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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.

A scientist who cannot prove what he has accomplished, has accomplished nothing.

Quotes by Walter Reisch

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

Quotes by Walter Lippmann

There is nothing so good for the human soul as the discovery that there are ancient and flourishing civilized societies which have somehow managed to exist for many centuries and are still in being though they have had no help...

Quotes by Walter Lippmann

A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.

Quotes by Walter Bagehot

Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind.

Quotes by Walter Bagehot

The words of my book nothing, the drift of it everything.

Walt Whitman

Nothing endures but personal qualities.

Walt Whitman

Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

Walt Whitman

And I will show that nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

Walt Whitman

Nothing could be more inappropriate to American literature than its English source since the Americans are not British in sensibility.

Quotes by Wallace Stevens

The reason can give nothing at all Like the response to desire.

Quotes by Wallace Stevens

Nothing is an obstacle unless you say it is.

Quotes by Wally Amos

At times, some journalists see nothing in the people apart from an opportunity to make material gain. They see them as consumers to whom we sell commodities at huge profits that keep our bank accounts growing.

Quotes by Wadah Khanfar

I was so naive in radio technique that I knew nothing about timing. I would write pages on Honus Wagner and then get only half through by the time the show ended. I eventually learned, but there was nobody there...

Quotes by Waite Hoyt

There is nothing like Ruth ever existed in this game of baseball. I remember we were playing the White Sox in Boston in 1919, and he hit a home run off Lefty Williams over the left-field fence in the ninth...

Quotes by Waite Hoyt

I came from nothing really to something; I came from the gutter to making the gutters.

Quotes by Waka Flocka Flame

In terms of 'Seinfeld', I think there's lot of reality in a show that's supposed to be about nothing.

Quotes by Wale

I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written.

Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham

Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it.

Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.

Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham

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.