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This page gathers quotes centered on absence and limits - books that stayed unpublished, and a pointed line arguing that secrecy is fundamentally undesirable, merely tolerated when unavoidable.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

Faith given back to us after a night of doubt is a stronger thing, and far more valuable to us than faith that has never been tested.

Quotes by Elizabeth Goudge

I still love it. I love lots of other music, too, and always have, but punk's the soundtrack of my youth. I think you never escape the music you're listening to and seeing when you're seventeen, eighteen, nineteen years old.

Quotes by Elizabeth Hand

I've never felt like I can't do anything because I'm a woman. Never, ever. I was privileged enough to be surrounded by women that were at the top of their game and just freakin' doing it.

Quotes by Elizabeth Henstridge

I've always wanted to be a spy, and frankly I'm a little surprised that British intelligence has never approached me.

Quotes by Elizabeth Hurley

I'm pretty nice. I'm far from an ax murderer. I've never been mean to anyone in my life.

Quotes by Elizabeth Hurley

You know, I've virtually never been chatted up in my life, it's true.

Quotes by Elizabeth Hurley

I always wear make-up as I've never seen the point of looking less than your best.

Quotes by Elizabeth Hurley

God forgive you, but I never can.

Quotes by Elizabeth I

If we still advise we shall never do.

Quotes by Elizabeth I

Ye may have a greater prince, but ye shall never have a more loving prince.

Quotes by Elizabeth I

I went to see 'Frozen' - appropriately, with my sister - and loved it, but never in a million years could I have imagined that I'd ever play Anna. I mean, what are the chances?

Quotes by Elizabeth Lail

Red carpets are awful. They're like a kind of purgatory - you stand there, and there are cameras flashing everywhere. One of my first red carpets was in Cannes for 'The Great Gatsby,' and I'd never seen anything like it.

Quotes by Elizabeth Debicki

My mother and father had been through the Holocaust. The family was wiped out. I grew up never knowing aunts, uncles, or grandparents.

Quotes by Elizabeth Diller

I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of architecture as intellectually bankrupt and slightly corrupt, and I was always more interested in other forms of discourse.

Quotes by Elizabeth Diller

I never thought I was going to be an architect in the conventional sense.

Quotes by Elizabeth Diller

We were never a family that had a lot. We had enough, but not a lot.

Quotes by Elizabeth Edwards

You never know when something's going to hit you in a particular way and just knock you loose.

Quotes by Elizabeth Edwards

I've never had a highly developed sense of being female. The sexuality has either been stopped, or else it's been an exaggerated P J Harvey kind of sexuality.

Quotes by Elizabeth Fraser

I've never written to a band since the Beatles. Since the Dave Clark Five!

Quotes by Elizabeth Fraser

The cloud never comes from the quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.

Quotes by Elizabeth Gaskell

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.