- Nov 07, 2020
Never Quotes
Quotes on what never happens.
This page gathers quotes centered on absence and limits - books that stayed unpublished, and a pointed line arguing that secrecy is fundamentally undesirable, merely tolerated when unavoidable. Related reading includes Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My scientific pursuits have led to many opportunities and responsibilities beyond those of simply doing research. For example, as a beginning graduate student, it never occurred to me that the life of a scientist could involve so much travel, something that I have always loved.
- Appeared
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never admit to wishing I'd written something by another author, but if my name mysteriously appeared on the title page of 'The Guns of August,' I wouldn't complain.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everything that happens today is like something in the past, but it's also unlike things in the past. We never know until an event happens if it's the similarities or differences that matter more.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ever since I stepped into this league and realized I can play here and be one of the best players in the league, getting paid has never been on my mind. Because I know it's going to happen.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know exactly what kind of training musical theater actors get, but I never had that.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
Singing is something I've always loved to do, and I'd never considered taking it further than the shower.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
My character in 'True Grit' would set these goals for herself that seemed near impossible, but to her they were possible. She was never going to believe anything else other than that.
- Experiencing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I felt that I had to write. Even if I had never been published, I knew that I would go on writing, enjoying it and experiencing the challenge.
- Monopoly
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- Nov 07, 2020
Consolidating to the point of monopoly has never served the consumer - ever.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was fifteen years old, and I hardly knew how to play a simple Bach prelude on the piano when I began to compose music, and at the most advanced level. I had never studied such things as harmony.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020