Anything Because Quotes

#1. I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.

Camille Claudel

#2. You will never get to the irreducible definition of anything because you will never be able to explain why you want to explain, and so on. The system will gobble itself up.

Alan W. Watts

#3. Washington is politics! Somehow if people have political objectives, then those objectives are automatically disqualified? If that's the case, the Democrats have no business being legitimized about anything because everything they do is political.

Rush Limbaugh

#4. This verse gets me through each day, what doesn't kill us makes us stronger! I am not afraid of anything because the lord is my shepherd!

Friedrich Nietzsche

#5. Men have a singular desire to be good without being good for anything, because, perchance, they think vaguely that so it will be good for them in the end.

Henry David Thoreau

#6. I slapped a big fake smile on my face like I did every day, as a cam girl, as a barista, as anything, because women are taught to smile, that smiling means men are less likely to hurt us.

Leah Raeder

#7. The dead think they can get away with anything because you'll feel sorry for them. If you play cards with the dead, make sure you deal and don't let them buy you drinks. They'll slip you a formaldehyde roofie and pry the gold fillings out of your teeth.

Richard Kadrey

#8. When you get your first record deal, you will do anything, because you just want to sing.

Joss Stone

#9. If you don't physically age gracefully, it's a bit sad. I think Steven Tyler can get away anything, because he still looks like he did in '73. Especially from row Z backwards in an arena. As long as the Stones keep their hair and don't get fat they'll get away with the wrinkles.

Joe Elliott

#10. I was never afraid of anything because I never hurt anyone. I was always an old drunk.
[Mexico City concert, June 2011]

Chavela Vargas

#11. Someone said to me, early on in film school if you can photograph the human face you can photograph anything, because that is the most difficult and most interesting thing to photograph.

Roger Deakins

#12. Now, whatever you do, don't say anything, because no one must know that Liberace is gay."
"Excuse me?" I said. "I'm eight. I know he's gay.

Alison Arngrim

#13. Do not reject anything because it is new or strange, and do not sneer nor jeer at what comes from the Lord, for if we do, we endanger our salvation.

Brigham Young

#14. When I'm on stage by myself, I don't have to think about anything. I don't have to worry about anything because I'm not responsible for anything except just opening my mouth and making sure music comes out.

Bobby McFerrin

#15. It's very difficult to know when you're crossing the boundary. I hate the word boundary because I never think about it when taking a picture. Very often it doesn't mean anything because it depends on who's looking at the picture more than the content of the picture itself.

Carine Roitfeld

#16. But I don't ask him anything, because he's driving with that weird fake-happy look on his face, as if he's about to chop me up into little pieces and feed me to a tiger.

A.S. King

#17. I felt really free, like I could do anything, because no one would know what to expect.

Josh Homme

#18. You see that massive giantess blocking the river?" "Technically speaking," Jack said, "I can't see anything, because I don't have eyes. But yes, I see the giant.

Rick Riordan

#19. I believed, up to last week, that Adam was somehow coming back. But I wouldn't trade that optimism for anything, because the other option is no fun.

Michael Diamond

#20. If I say to you I don't have an open marriage ... and you don't trust that, well, there's nothing that I really have to say to anybody about anything because at the end of the day, I'm living my life and I'm happy.

Jada Pinkett Smith

#21. And all Jess knew about Gwen was that she threatened Brendon Shaw's cranky sister with acid during the wedding. Not that Jess blamed her or anything, because Marissa Shaw could be a real bitch, but Lock deserved a lovely sow who loved him, pampered him, and understood his obsession with honey.

Shelly Laurenston

#22. Successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who've never done anything because if you haven't been successful, then you don't know how it feels to lose it all.

Jay-Z

#23. But in life you have to take lots of decisions and if you don't take decisions you would never do anything because you would spend all your time choosing between things you could do. So it is good to have a reason why you hate some things and you like others.

Mark Haddon

#24. I think an art collection is a lot like a diary. Your taste evolves with time. I try to never sell anything, because it's part of my journey.

