Nancy, traveled with him on the campaign trail, but she did not give speeches or even many interviews. She never stood in front of a group of...

Quotes by Patti Davis

I never wanted to disappoint my family at all.

Quotes by Patti Hansen

I never wore flats: The higher the shoe, the better.

Quotes by Patti Hansen

I never really ate that bad, I just ate too much. It wasn't like I had to switch to whole wheat bread or something like that. I really just had to eat less of what I was eating, and I...

Quotes by Patrick Stump

Yoko Ono never deserved any of the hate she got. Paul McCartney and John Lennon weren't getting along.

Quotes by Patrick Stump

I've never been one to run from a challenge.

Quotes by Patrick Swayze

Sometimes a movie encapsulates a period or a moment in all of our lives in such a way that it never dies.

Quotes by Patrick Swayze

I believed totally in the possibilities implied in the series. I never thought of it as fantasy. Far from it.

Quotes by Patrick Troughton

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.