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title: "8 Thing Unless Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Thing Unless quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Thing Unless sayings and thoughts."
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> [“They tell you to do your own thing but they don't mean it. They don't want you to do your thing, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-cormier/they-tell-you-to-do-your-own-thing-but-they-don-t-mean-it-they-don-t/)

[Robert Cormier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-cormier/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94a/robert-cormier-6436_don-want_they-tell-you-to-do-your-own-thing-but-t_494106.jpg)

> [The only thing I never have unless I'm pregnant is heartburn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-capshaw/the-only-thing-i-never-have-unless-i-m-pregnant-is-heartburn/)

[Jessica Capshaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-capshaw/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d88/jessica-capshaw-16905_heartburn_the-only-thing-i-never-have-unless-i-m-p_672878.png)

> [Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-allen-white/liberty-is-the-only-thing-you-cannot-have-unless-you-are-willing-to/)

[William Allen White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-allen-white/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4d/william-allen-white-14722_america-freedom_liberty-is-the-only-thing-you-cannot-hav_745874.jpg)

> [Liberty is the only thing you can't have unless you give it to others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-allen-white/liberty-is-the-only-thing-you-can-t-have-unless-you-give-it-to-others/)

[William Allen White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-allen-white/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/599/william-allen-white-14722_freedom_liberty-is-the-only-thing-you-can-t-have_933038.jpg)

> [... we never do any thing well, unless we love it for its own sake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-wollstonecraft/we-never-do-any-thing-well-unless-we-love-it-for-its-own-sake/)

[Mary Wollstonecraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-wollstonecraft/)

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> [“I don’t want you to do a thing unless you understand it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-cashore/i-don-t-want-you-to-do-a-thing-unless-you-understand-it/)

[Kristin Cashore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-cashore/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/956/kristin-cashore-369_learning_i-don-t-want-you-to-do-a-thing-unless-yo_2263223.png)

> [They don't actually want you to do your own thing, not unless it's their thing too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-cormier/they-don-t-actually-want-you-to-do-your-own-thing-not-unless-it-s/)

[Robert Cormier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-cormier/)

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> [If I had to do it all over again, I'd not change a thing - unless I could be a little meaner…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-lindsay/if-i-had-to-do-it-all-over-again-i-d-not-change-a-thing-unless-i/)

[Ted Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-lindsay/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c47/ted-lindsay-20307_again_if-i-had-to-do-it-all-over-again-i-d-not_2907430.jpg)

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