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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.

Once you learn how to free up in front of the camera, it's like nothing else.

Quotes by William Jackson Harper

None so little enjoy themselves, and are such burdens to themselves, as those who have nothing to do. Only the active have the true relish of life.

Quotes by William Jennings Bryan

I consider nothing low but ignorance, vice, and meanness, characteristics generally found where the animal propensities predominate over the higher sentiments.

Quotes by William John Wills

The actual danger is nothing, and the positive advantages very great.

Quotes by William John Wills

There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.

Quotes by William J. Clinton

On my passage thither, I discovered nothing remarkable in the features of the country.

Quotes by William Henry Ashley

Sir, I wish to understand the true principles of the Government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more.

Quotes by William Henry Harrison

There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.

Quotes by William Henry Harrison

It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able to do nothing else.

Quotes by William Hazlitt

SEAL training was a great equalizer. Nothing mattered but your will to succeed. Not your color, not your ethnic background, not your education and not your social status.

Quotes by William H. McRaven

There is nothing more important to a democracy than an active and engaged press.

Quotes by William H. McRaven

There is nothing more distressing or tiresome than a writer standing in front of an audience and reading his work.

Quotes by William Gaddis

Why shouldn't we give our teachers a license to obtain software, all software, any software, for nothing? Does anyone demand a licensing fee, each time a child is taught the alphabet?

Quotes by William Gibson

The House of Peers, throughout the war, did nothing in particular, and did it very well.

Quotes by William Gilbert

What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with what we are today, but revisiting this painful past can contribute little or nothing to what we need to do now.

Quotes by William Glasser

We can pay teachers a hundred thousand dollars a year, and we'll do nothing to improve our schools as long as we keep the A, B, C, D, F grading system.

Quotes by William Glasser

I'm a huge fan of actors, and I love when people find moments and a scene works. There's nothing more that I love than to go over to another actor and say, 'Yeah! You just rocked that one, baby!'

Quotes by William Fichtner

Nothing that is morally wrong can be politically right.

Quotes by William E. Gladstone

By the mid-1950s, the young bond traders on the Street were becoming more and more of a fraternity. We organized informal luncheons every Thursday in an effort to educate financial writers, who knew next to nothing about municipal bonds.

Quotes by William E. Simon

Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost.

Quotes by William Ellery Channing

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.