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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.

The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground.

Quotes by Thomas Overbury

So long as the global economy continues to recover, that remains Obama's No. 1 claim to successful leadership. Nothing else even comes close.

Quotes by Thomas P.M. Barnett

No, there's nothing half so sweet in life as love's young dream.

Quotes by Thomas Moore

Nothing will push me away from Bayern.

Quotes by Thomas Muller

Disease makes men more physical, it leaves them nothing but body.

Thomas Mann

Nothing can be more obvious than that all animals were created solely and exclusively for the use of man.

Quotes by Thomas Love Peacock

Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.

Quotes by Thomas J. Watson

To stand there and do nothing on film is probably the hardest thing to do.

Quotes by Thomas Jane

The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.

Thomas Jefferson

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

Thomas Jefferson

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

Thomas Jefferson

It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong.

Thomas Jefferson

He never wants anything but what's right and fair; only when you come to settle what's right and fair, it's everything that he wants and nothing that you want.

Quotes by Thomas Hughes

Two years work wasted, I have been breeding those flies for all that time and I've got nothing out of it.

Quotes by Thomas Hunt Morgan

Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every conceived notion, follow humbly wherever and whatever abysses nature leads, or you will learn nothing.

Quotes by Thomas Huxley

Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense.

Quotes by Thomas Huxley

Nothing makes us more vulnerable than loneliness, except greed.

Quotes by Thomas Harris

Understanding is nothing else than conception caused by speech.

Quotes by Thomas Hobbes

Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly.

Quotes by Thomas Hobbes

I work in show business - there's nothing that shocks me anymore!

Quotes by Thomas Gibson

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.