- 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This page gathers quotes centered on absence and limits - books that stayed unpublished, and a pointed line arguing that secrecy is fundamentally undesirable, merely tolerated when unavoidable.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
- Erect
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- Nov 07, 2020
To say that a thing has never yet been done among men is to erect a barrier stronger than reason, stronger than discussion.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
The rules of navigation never navigated a ship. The rules of architecture never built a house.
- Creation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have rarely seen the face of a mechanic in the action of creation which was not fine, never one which was not earnest and impressive.
- Lust
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ambition is a lust that is never quenched, but grows more inflamed and madder by enjoyment.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Clocks will go as they are set, but man, irregular man, is never constant, never certain.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
The show is not really about finding love in Silicon Valley, and it never really claimed be so.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
The heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever Germany lose or play badly, there are 1,000 reasons. And no matter how many questions there are, we will never make everyone happy.
- Queen
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- Nov 07, 2020
And much more am I sorrier for my good knights' loss than for the loss of my fair queen; for queens I might have enough, but such a fellowship of good knights shall never be together in no company.
- Fire
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- Nov 07, 2020
Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My reputation was a bit exaggerated. Things were written in newspapers, then copied, then doubled. One of the reasons why I never disclaimed that, was because I found it amusing. But I also constructed such an image for myself in order to gain more of a private life.
- Convince
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never failed to convince an audience that the best thing they could do was to go away.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020