Nothing Except Quotes

101 quotes by 82 authors

I am afraid that our eyes are bigger than our stomachs, and that we have more curiosity than understanding. We grasp at everything, but catch… — Michel de Montaigne
Restlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy. Peace does not dwell in outward things, but in the heart prepared to wait trustfully… — Elisabeth Elliot
She would be a mentor and an inspiration to girls like herself, the quiet ones who'd sleepwalked their way through high school, knowing nothing except… — Tom Perrotta
In NY sensuality completely turns into sexuality - no objects for the senses to respond to, no beautiful river, houses, people. Awful smells of the… — Susan Sontag
History is nothing except monsters or victims. Or witnesses. — Chuck Palahniuk
What can the England of 1940 have in common with the England of 1840? But then, what have you in common with the child of… — George Orwell
be glÎ±d of life, becÎ±use it gives you the chÎ±nce to love Î±nd to work Î±nd to plÎ±y Î±nd to look up Î±t the stÎ±rs;… — Henry Van Dyke
Muhammad has always been standing higher than the Christianity. He does not consider god as a human being and never makes himself equal to God.… — Leo Tolstoy
And often the worst thing wasn't the victims--they were dead, after all, and beyond any more pain. The worst thing was those who loved them… — Dennis Lehane
I immediately felt better about killing him. Iâ€™ve never known a Trevor who wasnâ€™t a total douchebag. Itâ€™s just one of those names that goes… — Cherie Priest
Of all powers, love is the most powerful and the most powerless. It is the most powerful because it alone can conquer that final and… — Frederick Buechner
As you can see, I have memorized this utterly useless piece of information long enough to pass a test question. I now intend to forget… — Bill Watterson
Stretched out in front of me was my time as an adult, and then a skeleton, and then nothing except perhaps a few books on… — Daniel Handler
When Hale's hand disappeared inside his tuxedo jacket, Macey wasn't exactly sure what he'd find inside the pocket. It could have been another phone or… — Ally Carter
Day, the boy from the streets with nothing except the clothes on his back and the earnestness in his eyes, owns my heart. He is… — Marie Lu
For the moment I can think of nothingâ€” except that I am a sentient being stabbed by the miracle of these waters that reflect a… — Henry Miller
A bird is an instrument working according to mathematical law, which instrument it is within the capacity of man to reproduce with all its movements,… — Leonardo da Vinci
I do virtually nothing except my work. No hobbies. — Milton Glaser
The industrial society... recognises nothing except the power to acquire... No other kind of hope or satisfaction or pleasure can any longer be envisaged within… — John Berger
I broke two knuckles in my right hand when I gave Jean-Claude Van Damme an attitude adjustment. I got nothing except a medical bill. — Chuck Zito

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