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This page gathers quotes centered on absence and limits - books that stayed unpublished, and a pointed line arguing that secrecy is fundamentally undesirable, merely tolerated when unavoidable.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

Soon I realized that if beauty equalled forgiveness, I was never going to be forgiven.

Quotes by Kevyn Aucoin

I don't use 'always do this,' 'never say that' and I never give advice because I'm not the end-all, be-all authority.

Quotes by Kevyn Aucoin

I can never sit still for five minutes.

Quotes by Kevin Pietersen

The England team is a team that never, ever stops.

Quotes by Kevin Pietersen

I never think of playing for South Africa. It's the furthest thing from my mind.

Quotes by Kevin Pietersen

I have never been racist.

Quotes by Kevin Pietersen

I have no interest in anyone who wants to criticise me, or doesn't like me despite never having met me.

Quotes by Kevin Pietersen

'Friday Night Lights' was never a break-out hit; I'll never regret doing that show.

Quotes by Kevin Reilly

While I have made errors that I deeply regret, I have never, ever done so with the intent of subverting the law or of benefiting myself.

Quotes by Kevin Shelley

We never thought the first movie would bomb.

Quotes by Kevin McDonald

We end the show with something that's never been on TV because it was too big for a sketch but we couldn't stretch it out to make a whole episode because it would have been too long, but we always...

Quotes by Kevin McDonald

We're doing 3,000 seaters before that we never played anything more than 1,000.

Quotes by Kevin McDonald

When a show becomes successful, people want to hire the people on the show for other things, and we would all try to do other things, but we could never end up doing them, so casting directors were just like,...

Quotes by Kevin McHale

I've never considered myself a presenter or never really had the desire to do that, but in the U.S., what that entails is completely different to what it is on a panel show. A panel show is just a lot...

Quotes by Kevin McHale

You can never protect yourself 100%. What you do is protect yourself as much as possible and mitigate risk to an acceptable degree. You can never remove all risk.

Quotes by Kevin Mitnick

I'm still a hacker. I get paid for it now. I never received any monetary gain from the hacking I did before. The main difference in what I do now compared to what I did then is that I now...

Quotes by Kevin Mitnick

No way, no how did I break into NORAD. That's a complete myth. And I never attempted to access anything considered to be classified government systems.

Quotes by Kevin Mitnick

I had a very easy middle class upbringing and never had to worry about anything. But my parents came from nothing and from broken homes, and their stories were always very interesting.

Quotes by Kevin Morby

'Rock Bottom Riser' by Smog - I was just in Europe, and my jet lag never really went away. I wasn't sleeping very much. Then one night, my girlfriend saw a Bill Callahan show in L.A. and took a video...

Quotes by Kevin Morby

'Harlem River' is about the Harlem River in uptown Manhattan. I don't know much to say about it. I came upon that river a couple of years ago. I was doing a walk the length of Manhattan, from the top...

Quotes by Kevin Morby

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.