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This page gathers quotes centered on absence and limits - books that stayed unpublished, and a pointed line arguing that secrecy is fundamentally undesirable, merely tolerated when unavoidable.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

It is never good to concede a goal; it is part of our job not to concede, just as it is part of our job to score.

Quotes by David Luiz

Strikers never lose games... we have to be honest and say that.

Quotes by David Luiz

It's never easy to play against City.

Quotes by David Luiz

I can speak about me: I never want to be off the pitch; I never want to come off.

Quotes by David Luiz

If you don't take risks in your life, you never feel something new, so I taste something new, and I like that.

Quotes by David Luiz

I've never thought about the ages of my readers.

Quotes by David Macaulay

By my mid-30s, I just thought, 'This is not going to happen. I am never going to become an astronaut in the U.K.'

Quotes by David Mackay

It's always irritated me that people say, 'Where's the action? Oh wow, there's no action here; let's go somewhere else.' These people will never find the action.

Quotes by David Lee Roth

As a director, just to be able to jump in to do something that's different, and to explore comedy and be challenged by that, is great. Some directors never get that opportunity.

Quotes by David Leitch

I can honestly say I've never thought for a second about whether a character reflects poorly on any group. All that matters to me is that the character is true to my belief in who he or she is.

Quotes by David Levithan

I love bouncing my words off of someone else's, and the fact that writing a story with someone else guarantees you'll get something you never, ever would have written on your own.

Quotes by David Levithan

The phonograph and kinetoscope may some day seize and perpetuate all save the magnetic touch, but that weird, illusive, indefinable yet wonderfully real power by which the orator subdues may never be caught by science or preserved for the cruel...

Quotes by David Josiah Brewer

He who is honest in his dealings simply because of the social prestige and position it secures will never develop his higher nature, but will always live along the lower lines.

Quotes by David Josiah Brewer

Caricatures created by politics never fit comfortably into the Oval Office.

Quotes by David K. Shipler

If you have never been tortured, or locked up and verbally threatened, you may find it hard to believe that anyone would confess to something he had not done. Intuition holds that the innocent do not make false confessions.

Quotes by David K. Shipler

I never spent much time with people my own age.

Quotes by David Karp

And never - not in a single case - was the explanation, 'I was pressured to do this.' The explanation was very often, 'The limited data we had led one to reasonably conclude this. I now see that there's another...

Quotes by David Kay

I'm a working actor so I never really pick a film because of a genre, and I don't really turn them down because of genre. Anything that's unlike the picture I just finished is always more interesting.

Quotes by David Keith

I never sweat about work. I just assume work's coming.

Quotes by David Koechner

I never want people to be repulsed with my pictures; I always want to attract people.

Quotes by David LaChapelle

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.