Quotes
Quotes about Nothing
He ne'er consider'd it as loth To look a gift-horse in the mouth, And very wisely would lay forth No more upon it than 'twas worth; But as he got it freely, so He spent it frank and freely too: For saints themselves will sometimes be, Of gifts that cost them nothing, free.
The trick is to realize that after giving your best, there's nothing more to give.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
Gossip is the art of saying nothing in such a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.
Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.
Nothing's more dull and negligent Than an old, lazy government, That knows no interest of state, But such as serves a present strait.
Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens - and then everybody disagrees.
In a state-run society the government promises you security. But it's a false promise predicated on the idea that the opposite of security is risk. Nothing could be further from the truth. The opposite of security is insecurity, and the only way to overcome insecurity is to take risks. The gentle government that promises to hold your hand as you cross the street refuses to let go on the other side.
Narcissus is the glory of his race: For who does nothing with a better grace?
Nothing tires a man more than to be grateful all the time.
Nothing can cover his high fame but Heaven; No pyramids set off his memories, But the eternal substance of his greatness,-- To which I leave him.
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.
Nothing is more wretched that the mind of a man conscious of guilt. [Lat., Nihil est miserius quam animus hominis conscius.]
Nothing is stronger than habit. [Lat., Nil consuetudine majus.]
It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.
If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies, And they are fools who roam; The world has nothing to bestow, From our own selves our bliss must flow, And that dear hut,--our home.
He is rich who owes nothing.
Nothing is more vulgar than haste.
A sermon on a hat: "'The hat, my boy, the hat, whatever it may be, is in itself nothing--makes nothing, goes for nothing; but, be sure of it, everything is life depends upon the cock of the hat.' For how many men--we put it to your own experience, reader--have made their way through the thronging crowds that beset fortune, not by the innate worth and excellence of their hats, but simply, as Sampson Piebald has it, by 'the cock of their hats'? The cock's all."
In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men. [Lat., Homines ad deos nulla re propius accedunt quam salutem hominibus dando.]
We have nothing to offer you.. say the cows of their gravy.. but our blood, sweat, and tears. (cows' blood.. contains sweat or uric acid.. pre urine.. trioxypurine correlated to heart problems and to arthritis It contains adrenal protein enzyme fright hormones as terrorized animals hear the screams of their fellows being butchered.. these protein enzymes chains have some links broken http://www.pcrm.org by cooking but many remain intact so that eating meat is the biochemistry of eating anger and violence).
Nothing is less in our power than the heart, and far from commanding we are forced to obey it. -Jean Jacques Rousseau.
In a full heart there is room for everything, and in an empty heart there is room for nothing. -Antonio Porchia.
Whatever task that you undertake, do it with all your heart and soul. Always be courteous, never be discouraged. Beware of him who promises something for nothing. Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures. Do not look for approval except in the consciousness of doing your best. -Bernard M. Baruch.