Delphine Arnault

#25. She closed her eyes. "I didn't know that. i didn't know anything. It scares me the things I told myself. But I would have told myself almost anything, because I wanted to believe him."
"Why?"
"Because I wanted to be with you.

Ann Brashares

#26. I have seen quite a lot of things in life. I would not like to change anything. Because every moment of my life has taught me something.

Sunny Deol

#27. I can, and do, walk the street. No one bothers me or anything, because most people wouldn't know who I am.

Paul Rudd

#28. I don't have to run from anything because I don't believe in anything.

Flannery O'Connor

#29. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don't learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us.

Stephen Colbert

#30. You don't think about anything because you just try to playevery game, every point. If you get some chance, you try to take this chance.

Nikolay Davydenko

#31. When you're convinced that you're right and you believe that you have the license to do anything because you're right, you can be bossy and you can be dangerous. You can be oppressive. You can be a tyrant.

Terry O'Quinn

#32. We can go through anything because Jesus goes before us.

Max De Pree

#33. I rarely believe anything, because at the time of believing I am not really there to believe.

Gertrude Stein

#34. It will be a great day in this world when nobody wants anything because everyone has given and there is nothing left to take.

Anthony Labson

#35. When I was younger I never drank. I never drank, I never did any weed or drugs or anything because I felt it would compromise my position. I was an orphan, and I had a feeling like if I ever hit the ground I may never get back up.

Ice-T

#36. Just go to a bar, watch football - that's fun to me because I've not gotten to see anything because I've been travelling so much. Playing some shuffleboard and some pool and darts. I like kind of dive-y bars.

Miles Teller

#37. The people know more about [Jazz] in other countries than in America. America is the last country to know about anything, because we're too fat, we have too much of everything, you understand? And we do not listen.

Art Blakey

#38. I've tripped over a planet and I don't know anything anymore, I don't know anything because nothing will ever be able to compare to this.

Tahereh Mafi

#39. I won't change anything because I think the most important thing is being yourself and that's what I'm going to continue to do.

Avril Lavigne

#40. We never actually listen to anything because our mind is not free; our ears are stuffed up with those things that we already know, so listening becomes extraordinarily difficult.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

#41. I always thought that really beautiful people were kind of like stuffed animals, like they sat in corners and didn't say much of anything, because people loved them anyhow. But Jeremy was actually funny.

Alison Umminger

#42. When I go to Atlanta, I'm famous. I can get on a flight, anything. Because they're watching every show, and if you're black, you famous.

Bresha Webb

#43. I think that's really really important, you can't get in the industry, because you want to make money because number one, I don't think money should be motivation for anything because I don't believe that it has any value.

Jhene Aiko

#44. The government shouldn't run anything, because it cannot run anything.

Lawrence Kudlow

#45. The human faculties of perception, judgment, discriminative feeling, mental activity, and even moral preference, are exercised only in making a choice. He who does anything because it is the custom, makes no choice.

John Stuart Mill

#46. I like the idea of contained emotion because I grew up most of my life feeling that way. As an adolescent, people would always say I was not expressive, and they always made the mistake of thinking that I didn't feel anything because I didn't react to things.

Shaun Tan

#47. I wouldn't change anything because the mistakes and the hurt are as important as all the great fights. They made me who I am today.

Sugar Ray Leonard

#48. The reality is that most companies are not about any values at all - they are about making money. It is extremely rare for a business to stand for anything because most businesses don't want to alienate potential customers, and if you believe in anything you are going to alienate someone.

Jerry Greenfield

#49. We can never bring anything to us unless we are GRATEFUL for what we have. In fact, if somebody was completely and utterly GRATEFUL for everything, they would never have to ask for anything, because it would be given to them before they even asked. That is the power of GRATITUDE!

Rhonda Byrne

#50. I never give up on anything, because you come back around, and suddenly the thing you thought you'd never do is relevant.

