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Nothing Quotes

Sometimes nothing says the most.

"Nothing" carries surprisingly different tones across this set — frustration with limited consumer protections sits next to warm nostalgia for a cheap, music-filled stretch of life in Paris. For quotes on affection and belonging, see Love quotes.

All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing.

Quotes by Maurice Maeterlinck

They believe that nothing will happen because they have closed their doors.

Quotes by Maurice Maeterlinck

I've always lived by the ocean, and I always will. There's nothing like taking a walk and being able to smell the ocean breeze.

Quotes by Matthew Underwood

Back then, we could drive a mile from home and there was nothing. Now it's grown in every direction and is populated and modernized. I guess I have mixed feelings about it, but I'm not someone that thinks everything should...

Quotes by Matthew Sweet

I bought all the stuff, but nothing was as satisfying to me as using the Rolleiflex because it was one shot.

Quotes by Matthew Modine

There's nothing wrong with being proud of who you are. It's a wonderful thing.

Quotes by Matthew Moy

How much do you have to pay someone to be in a George Clooney/Alexander Payne film? Nothing! Because everyone in the world wants to be a part of it. Therefore you pay nothing. And that continues until you become something...

Quotes by Matthew Lillard

Enough of Sicily being the refugee camp of Europe. I will not stand by and do nothing while there are landings after landings of migrants.

Quotes by Matteo Salvini

The funny thing is all these school shootings that we have, always happen in very religious communities. Maybe it's because the centre of their lives is a big fat nothing and it's just a fantasy and there's nothing there. I...

Quotes by Matthew Bright

If the worst that happens is that I wake up and see a picture of myself and a headline saying, 'He wasn't very funny last night', then I've got nothing to complain about.

Quotes by Matt Lucas

One thing about open source is that even the failures contribute to the next thing that comes up. Unlike a company that could spend a million dollars in two years and fail and there's nothing really to show for it,...

Quotes by Matt Mullenweg

Success is not something I've wrapped my brain around. If people go to those movies, then yes, that's true, big-time success. If not, it's much ado about nothing.

Quotes by Matt Damon

There's nothing more exciting than to watch a story break and grow, and to be the first one to present it to the world.

Quotes by Matt Drudge

There is nothing wrong with my mind.

Quotes by Matt Emmons

I think there's nothing that's not important. Everything you do - from how you connect with the guys in the locker room, to how you learn, to how you play on the field - everything's important; everything goes with the...

Quotes by Matt Flynn

If you approach Cannes with a sense of humor, nothing is that bad. You have to take it for what it is; otherwise, it's silly.

Quotes by Mathieu Amalric

Hood films now are made by studios and have nothing to do with the reality they supposedly represent.

Quotes by Mathieu Kassovitz

There is nothing you can see that is not a Bashoflower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon.

Quotes by Matsuo Basho

Journalism never admits that nothing much is happening.

Quotes by Mason Cooley

Nothing is ever certain in football.

Quotes by Massimiliano Allegri

Frequently Asked Questions

What do the "Nothing" quotes on this page cover?
A mix of consumer frustration, nostalgia, and personal reflection - one speaker criticizes Amazon for not doing enough to protect customers, another recalls buying cheap CD collections while living in Paris, and others reflect on identity and contentment.
Is there a quote about consumer protection or companies?
Yes, one quote describes frustration with Amazon, saying the company protects against a small credit card liability but falls short elsewhere, without fully spelling out what's missing in the excerpt shown.
Is there a quote about living abroad?
Yes, one quote recalls nine years spent in Paris starting in '98, remembering wonderful CD collections that could be found there for almost nothing. For more reflections shaped by personal experience, see the Life page.
Does this page include anything about identity or feeling like an outsider?
Yes - one quote reflects on having many fans who are people of color, and on understanding "that sense of being on the outside looking in, culturally." The Like page has more reflections in a similar vein.
Is there a simple, upbeat quote here about contentment?
Yes, one quote is just a short, plain statement: "I have nothing to complain about." For more short, feel-good lines, check out the Good page, or browse Love for warmer sentiments.

Other entries turn the word toward feeling like an outsider, or toward a quieter kind of satisfaction with having very little to complain about. Continue with Good quotes for a more upbeat register, or Life quotes for broader reflection.