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Nothing Quotes by H. L. Mencken
- By profession a biologist, [Thomas Henry Huxley] covered in fact the whole field of the exact sciences, and then bulged through its four fences. Absolutely…
- Only to often on meeting scientific men, even those of genuine distiction, one finds that they are dull fellows and very stupid. They know one…
- [The] erroneous assumption is to the effect that the aim of public education is to fill the young of the species with knowledge and awaken…
- The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business…
- There is nothing worse than an idle hour, with no occupation offering. People who have many such hours are simply animals waiting docilely for death.…
- People constantly speak of 'the government' doing this or that, as they might speak of God doing it. But the government is really nothing but…
- This passion, so unordered and yet so potent, explains the capacity for teaching that one frequently observes in scientific men of high attainments in their…
- Nothing can come out of an artist that is not in the man.
- Morality is nothing but a struggle for safety
- You come into the world with nothing, and the purpose of your life is to make something out of nothing.
- There is, in fact, nothing about religious opinions that entitles them to any more respect than other opinions get. On the contrary, they tend to…
- A government at bottom is nothing more than a group of men, and as a practical matter most of them are inferior men. ... Yet…
- Religion, after all, is nothing but an hypothesis framed to account for what is evidentially unaccounted for.
- Nothing is so abject and pathetic as a politician who has lost his job, save only a retired stud-horse.
- Each party steals so many articles of faith from the other, and the candidates spend so much time making each other's speeches, that by the…
- The world always makes the assumption that the exposure of an error is identical with the discovery of truth - that the error and truth…
- There are some people who read too much: the bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk on…
- My belief in free speech is so profound that I am seldom tempted to deny it to the other fellow. Nor do I make any…
More Nothing Quotes
- Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. — Hannah Arendt
- It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite… — Hannah Arendt
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. — Aristophanes
- I have nothing against 3-D in theory. But I've also never run to the movies because something's in 3-D. — J. J. Abrams
- Nature does nothing in vain. — Aristotle
- But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be time unless… — Aristotle
- Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside… — Diane Ackerman
- Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. Nothing is the worst thing that can happen to us! — Richard Bach
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale
- The police can't protect consumers. People need to be more aware and educated about identity theft. You need to be a little… — Frank Abagnale
- There's nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it. — Billie Joe Armstrong