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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 only when we have nothing else to hold onto that we're willing to try something very audacious and scary.

Quotes by Sonia Johnson

I don't want to show my pain. I resisted; I hesitated. I tried to be invisible, to pretend that nothing was wrong. It's impossible; it's not like me.

Quotes by Sonia Rykiel

I've done two remakes, 'Rowdy Rathore' and 'Son of Sardaar,' and I see nothing wrong with it. The originals were in a language that not everyone understands, so when you're making it in another language, you can reach a much...

Quotes by Sonakshi Sinha

I like to unwind by doing nothing. If I do get a day, I just like to vegetate and laze around.

Quotes by Sonakshi Sinha

I believe in elves and giants. I believe that fairy tales are nothing more than news reports of what once happened.

Quotes by Sondra Locke

When people don't want to come, nothing will stop them.

Quotes by Sol Hurok

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Socrates

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

Socrates

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

Socrates

To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.

Socrates

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

Socrates

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

Socrates

A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.

Socrates

The slaveholders are terrible for promising to give you this or that, or such and such a privilege, if you will do thus and so, and when the time of fulfillment comes, and one claims the promise, they, forsooth, recollect...

Quotes by Sojourner Truth

For me, nothing brings out my 'born yesterday' idiotic qualities quite like having my photograph taken.

Quotes by Sloane Crosley

War is just a racket... I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else.

Quotes by Smedley Butler

Whatever labels are being pinned on me have nothing to do with me.

Quotes by Skeet Ulrich

England is so black and white, so plain, like a burger with nothing on it. No salad, nothing. That's why it's so real.

Quotes by Skepta

Charity. To love human beings in so far as they are nothing. That is to love them as God does.

Quotes by Simone Weil

Nothing can have as its destination anything other than its origin. The contrary idea, the idea of progress, is poison.

Quotes by Simone Weil

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.