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This page gathers quotes centered on absence and limits - books that stayed unpublished, and a pointed line arguing that secrecy is fundamentally undesirable, merely tolerated when unavoidable.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

After doing One Fine Day and playing a pediatrician on ER, I'll never have kids. I'm going to have a vasectomy.

Quotes by George Clooney

I was watching 'Up In The Air' and I thought, 'Jesus, who's the old gray-haired guy?' And it was me. I never wear makeup for movies and now it's starting to show.

Quotes by George Clooney

And what 's impossible can't be, And never, never comes to pass.

Quotes by George Colman

Across Africa there is what I call a colonialist mentality or orthodoxy. Orthodoxy in the sense that a lot of things have gone wrong in Africa in the post-colonial period. And time and time again, any time something went wrong,...

Quotes by George Ayittey

By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respect that can never excite envy.

Quotes by George Bancroft

I never gave up on that idea, you know, that jazz musicians have the same opportunity as everybody else and that it's what you put on that record that makes the difference whether you sell it or not or are...

Quotes by George Benson

My whole life, I've never worried about being No. 1, because that's the guy they've got to get out of there.

Quotes by George Benson

You see things; and you say 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?'

George Bernard Shaw

David Beckham has never impressed me.

Quotes by George Best

A lot of people would probably get quite bored watching a series about a king who is powerful and never showed any vulnerability.

Quotes by George Blagden

No matter how correct a mathematical theorem may appear to be, one ought never to be satisfied that there was not something imperfect about it until it also gives the impression of being beautiful.

Quotes by George Boole

I never thought I was going to get involved in politics other than the DA's office.

Quotes by George Brauchler

Every time I sit with our general manager at a baseball game, and there's number-cruncher and statistician guy - I'm sitting around - they start talking about stuff, and I say, 'What's that? I've never heard of that one before.'

Quotes by George Brett

My father cared a lot about me, but he never gave me the satisfaction of really knowing it. Hitting .390 wasn't enough for him. Nothing seemed to be. He was not trying to be mean. He was just seeing to...

Quotes by George Brett

In the latter case life rests upon a thousand presuppositions which the individual can never trace back to their origins, and verify; but which he must accept upon faith and belief.

Quotes by Georg Simmel

I would never have become music director of the Chicago Symphony, which would have been an extremely sad loss.

Quotes by Georg Solti

The experience awakened 'my tremendous musical ambition, which has never subsided to this day.

Quotes by Georg Solti

A man of letters never objects to a slum. He sharpens his pen there.

Quotes by George A. Moore

Men never get free from morality, only women.

Quotes by George A. Moore

Dublin dwindles so beautifully; there is no harsh separation between it and the country. It fades away, whereas London seems to devour the country; an army of buildings come and take away a beautiful park, and you never seem to...

Quotes by George A. Moore

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.