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Nothing Quotes by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Do remember, though, that unless you're a playwright, the result [dialogue] isn't what you want; it's only an element of what you want. Actors embody…
- You will die. You will not live forever. Nor will any man nor any thing. Nothing is immortal. But only to us is it given…
- We have been civilized for a thousand millennia. We have histories of hundreds of those millennia. We have tried everything. Anarchism, in all its forms,…
- The pornography of violence of course far exceeds, in volume and general acceptance, sexual pornography, in this Puritan land of ours. Exploiting the apocalypse, selling…
- Do nothing because it is righteous or praiseworthy or noble to do so; do nothing because it seems good to do so; do only that…
- As a man's real power grows and his knowledge widens, ever the way he can follow grows narrower: until at last he chooses nothing,but does…
- For we each of us deserve everything, every luxury that was ever piled in the tombs of the dead kings, and we each of us…
- It is a terrible thing, this kindess that human beings do not lose. Terrible, because when we are finally naked in the dark and cold,…
- My world, my Earth is a ruin. A planet spoiled by the human species. We multiplied and fought and gobbled until there was nothing left,…
- Progress means nothing to presence.
- Nothing said in words ever came out quite even. Things in words got twisted and ran together, instead of staying straight and fitting together.
- Saying that, he was suddenly himself again, despite his lunatic hair and eyes: a man whose personal dignity went so deep as to be nearly…
- If a book were written all in numbers, it would be true. It would be just. Nothing said in words ever came out quite even.…
- The fish in the creek said nothing. Fish never do. Few people know what fish think about injustice, or anything else.
- Jungians such as Joseph Campbell have generalised such journeys into a set of archetypal events and images. Though they can be useful in criticism, I…
- There was a wall. It did not look important. It was built of uncut rocks roughly mortared. An adult could look right over it, and…
- What's wrong with men?" Tenar inquired cautiously. As cautiously, lowering her voice, Moss replied, "I don't know, my dearie. I've thought on it. Often I've…
- There's nothing wrong with me...except acute chronic fear.
- Nothing is yours. It is to use. It is to share. If you will not share it, you cannot use it.
- All or nothing at all, the true lover says, and that's the truth of it. My love will never die, he says. He claims eternity.…
- What you select from, in order to tell your story, is nothing less than everything. What you build up your world from, your local, intelligible…
- What children don't understand, and can't understand until they grow up some, is how much the whole fabric and process of human society depends on…
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