“My art flatters nobody by imitation, it courts nobody by smoothness, nobody by petitelieness without either fal-de-lal or fiddle-de-dee; how then can I hope to be popular?”

“The Pobble who has no toes
Had once as many as we;
When they said, "Some day you may lose them all;"—
He replied, — "Fish fiddle de-dee!"”

Edward Lear (1812–1888) British artist, illustrator, author and poet

“Whose starward eye
Saw chariot “swing low”? And who was he
That breathed that comforting, melodic sigh,
“Nobody knows de trouble I see”?”

James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) writer and activist

“Nobody's talking to me, but nobody's hassling me either. I guess you can't have everything.”

Beatrice Sparks (1917–2012) American writer

“All I got is dreams. Nobody else believes. Nobody else can see. Nobody else but me.”

Jay-Z (1969) American rapper, businessman, entrepreneur, record executive, songwriter, record producer and investor

“I never hurt nobody but myself and that's nobody's business but my own.”

Billie Holiday (1915–1959) American jazz singer and songwriter

“Nobody can buy a hat without gossiping.”

Diana Wynne Jones book Howl's Moving Castle

“I hope nobody took the Razzle Dazzle Rose.”

James Frey book A Million Little Pieces

“I am a sensitive artist. Nobody understands me because I am so deep. In my work, I make allusions to books that nobody else has read, music that nobody else has heard, and art that nobody else has seen. I can't help it, because I am so much more intelligent and well-rounded than everyone who surrounds me.”

John S. Hall (1960) Poet, author, singer, lawyer

“Nobody but a highlander can go about without his trousers.”

Henry Savile Clarke (1841–1893)