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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This page gathers quotes centered on absence and limits - books that stayed unpublished, and a pointed line arguing that secrecy is fundamentally undesirable, merely tolerated when unavoidable.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 think you jump into things without thinking ahead very much because I had never been in an airplane - even in a commercial airliner. I had never flown at all. I just wanted to be commissioned, to be a...

Quotes by Fred Haise

You can kill a revolutionary but you can never kill the revolution.

Quotes by Fred Hampton

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

Quotes by Franz Kafka

My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.

Quotes by Franz Kafka

Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

Quotes by Franz Kafka

Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.

Quotes by Franz Kafka

As the mother teaches her children how to express themselves in their language, so one Gypsy musician teaches the other. They have never shown any need for notation.

Quotes by Franz Liszt

Every night when I go to bed, I hope that I may never wake again, and every morning renews my grief.

Quotes by Franz Schubert

I never force myself to be devout except when I feel so inspired, and never compose hymns of prayers unless I feel within me real and true devotion.

Quotes by Franz Schubert

Never having children is a huge regret of mine.

Quotes by Frazer Hines

I have no desire to prove anything by dancing. I have never used it as an outlet or a means of expressing myself. I just dance. I just put my feet in the air and move them around.

Quotes by Fred Astaire

I don't play golf or tennis, I don't ski, I don't snowboard. If you love what you do, you never get enough of it.

Quotes by Frankie Valli

Booksellers initially thought of Amazon as their best friend. They were coming in, and they were challenging Barnes and Noble, and Borders, which were the big, dominant corporations of the day, and that they would disrupt them and make them...

Quotes by Franklin Foer

Mark Zuckerberg has never really had pressure put on him. He's an engineer, and he's created this perfect system that is Facebook, and he's always been concerned about the internal beauty and logic of this creation that he's created. I...

Quotes by Franklin Foer

I've never really been one to try to be politically correct. I just feel truth is truth, and sometimes I probably offend some people.

Quotes by Franklin Graham

I have never really tried to forge my own identity. As followers of Jesus Christ, we ought to forge our identity in Him.

Quotes by Franklin Graham

Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they're going to catch you in next.

Quotes by Franklin P. Jones

You never realize what a good memory you have until you try to forget something.

Quotes by Franklin P. Jones

That is - the reason for that is that home prices are only going to go up. Now, they've never gone down nationwide in our - since we've been keeping track of this.

Quotes by Franklin Raines

Being part of the E.U. in Poland means that for the first time in a millennium, nobody disputes Poland's borders, and it brought a level of freedom that Poland has never known before.

Quotes by Frans Timmermans

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.