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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This page gathers quotes centered on absence and limits - books that stayed unpublished, and a pointed line arguing that secrecy is fundamentally undesirable, merely tolerated when unavoidable.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 never gave anybody hell! I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.

Quotes by Harry S Truman

You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot make proper judgements about what is going on.

Quotes by Harry S Truman

In the year and a half I was on SNL, I never saw anybody ad lib anything. For a very good reason - the director cut according to the script. So, if you ad libbed, you'd be off mike and...

Quotes by Harry Shearer

I'm at a little loss in terms of my Leave It To Beaver expertise, since I never watched an episode of the show - so the cast in the pilot could have been Martians or they could have been the...

Quotes by Harry Shearer

Most Americans never work as hard as when they're trying to appear normal, and in New Orleans, we just don't bother with that.

Quotes by Harry Shearer

I like Mr. Burns because he is pure evil. A lot of evil people make the mistake of diluting it. Never adulterate your evil.

Quotes by Harry Shearer

What you know about the people whom you know at all well is truly amazing, even though you have never formulated it.

Quotes by Harry Stack Sullivan

I take it season by season. I don't like looking too far ahead, because you never know what can happen.

Quotes by Harry Kane

My plan for the online version of 'Famous Monsters' is to become an online 'uncle' to an entire group of people who have never read or heard of 'Famous Monsters of Filmland.' The site will not be written in a...

Quotes by Harry Knowles

Having chosen something worth doing, never give up, and try not to let anyone down.

Quotes by Harry Kroto

Never, ever, compromise on science.

Quotes by Harry Kroto

Many think of the sciences as merely a fund of knowledge. Journalists never ask scientists anything other than what the applications are of scientific breakthroughs. Interestingly, I doubt they ever ask a musician, writer, or actor the same question. I...

Quotes by Harry Kroto

I didn't want to be stuck in Dickens period dramas because then I would never know if I was any good.

Quotes by Harry Lloyd

Our lives are to be used and thus to be lived as fully as possible, and truly it seems that we are never so alive as when we concern ourselves with other people.

Quotes by Harry Chapin

Though we hear various reports of his existence we can never find the young wizard who is able so they say to graft the soul of a girl to the soul of her lover so that not even the sharp...

Quotes by Harry Crosby

I've never been ambitious about recording.

Quotes by Harry Dean Stanton

I've never seen a Western that was really truthful. Most are just morality plays. Good guys and bad guys - and the good guys always win, whereas in reality, most of the sheriffs were as bad as the gangsters they...

Quotes by Harry Dean Stanton

I WAS born a slave; but I never knew it till six years of happy childhood had passed away.

Quotes by Harriet Ann Jacobs

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

Quotes by Harriet Beecher Stowe

I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say; I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.

Quotes by Harriet Tubman

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.