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Nothing Quotes by Henry Miller
- Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it comes and goes. But if one believes, then miracles occur.
- Honest criticism means nothing: what one wants is unrestrained passion, fire for fire.
- Until we accept the fact that life itself is founded in mystery, we shall learn nothing.
- There is nothing strange about fear: no matter in what guise it presents itself it is something with which we are all so familiar that…
- There was another thing I heartily disbelieved in - work. Work, it seemed to me even at the threshold of life, is an activity reserved…
- When you surrender, the problem ceases to exist. Try to solve it, or conquer it, and you only set up more resistance. . . .…
- Over there you think of nothing but becoming President of the United States some day. Potentially every man is Presidential timber. Here it's different. Here…
- I am thinking of one woman and the rest is blotto. I say I am thinking of her, but the truth is I am dying…
- I made up my mind that I would hold onto nothing, that I would expect nothing.
- Once I thought that to be human was the highest aim a man could have, but I see now that it was meant to destroy…
- I am a free man―and I need my freedom. I need to be alone. I need to ponder my shame and my despair in seclusion;…
- Things happen or they don't happen, that's all. Nothing is accomplished by sweat and struggle. Nearly everything which we call life is just insomnia, an…
- From the little reading I had done I had observed that the men who were most in life, who were molding life, who were life…
- Tomorrow you may bring about the destruction of your world. Tomorrow you may sing in Paradise above the smoking ruins of your world-cities. But tonight…
- For the moment I can think of nothing— except that I am a sentient being stabbed by the miracle of these waters that reflect a…
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