Joss Whedon

#51. Humans don't trust anything-because that's their nature. Half of them have gut feelings they continually ignore. It's not their fault. Instinct rarely fits on the pages of a day planner, and even if it did, human beings would manage to complicate the hell out of it.

A.S. King

#52. I wouldn't change my past for anything, because I think it's made me who I am. I'm so enormously grateful for all that I have in my life.

Hilary Swank

#53. You wouldn't believe what people will believe once they know our story. They're ready for anything, basically - will believe anything, because they've been thrown off-balance, are still wondering if any of this is true, our story in general, but aren't sure and are terrified of offending us.

Dave Eggers

#54. I know that this time, the worst thing I can do is let go. And I won't be losing anything. Because it's the most selfish thing I could ever do - to allow myself to fall for someone worthwhile.

Kirsten Hubbard

#55. I don't hold onto anything, because it's a waste of energy to do so, really. There's nothing that I can do about the way people want to write about me. I just try and concentrate on my work and do that as well as I can.

PJ Harvey

#56. Coming off a show like 'Lost,' there were other offers, but it was difficult to get excited about anything because 'Lost' was such a great piece of writing and such a hit show.

Henry Ian Cusick

#57. The music in a film like this is as critical as anything because Kong is mute. He doesn't talk.

Peter Jackson

#58. I've never been to a class reunion or anything because I'm always afraid of that one - there's going to be some 'Carrie'-like incident.

Paul Feig

#59. I would do anything to keep her safe. Kill. Heal. Die. Anything. Because she was my everything
- Beautiful face. Beautiful body. Horrible attitude. It was the holy trinity of hot

Jennifer L. Armentrout

#60. Racist people are few, in the minority. But you can do nothing to change them. You can talk, you can do what you want, but you can't do anything because they are just stupid people.

Mario Balotelli

#61. I soak up personalities and energy. I can identify with anything because truthfully everything that makes up the world is characterized in some way in my family I feel, so my empathy is strong for mankind in general.

Aeriel Miranda

#62. Turn yourself inside out. Live with absolute certainty that you have the power to create anything that you desire-anything!-because the power you need is the power of the Universe flowing through you.

Sonia

#63. I'm a bit hesitant to do anything because I'm actually kind of lazy and I'd like an easier life from now on. The world's a massive place with lots of early mornings and late starts when you're working.

Robbie Williams

#64. Gesture will survive whatever kind of light you have. Gesture can triumph over anything because of its narrative content.

Jay Maisel

#65. When everyone gets something for nothing, soon no one will have anything, because no one will be producing anything.

Charles Koch

#66. You're the new squadron commander,' Colonel Cathcart had shouted rudely across the railroad ditch to him. 'But don't think it means anything, because it doesn't. All it means is that you're the new squadron commander.

Joseph Heller

#67. It doesn't matter if you don't have a complete set of anything because repetition creates pattern, repetition creates pattern, repetition creates pattern.

Dan Phillips

#68. Usually, the first thing I do when I wake up is I start working, so I often won't start the day by reading anything because I like to minimize my 'commute' as much as possible. I wake up, open my laptop and start working in bed.

Mallory Ortberg

#69. I wouldn't steal anything because stealing is wrong. If I had to, I'd steal a caged bird and set it free.

Arthur Darvill

#70. Air punched out of my lungs. I held her tight, and I knew right then I would burn down the whole universe for her if I had to. I would do anything to keep her safe. Kill. Heal. Die. Anything. Because she was my everything.

Jennifer L. Armentrout

#71. Never be put off by anything because failure teaches you something.

Ridley Scott

#72. I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged ... I had poems which were re-written so many times I suspect it was just a way of avoiding sending them out.

Erica Jong

#73. I don't want to change anything, because I don't know how to deal with change.

Paulo Coelho

#74. So the second thing to remember is never to demand perfection. You have no right to demand anything from anybody. If somebody loves you, be thankful, but don't demand anything - because the other has no obligation to love you.

Osho

#75. The idea being that if I was so incredibly small, then I could do almost anything, because what impact would I have, really? What damage could be done, being so puny in the big scheme?

