As Lear himself remarks, "nothing will come of nothing".
At first, Isabelle finds Proust and the others dull, but she wills herself to adapt to Philippe's preferences, though not before remarking, "Nothing could have been easier than understanding Philippe's taste in books: he was one of those readers who look only for themselves in what they read".
He remarks, "Nothing demonstrated his powerlessness as much as the slave's inability to prevent the forcible sale of his wife and children".
"Chic," as the Ango-Irish opera designer Patrick Kinmonth once remarked, "is nothing.
Dangote's patriotism was evidenced not only in his business decisions he remarked that "nothing is going to help Nigeria like Nigerians bringing back their money.
John McMullen, a minority owner in the syndicate, soon remarked that "nothing is as limited as being a limited partner of George's".
Henry James once remarked that 'Nothing is my last word on anything.' For Sontag, as for James, there was always more to be said, more to be felt.
The mayor is said to have remarked that nothing had changed during a Downing Street meeting on Wednesday, and reportedly added that more was needed.
Two centuries ago, the Duke of Wellington remarked that "nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won". In our day, great battles are rare, while wars have become commonplace.
Aside from hunting for a decent dinner (more on that later), there wasn't all that much to do on the island -- though, as Andrew remarked, "doing nothing is why we're here".
