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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.

It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little - do what you can.

Quotes by Sydney Smith

I'm perceived to be this solitary character, but nothing could be further from the truth.

Quotes by Sylvester Stallone

Nothing has prepared sharks, squid, krill and other sea creatures for industrial-scale extraction that destroys entire ecosystems while targeting a few species.

Quotes by Sylvia Earle

I've just had an operation, but nothing too serious.

Quotes by Syd Barrett

Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught.

Quotes by Sydney J. Harris

That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material.

Swami Vivekananda

I have my hormones balanced. Most doctors are giving women synthetic hormones, which just eliminate the symptoms, but it's doing nothing to actually replace the hormones you have lost. Without our hormones we die.

Quotes by Suzanne Somers

Fear the vulture, and the vulture will come. Fear nothing, and you are the vulture.

Quotes by Suzy Kassem

In the more than four decades since Roe v. Wade, it has become clear that some will stop at nothing to obstruct women's reproductive rights.

Quotes by Suzan DelBene

If I was to turn around now and say that motorsport should be segregated, then my whole career would have been for nothing. Every result that I have achieved on my own would stand for nothing, if I couldn't compete...

Quotes by Susie Wolff

Nothing, I find, has prepared me for the sight of my own characters walking about. A playwright or screenwriter must expect it; a novelist doesn't and naturally concludes that she has gone mad.

Quotes by Susanna Clarke

I've been doing these conventions for 20 years, and we used to at least have debates about issues. Nothing is happening basically at this convention, other than speeches.

Quotes by Susan Estrich

It used to be that you could have fun with interviews with the foreign press, knowing that nothing you said would make it back to any voters until long after the election was over, if ever.

Quotes by Susan Estrich

Much of what is called investment is actually nothing more than mergers and acquisitions, and of course mergers and acquisitions are generally accompanied by downsizing.

Quotes by Susan George

Both types of books - fiction and nonfiction - are a search for story. As a writer and a reader, there's nothing I crave more than a good story!

Quotes by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

I know that keeping aloof is not a wise thing but since I have nothing to prove, please don't depict me as an escapist.

Quotes by Suresh Gopi

Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.

Quotes by Susan B. Anthony

I have encountered riotous mobs and have been hung in effigy, but my motto is: Men's rights are nothing more. Women's rights are nothing less.

Quotes by Susan B. Anthony

I am an entertainer. Cinema is entertainment. It is nothing more than that.

Quotes by Sunny Deol

I'm just a regular person, nothing more.

Quotes by Summer Walker

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.