Rosecrans Baldwin

#76. No one imagines keeping the powerful low for long, apart from anything because if the peasants governed and the lords worked the land, everyone would quickly die of hunger, because everyone gets the hands they deserve.

Luther Blissett

#77. The Spirit Awards are great too, they'll say anything because they're not televised. Another great drinking night.

William H. Macy

#78. How important it is to ascertain the will of God, before we undertake anything, because we are then not only blessed in our own souls, but also the work of our hands will prosper.

George Muller

#79. I'm not going to say anything because nobody believes me when I do.

Ringo Starr

#80. I never personalize anything because I think that can be dangerous. For me, the best way is - this may sound pretentious - but it's to breathe the character and get into the psychology of it.

Imogen Poots

#81. Anyone can do anything because everything is the result of someone.

Alex Day

#82. Burning in a hot tunnel of dismay, my humiliation complete as I shake without reason and stumble over words and have nothing to say about my 'illness' which anyway amounts only to knowing that there's no point in anything because I'm going to die.

Sarah Kane

#83. I always try to show my human side to my colleagues and to the whole circuit. More than anything because we are all on the same train, it is part of our work.

Novak Djokovic

#84. Don't be carried off your feet by anything because it is modern - the latest thing. Go to the Louvre often and spend a good deal of time before the Rembrandts, the Delacroixs.

Sherwood Anderson

#85. It's funny, because I did all of these interviews as soon as I had the baby, and they were asking questions, and I really didn't have an idea of anything, because I was so blurry.

Emily Procter

#86. Do I regret getting married? It's hard for me to say anything because ultimately we're talking about the mother of my child.

Alec Baldwin

#87. The world fears a new experience more than it fears anything. Because a new experience displaces so many old experiences ... The world doesn't fear a new idea. It can pigeon-hole any idea. But it can't pigeon-hole a real new experience.

D.H. Lawrence

#88. I hated him more than anything. I loved him more than anything. Because, he was everything. And I hated that, too.

Jenny Han

#89. I believe very much that the most damning thing you can say about Muslims is that you're afraid to say anything because they'll hurt you.

Penn Jillette

#90. I'm seldom restricted by anything because I don't know how to restrict myself. It's a blessing and a curse. I feel a lot of support from people in Iceland, especially from people that are content with themselves and their life.

Olof Arnalds

#91. The thing is this: When I play, what I try to do is to reach my subconscious level. I don't want to overtly think about anything, because you can't think and play at the same time - believe me, I've tried it (laughs).

Sonny Rollins

#92. I don't want to over think anything because the second I do, I start to fail.

Nicholas Thorburn

#93. I think it makes a difference when the actors are enjoying it more than anything because we have a real blast on 'Torchwood.'

Burn Gorman

#94. [Deserters], they've given up everything. Oaths. Families. When you desert, it breaks you. It leaves you willing to do anything, because you've already given away everything you could have cared about losing.

Brandon Sanderson

#95. I remember watching Robert Powell many years ago. He did 'Jesus of Nazareth,' and I remember thinking that was probably my favorite. Once I got the role, I didn't want to watch anything, because it only influences what you do.

Juan Pablo Di Pace

#96. I'm always on tour, so I'm always trying new tracks out live before they're released. That's more necessity than anything, because I don't get a proper chance to sit in a studio and work on tracks like other producers do.

Skrillex

#97. Vulnerability should be the thing that brings us closer than anything because we all share that.

Sharon Salzberg

#98. Well, I would definitely give up performing ... But I would still sit down in an office and pretend to write with Dawn, even if we never produced anything, because it's just hilarious. I would miss that.

Jennifer Saunders

#99. The first time I didn't say anything, because she shot me in the mouth.

Denis Johnson

#100. At a school in Massachusetts where I once worked, we managed early on through consensus. Which sounds wonderful, but it was just a very, very difficult way to sort of manage anything, because convincing everybody to do one particular thing, especially if it was hard, was almost impossible.

Geoffrey Canada