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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.

I think I've got something when I'm onscreen, but that's nothing to do with acting or talent.

Quotes by Julie Christie

If I'd learned nothing else, it was this: If you want to be a great writer, be a man. If you can't be a man, write like one.

Quotes by Julianna Baggott

A good novel doesn't just transcend the boundaries of its target market - it knows nothing about target markets.

Quotes by Julianna Baggott

I would have gone to law school, or gotten a psychology degree. I wasn't interested in sleeping on a futon forever. And what happened is I walked into auditions, and I had nothing to lose, because I had a backup...

Quotes by Julianna Margulies

I knew that this was what I wanted to talk about on stage. There was no point being coy about it, or pretending that I wasn't gay. That was the substance of my whole act. If you took that away,...

Quotes by Julian Clary

There is almost nothing in your house that does not tell something about you.

Quotes by Julian Fellowes

Nothing is harder to dramatize than happiness.

Quotes by Julian Fellowes

There is nothing more special than a love of a child, and I love the fact I am an auntie.

Quotes by Julia Sawalha

Philosophy has to be enquiring; it can take nothing on faith, and its methods are based not on the blind acceptance of authority, but on establishing truths by reason and argument.

Quotes by Julian Baggini

My ideas about time all developed from the realization that if nothing were to change we could not say that time passes. Change is primary, time, if it exists at all, is something we deduce from it.

Quotes by Julian Barbour

Reading is a majority skill but a minority art. Yet nothing can replace the exact, complicated, subtle communion between absent author and entranced, present reader.

Quotes by Julian Barnes

When you're really laughing, you feel like a little kid, and nothing matters.

Quotes by Julian Barratt

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Quotes by Jules Renard

The Yankees, the first mechanicians in the world, are engineers - just as the Italians are musicians and the Germans metaphysicians - by right of birth. Nothing is more natural, therefore, than to perceive them applying their audacious ingenuity to...

Jules Verne

Nothing is more dreadful than private duels in America. The two adversaries attack each other like wild beasts. Then it is that they might well covet those wonderful properties of the Indians of the prairies - their quick intelligence, their...

Jules Verne

Nothing dies harder than a bad idea.

Quotes by Julia Cameron

Nothing kills a CEO's credibility faster than legal, regulatory, and/or ethical questions.

Quotes by Judy Smith

If your response to a problem or scandal isn't genuine, followers will sense it. And remember, by saying nothing, you're saying something.

Quotes by Judy Smith

I think that 'Twilight' is so big that nothing can affect it.

Quotes by Judi Shekoni

Skydiving is a rush. Doing it naked could be more of a rush, but it's nothing I would ever consider.

Quotes by Jud Tylor

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.