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This page gathers quotes centered on absence and limits - books that stayed unpublished, and a pointed line arguing that secrecy is fundamentally undesirable, merely tolerated when unavoidable.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

As the fashion carousel spins ever faster, the concern is that, while the stream of newness never runs out, there's going to be a good deal more crash and burn among designers in the future.

Quotes by Suzy Menkes

I knew him, but never felt that I got really close to Saint Laurent. But who really did? Betty Catroux, maybe.

Quotes by Suzy Menkes

The United States and Israel have always had a unique and strong bond that can never be broken.

Quotes by Suzan DelBene

Everything I write doesn't appear to be biography until later. I often say that I've never written about anything I've experienced. Of course, that's not true. But it doesn't appear familiar to me at all. And maybe that's because I...

Quotes by Suzan-Lori Parks

In the earliest days, make-up and moralising were intertwined. The 'cosmetic slops and washes' of the 17th and 18th centuries aimed to smooth complexions and revive a woman's 'bloom' - but their critics were never far behind.

Quotes by Susie Dent

I never let my gender define me but in my whole driving career I only ever did one interview not being asked about being a female.

Quotes by Susie Wolff

I never really thought about being a woman in a man's world. Then at the World Championships in 2000 I finished 15th. I was called on to the podium just for being a woman, and I realised things were going...

Quotes by Susie Wolff

I never thought of myself as a role model, but I've had so many messages from girls, women, mothers saying I was an inspiration.

Quotes by Susie Wolff

I've never played on my gender.

Quotes by Susie Wolff

I loved New York, but I never quite felt like New York was my home either.

Quotes by Sutton Foster

As many times as I have done 'Marriage of Figaro,' I have never been able to ask Mozart what he intended in this piece.

Quotes by Susanna Phillips

I shouldn't have been diagnosed as swiftly as I had been. I shouldn't have recovered as fully as I did. I shouldn't have been able to write a book that did as well as it did, and that book should...

Quotes by Susannah Cahalan

I never imagined while going through this horrifying illness that I would write a book or that it could ever be a movie.

Quotes by Susannah Cahalan

I'm extremely straightforward. And I can't do that sort of traditional girl thing of saying one thing that actually means something else. I never understood it, and I still don't understand it.

Quotes by Susanne Bier

Let me clear it once and for all: I was never offered 'Befikre.' But had I been offered, I wouldn't have done it.

Quotes by Sushant Singh Rajput

Two of my grandfathers had been artists, lifelong oil painters, so I was exposed to art very young. I've always been interested in it, although I never pursued it as a career or even as an avocation.

Quotes by Susan Vreeland

I would like to bring people who have never been to a museum into a museum. And I would like to bring museum goers into libraries. I think there ought to be this cross-fertilization.

Quotes by Susan Vreeland

I never felt I was incapable of succeeding because I felt confident I could always learn what I needed to know.

Quotes by Susan Wiggs

Growing up I never imagined a little girl from a border town could one day become a governor. But this is America. In America algo es possible.

Quotes by Susana Martinez

Growing up, I never imagined a girl from a border town could one day become a governor.

Quotes by Susana Martinez

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.