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This page gathers quotes centered on absence and limits - books that stayed unpublished, and a pointed line arguing that secrecy is fundamentally undesirable, merely tolerated when unavoidable.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

Dear, never forget one little point. It's my business. You just work here.

Quotes by Elizabeth Arden

Producing never stops. It's 24/7.

Quotes by Elizabeth Banks

I didn't quite believe I was pretty for a long time. I never thought about it.

Quotes by Elizabeth Banks

I had an audition for Mary Jane Watson in 'Spiderman' and ended up playing Betty Brant in that series. I auditioned for Amy Adams' role in 'Catch Me If You Can' and, you know, ended up playing the bank teller....

Quotes by Elizabeth Banks

I never was a big believer that you can teach writing per se.

Quotes by Elizabeth Berg

I will say a lot of dancers do such beautiful things for their body and then they smoke a cigarette. I've never been a smoker, but I realized after taking yoga . . . in ballet you're not encouraged to...

Quotes by Elizabeth Berkley

Never to lie is to have no lock on your door, you are never wholly alone.

Quotes by Elizabeth Bowen

I became, and remain, my characters' close and intent watcher: their director, never. Their creator I cannot feel that I was, or am.

Quotes by Elizabeth Bowen

I went to Princeton to major in comparative literature. I never went to film school, but I studied storytelling across mediums - poems, literature, film, and journalism.

Quotes by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Since I was a little kid, I was against fur. I never wore fur in my life.

Quotes by Elisabetta Canalis

The funny thing is, though I write mysteries, it is the one genre in adult fiction I never read. I read Nancy Drew, of course, when I was a kid, but I think the real appeal is as a writer...

Quotes by Elise Broach

I don't ever want to be doing the same sort of thing, I never want to be typecast, because I have way too much to give to be sort of, to always be the hot chick in the movie.

Quotes by Elisha Cuthbert

I was bitten by a brown recluse spider. It got me as I was coming out of the shower. I'd never seen that kind of spider before, I'm from Canada and we don't get those types up there.

Quotes by Elisha Cuthbert

I think mixing political and personal with professional and national security issues is always a dangerous game and never worth it.

Quotes by Elissa Slotkin

I wanted to be a political science professor and go to school in Boston. I never wanted to be a big, famous movie star and TV star. It kind of found me.

Quotes by Eliza Dushku

After I graduated high school and came out to do 'Buffy,' I was enrolled at my mom's university, and I was going to go get a real job. I never thought of acting and never really wanted to be an...

Quotes by Eliza Dushku

Usually, when you do video games, you don't interact with the other actors. You each record your audio on different days, and you never really meet the other characters.

Quotes by Eliza Dushku

When you're an aspiring actor, you do so many self-tapes that it gets to a certain point where you have to develop a thick skin, otherwise you will never survive.

Quotes by Eliza Scanlen

Order is never observed; it is disorder that attracts attention because it is awkward and intrusive.

Quotes by Eliphas Levi

There's always going to be a ball up in the air, and what I try to do is make sure that ball is never the kids. If that means sacrificing a social event or having fewer work commitments, it's worth...

Quotes by Elisabeth Hasselbeck

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.