N Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with N. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Nothing worthwhile is easy.”
Source: The myth of certainty: the reflective Christian and the risk of commitment
“Nothing worthwhile is ever achieved without deep thought and hard work.”
“Nothing worthwhile is ever easy. There are no shortcuts.”
Source: A Widow's Awakening
“Nothing worthwhile is ever fun.”
“Nothing worthwhile is ever maintained by idleness.”
“Nothing worthwhile is ever without complications.”
Source: All the Possibilities: The MacGregors
“Nothing worthwhile is gained without sacrifice.”
Source: The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Nothing worthwhile was ever accomplished without the will to start, the enthusiasm to continue and, regardless of temporary obstacles, the persistence to complete”
“Nothing worthy can be built on a neglect of higher meanings and on a relativistic view of concepts and culture as a whole. Indeed, something greater than a phenomenon confined to art can be discerned shimmering here beneath the surface - shimmering not with light but with an ominous crimson glow.”
“Nothing would be better today if Europe were divided or smaller. Today we have to say loud and clear that the crises, which have affected Europe cannot serve as a pretext for its disintegration. A mini-Europe would be the worst response to the maxi problems we have to face.”
“Nothing
would be
easier without
you,
because you
are
everything,
all of it-
sprinkles, quarks, giant
donuts, eggs sunny-side up-
you
are the ever-expanding
universe
to me.”
Source: Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
“Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity.”
“Nothing would disgust me more, morally, than receiving an Oscar.”
“Nothing would ever be the same after I had been hurt so deeply, but to still have the courage to love—that was real bravery, the bravery people talked about in stories and tales.”
Source: The Wanderess and her Suitcase
“Nothing would give up life: Even the dirt keeps breathing a small breath.”
“Nothing would happen to me now. I would not even be called upon to explain... I was safe, and I wished I was dead.”
“Nothing would have been changed for the German people, but my name would have gone down in history as that of the greatest traitor.”
“nothing would have meaning, because the knowing was itself the meaning; beyond that there was nothing to know.”
Source: The Spider's House
“Nothing would improve newspaper criticism so much as the knowledge that it was to be read by men too hardy to acquiesce in the authoritative statement of the reviewer.”
Source: A Victorian spectator: uncollected writings of R.H. Hutton
“Nothing would make me happier if Peter Falk would finally win his Oscar for this. Not just as the writer but as a fan and a friend. It would be so great”
“Nothing would make me happier,” Spencer repeated. “But I’m not a blackguard. If you have no
regard for me, if you cannot imagine yourself loving me, then I will not press you. I won’t press you at
all. What I want, my dear lady, is your happiness. I know in my heart it does not lie for you with
Major Barnett.”
Jane shook her head. “The world is convinced it does.”
“Then the world is a fool. I would be the happiest man alive if you chose me. But I won’t ask you
to, won’t coerce you.” His dark brows came down. “I want you to be free, Jane. Free to choose. Go
to London. Have your Season—laugh, dance, live. If you find a better man than I there, then I’ll …
well, I’ll sink into despondency for a long while, but that despondency will have a bright note. I’ll
know you are happy. Find that man, and I will dance at your wedding. I promise.”
Her breath came fast. “You amaze me, sir.”
Source: A First-Footer for Lady Jane
“Nothing would make me happier than to train the next winner on 'The Biggest Loser' because it means the world to me. Everybody has a fighter inside them, they just don't realize it.”
“Nothing would make my kids happier than to do another movie.”
“Nothing would mean anything if I didn't live a life of use to others.”
“Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view.”
“Nothing would more effectively further the development of education than for all flogging pedagogues to learn to educate with the head instead of with the hand.”
Source: The education of the child
“Nothing would more quickly and definitively reduce U.S. income inequality than allowing every worker in all businesses to participate in deciding the range of incomes from one worker to another. They would never do what is now a matter of normality: give one person millions, in some cases billions, while others have barely enough to make a living.”
“Nothing would please me more, but who else would pump the oil that we need? God damn America.”
“Nothing would please the Kremlin more than to have the people of this country choose a second rate president.”
“Nothing would please us more than to see our beloved children form the habit of reading the Gospels - not merely from time to time, but every day.”
“Nothing would prove more disastrous to our ideas, we contended, than to neglect the effect of the internal upon the external, of the psychological motives and needs upon existing institutions.”
“Nothing would turn the nation back to God so surely and so quickly as a Church that prayed and prevailed. The world will never believe in a religion in which there is no supernatural power. A rationalized faith, a socialized Church and a moralized gospel may gain applause, but they awaken no conviction and win no converts.”
“Nothing would upset me more than the thought that I had left you to survive on pizza and beer like some....some....
Edward laughed. He suddenly felt like pizza.”
Source: After She Wrote Him
“Nothing wounds a friend like a want of confidence.”
“Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market.”
“Nothing wrong will happen to you if they stop talking to you. You'll survive, recover, and find new people to talk to.”
“nothing wrong with a lie or two when the situation demanded it”
Source: W is for Wasted
“Nothing wrong with a little optimism, long as it doesn’t set policy....”
Source: Abaddon’s Gate
“Nothing wrong with a little risk-taking, here and there.”
Source: Let It Snow
“Nothing wrong with appearing to be a fool, if what you are doing is intelligent.”
Source: Warrior of the Light -
“Nothing wrong with believing good things will happen.
And if it doesn't, there's always whiskey.”
“Nothing wrong with buying high PE stocks; however, expected business growth must justify the high price.”
“Nothing wrong with changing your mind. That's a very unwaffling thing to say: "Nothing wrong..." Who am I to say that there's nothing wrong with it? Maybe something is wrong with changing your mind. Anyway, love is very, very difficult. I love. But probably because I hate myself on some deep, sick level, it makes loving difficult. But I do try.”
“Nothing wrong with computer as things. They can work wonders in communications and business and medicine and everything else.”
“Nothing wrong with cowardice as long as it comes with prudence. But when a coward stops remembering who he is... God help him.”
Source: The Kite Runner
“Nothing wrong with eggs for dinner at ten o’clock at night when you’re about to commit a crime.”
Source: The Disasters
“Nothing wrong with holding on to good memories," he said quietly. "I've held on to mine.”
Source: The Good Luck Sister
“Nothing wrong with making money.”
“Nothing wrong with pop.”
“Nothing wrong with shooting...as long as the right people get shot.”