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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.

If nothing is serious anymore, then there's nothing to satirize.

Quotes by Berkeley Breathed

No man should think himself a zero, and think he can do nothing about the state of the world.

Quotes by Bernard Baruch

I insist that there is nothing sacred in the life of an invader, and there is no valid principle of human society that forbids the invaded to protect themselves in whatever way they can.

Quotes by Benjamin Tucker

By deciding to live our lives based on solid values and unwavering truth, we can leave a legacy for the young men and boys who want nothing more than to follow in our footsteps.

Quotes by Benjamin Watson

The American Dream - I believe in that cliche because I know what having nothing feels like.

Quotes by Benji Madden

We started with Denny Cordell, and he was a great record producer. He knew exactly how to take a band that knew absolutely nothing, and guide you without trying to tell you what to do.

Quotes by Benmont Tench

What it would have felt like to fall in love and have nothing holding you back from being completely free.

Quotes by Benny Cassette

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.

Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli

In politics nothing is contemptible.

Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli

Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.

Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli

Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.

Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

Wall Street people learn nothing and forget everything.

Quotes by Benjamin Graham

Genius is nothing more than common faculties refined to a greater intensity. There are no astonishing ways of doing astonishing things. All astonishing things are done by ordinary materials.

Quotes by Benjamin Haydon

The work of deciding cases goes on every day in hundreds of courts throughout the land. Any judge, one might suppose, would find it easy to describe the process which he had followed a thousand times and more. Nothing could...

Quotes by Benjamin N. Cardozo

The death of my daughter is a subject I talk about briefly because there is nothing more tragic.

Quotes by Ben Vereen

Live stage is being made as you go along. You feel the energy. There's nothing like a live audience.

Quotes by Ben Vereen

The whole idea of genre and categorising films is a critic's construct. For me, I just try and make stories and see where they go, but there's nothing wrong with horror; there's nothing wrong with romantic comedies.

Quotes by Ben Wheatley

The only genre I have any problem with is musicals, but that's just my own tastes it's nothing to do with the films.

Quotes by Ben Wheatley

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.