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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.

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.

Quotes by Plautus

Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.

Quotes by Plautus

The only certainty is that nothing is certain.

Quotes by Pliny the Elder

Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.

Quotes by Plutarch

The willow is my favorite tree. I grew up near one. It's the most flexible tree in nature and nothing can break it - no wind, no elements, it can bend and withstand anything.

Quotes by Pink

We wish nothing more, but we will accept nothing less. Masters in our own house we must be, but our house is the whole of Canada.

Quotes by Pierre Trudeau

When deeds speak, words are nothing.

Quotes by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

Whoever says he is starting from a given in nature may be right, and so is he who says he is starting from nothing!

Quotes by Piet Mondrian

I am a peasant from the Auvergne. I want to keep my farm, and I want to keep France. Nothing else matters now.

Quotes by Pierre Laval

The moon of a bright silver, which dazzles by its shining, illumines a world which surely is no longer ours; for it resembles in nothing what may be seen in other lands.

Quotes by Pierre Loti

Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race.

Quotes by Pierre Bayle

I'm trying to do what I have never done - give the impression one has on entering a room: one sees everything and at the same time nothing.

Quotes by Pierre Bonnard

A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.

Quotes by Pierre Corneille

To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible.

Quotes by Pierre Corneille

There is nothing quite like a freshly brewed pot of tea to get you going in the morning.

Quotes by Phyllis Logan

Nothing fails like success; nothing is so defeated as yesterday's triumphant Cause.

Quotes by Phyllis McGinley

If I wasn't going to be able to dance professionally, I wasn't going to dance. That's my all-or nothing personality coming out.

Quotes by Phyllis Smith

I've made a promise to myself to be a 100% healthy person if nothing else.

Quotes by Picabo Street

Like teenagers, we appear to have gone from knowing nothing about the world to knowing too much all but overnight.

Quotes by Pico Iyer

All of us are feeling scattered and distracted as we try to keep up with an accelerating world. But nearly all of us have an answer in our hands, in simply choosing to do nothing and go nowhere for a...

Quotes by Pico Iyer

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.