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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.

Don't underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the thing you can't hear, and not bothering.

Quotes by A. A. Milne

Texting isn't writing. It's not like letter writing. Texting is short scriptwriting. It's a collaborative soap opera where nothing happens.

Quotes by A. A. Gill

Money has to be an explosion of excitement and opportunity, yet we already secretly know that it doesn't do what it promises. Nothing has ever given us as much pleasure as our pocket money when we were 12, or our...

Quotes by A. A. Gill

I was trying to make my name just Artist in the beginning, but it was weird at first, because I wasn't an R&B singer or nothing. Not an R&B singer. I didn't do no melodic songs, none of that yet.

Quotes by A Boogie wit da Hoodie

The foregoing considerations lead us to the very important conclusion, that matter is essentially force, and nothing but force; that matter, as popularly understood, does not exist, and is, in fact, philosophically inconceivable.

Quotes by Alfred Russel Wallace

I know nothing about sex, because I was always married.

Quotes by Zsa Zsa Gabor

Wagner's philosophy had absolutely nothing to do with Bruckner. Bruckner hadn't written a single word against Jews. Wagner's book on the Jews was one of the most infamous books of the 19th century.

Quotes by Zubin Mehta

Coming from a farming background, I saw nothing out of the ordinary in running barefoot, although it seemed to startle the rest of the athletics world. I have always enjoyed going barefoot and when I was growing up I seldom...

Quotes by Zola Budd

It's a funny thing, the less people have to live for, the less nerve they have to risk losing nothing.

Quotes by Zora Neale Hurston

Nothing that God ever made is the same thing to more than one person. That is natural.

Quotes by Zora Neale Hurston

When you talk to people in retrospect, they always say the casting was a no-brainer, but nothing really is. You have to have so many things line up. I'm very grateful that it worked out.

Quotes by Zoe Perry

I like doing nothing, actually. Doing nothing is better thing when I am not working.

Quotes by Ziggy Marley

We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts.

Quotes by Zinedine Zidane

One thing is for sure: a World Cup without me is nothing to watch.

Quotes by Zlatan Ibrahimovic

I knew nothing about martial arts. And I don't really like it! But in the film, I not only had to pretend that I knew all about it, I had to be the best at it. That was very difficult.

Quotes by Zhang Ziyi

We defended our allies in Europe for 40 years during the worst days of the Cold War - very threatening days of the Cold War - and nothing happened. So deterrence does work.

Quotes by Zbigniew Brzezinski

Motivated more by partisan politics than by national security, today's Democratic leaders see America as an occupier, not a liberator. And nothing makes this Marine madder than someone calling American troops occupiers rather than liberators.

Quotes by Zell Miller

I must go deeper and even stronger into my treasure mine and stint nothing of time, toil, or torture.

Quotes by Zane Grey

Literally, when I go to the vocal coach, I'm like, 'You are teaching me nothing.' You know?

Quotes by Zara Larsson

Young people understand the world. They should be listened to on matters of politics and world organization. But they know nothing of their own lives.

Quotes by Zadie Smith

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.