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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 went to the Alabama public schools at a time when my English teachers, all but one of whom was a woman, taught nothing but the classics. They revered the great British and American writers.

Quotes by Thomas H. Cook

Al Qaeda is nothing more than a mutant supply chain. They're playing off the same platform as Wal-Mart and Dell. They're just not restrained by it. What is al Qaeda? It's an open source religious political movement that works off...

Quotes by Thomas Friedman

A conservative believes nothing should be done for the first time.

Quotes by Thomas Fuller

Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune.

Quotes by Thomas Fuller

There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an angry heart.

Quotes by Thomas Fuller

Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.

Quotes by Thomas Fuller

Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, when the defect is in the judgment; and others, by grasping at all, retain nothing.

Quotes by Thomas Fuller

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.

Quotes by Thomas Carlyle

Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.

Quotes by Thomas Carlyle

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

Quotes by Thomas Carlyle

Nothing except the mint can make money without advertising.

Quotes by Thomas Babington Macaulay

Nothing is so useless as a general maxim.

Quotes by Thomas Babington Macaulay

Only when I am by seawater can I truly breathe, to say nothing of my ability to think.

Quotes by Thomas Bernhard

Nothing is worse than a home that is too perfect and done. You have to live in it.

Quotes by Thom Browne

Nothing should be perfect. I think that's the most important thing. I do wear my jackets almost exaggeratedly short. So that's probably the most mussed up. Along with, you know, not ironing my shirt.

Quotes by Thom Browne

Nothing could be more important for a child affected by Zika virus than to have continuity of care, seamlessly from before birth to after birth.

Quotes by Thom Tillis

Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility; for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible.

Quotes by Thomas a Kempis

There is nothing inevitable about crime and there is nothing inevitable about anti-social behaviour.

Quotes by Theresa May

Nothing sounds as crazy as telling people you're not crazy.

Quotes by Theresa Rebeck

Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.

Quotes by Theodosius Dobzhansky

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.