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This page gathers quotes centered on absence and limits - books that stayed unpublished, and a pointed line arguing that secrecy is fundamentally undesirable, merely tolerated when unavoidable.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.
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To observe a profoundly stupid individual can be very enriching, and that's why we should never feel contempt for them.
I have never known so much naive conviction allied to greater intellectual poverty.
I have never had a studio, and I do not understand shutting oneself up in a room. To draw, yes; to paint, no.
I'll never be rude to another news person. It's a tough job, a thankless job. You really have to get out there and grovel to get your story.
I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.
I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it.
The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything.
Coming back to AC Milan was like I'd never been away, actually: you know everybody; everybody knows you.
I would love to play in the Premier League; which player wouldn't? I am happy at AC Milan, but never say never.
My coach never looked at me as a female fighter, but just as a fighter, as someone he was training. I had to work just as hard as the guys, or harder than them.
There's nobody who loves being around actors working more than David Mamet, especially actors bringing his tremendous dialogue to life. I've never seen a movie director who was happier to be directing a movie than Dave.
My tendencies are much more the Henry James thing, where we sit in silence at the table for three minutes, and our whole lives are changed because of a revelation that never quite happens but almost bubbles to the surface.
We think that we know people from this constellation of points: 'I know that story. I know that girl. I've heard that story a thousand times.' But actually, you never know that story.
I liked the idea of being from 'somewhere else.' I do think that's inherited. My father never had a fixed sense of where home was, and for my sister and me, it is much easier not to belong than to...
If I hear a story or a fact about somebody I don't know and have never met, it's like getting a hollow vessel that you can fill up with whatever you want. That's more tempting to me than to try...
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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.
