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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's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy.

Quotes by Stephen Leacock

I learnt a lot about how to negotiate the camera: everyone had told me an actor doesn't really need to do anything on screen, but I realised that wasn't true. If you do nothing, it's boring.

Quotes by Stephen Mangan

I had no special effects, no monsters running around, nothing blew up; those things are all things I've done so many times that they lose their allure after a while.

Quotes by Stephen Hopkins

Nothing is more dangerous than a dogmatic worldview - nothing more constraining, more blinding to innovation, more destructive of openness to novelty.

Quotes by Stephen Jay Gould

Death is the ultimate enemy - and I find nothing reproachable in those who rage mightily against the dying of the light.

Quotes by Stephen Jay Gould

I believe that nothing comes of nothing, even in Shakespeare. I wanted to know where he got the matter he was working with and what he did with that matter.

Quotes by Stephen Greenblatt

I think the writing of literature should give pleasure. What else should it be about? It is not nuclear physics. It actually has to give pleasure or it is worth nothing.

Quotes by Stephen Greenblatt

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

Quotes by Stephen Hawking

Science predicts that many different kinds of universe will be spontaneously created out of nothing. It is a matter of chance which we are in.

Quotes by Stephen Hawking

I want to know why the universe exists, why there is something greater than nothing.

Quotes by Stephen Hawking

Nothing cannot exist forever.

Quotes by Stephen Hawking

'Rent' was wonderful in that I was able to adapt something that was beloved to fans, something that was very iconic, but something I had nothing to do with the creation of, so I was very removed. 'Perks' is different...

Quotes by Stephen Chbosky

There's nothing wrong with being gay. I have plenty of friends who are going to hell.

Quotes by Stephen Colbert

I'm no politician. I'm an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that nothing in the world beats universal education.

Quotes by Stephen Ambrose

When you get released from the NFL it's not a pleasant experience and I may have sulked for about two or three years. Then I was like, 'You know what? It's time to get back on the wagon.' I have...

Quotes by Stephen Baker

What Bill O'Reilly says means nothing. What Stephen Bennett says means nothing. What God says means everything.

Quotes by Stephen Bennett

There's nothing harder than going on TV and saying something that you don't believe. I don't do that anymore.

Quotes by Stephanie Cutter

Nothing is going to improve my hearing. I've only got to prevent it from getting worse.

Quotes by Stephanie Beacham

I think deep down I'm spiritual, but there's nothing I practice.

Quotes by Stella McCartney

Nothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion.

Quotes by Stendhal

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.