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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 thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all.

Quotes by Georges Bernanos

I want to do nothing chic, I want to have ideas before beginning a piece.

Quotes by Georges Bizet

It is better to waste one's youth than to do nothing with it at all.

Quotes by Georges Courteline

The lowest and most level land areas show us, especially when we dig there to very great depths, nothing but horizontal layers of material more or less varied, which almost all contain innumerable products of the sea.

Quotes by Georges Cuvier

We can know nothing till after this grave debate. The soul must withdraw, for this is not its hour. Now the knife must divide the flesh, and lay the ravage bare, and do its work completely.

Quotes by Georges Duhamel

I stayed out of the sun when I was young, not because I knew better, but because I'm a Type A personality who gets too restless to lay around and do nothing.

Quotes by Georgette Mosbacher

There is nothing worth having that can be obtained by nuclear war - nothing material or ideological - no tradition that it can defend. It is utterly self-defeating.

Quotes by George Wald

Nuclear weapons offer us nothing but a balance of terror, and a balance of terror is still terror.

Quotes by George Wald

A scientist lives with all reality. There is nothing better.

Quotes by George Wald

I did nothing worse than Lyndon Johnson. He was for segregation when he thought he had to be. I was for segregation, and I was wrong. The media has rehabilitated Johnson; why won't it rehabilitate me?

Quotes by George Wallace

Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another.

Quotes by George Washington

Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.

Quotes by George Washington Carver

Nothing is more generally known than our duties which belong to Christianity; and yet, how amazing is it, nothing is less practiced?

Quotes by George Whitefield

Nothing exasperates the spirit in man more than power which seems unconquerable and which makes impotent all protest.

Quotes by George William Russell

Now I am a writer who can command fairly good payments from magazines with large circulations, I very often refuse to write for them and still write sometimes for small magazines for nothing.

Quotes by George Woodcock

What I like about it is the creativity. When I watch good soccer players - the way they have to make a play out of nothing.

Quotes by George Vecsey

Nothing is more pleasant for me than to be on location in the country that I love, in any of our western landscapes, being out there with a camp outfit and a film company.

Quotes by George Stevens

Better to fight for something than live for nothing.

Quotes by George S. Patton

Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body.

Quotes by George Santayana

He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things.

Quotes by George Savile

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.