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Nil By Mouth' was a bit autobiographical, but as I always pointed out at the time, that's not my dad. -- Gary Oldman
I've followed Gary Oldman his whole career... I've watched the movies he's directed, like 'Nil by Mouth' - I've seen that five times! -- Joel Kinnaman
Never despair. [Nil desperandum.] -- Horace
Nil Sine Magno Labore ("Nothing without great effort") --Motto of Brooklyn College -- Tony-Paul de Vissage
Well, hello. My name is Lin. But if you're dyslexic, call me Nil. -- Lin-Manuel Miranda
The illustration which solves one difficulty by raising another, settles nothing. [Lat., Nil agit exemplum, litem quod lite resolvit.] -- Horace
'Nil By Mouth' was a bit autobiographical, but as I always pointed out at the time, that's not my dad. -- Gary Oldman
Nothing is difficult to mortals; we strive to reach heaven itself in our folly. [Lat., Nil mortalibus arduum est; Coelum ipsum petimus stultitia.] -- Horace
Cheerless poverty has no harder trial than this, that it makes men the subject of ridicule. [Lat., Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se Quam quod ridiculos homines facit.] -- Juvenal
Nil desperandum, -- Never Despair. That is a motto for you and me. All are not dead; and where there is a spark of patriotic fire, we will rekindle it. -- Samuel Adams
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing. [Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit, A dis plura feret. Nil cupientium Nudus castra peto.] -- Horace
The cost of praising someone is nil - but every psychological study shows the payoff is huge. -- Harvey Mackay
Forty years ago the chances of journalists reporting - or the authorities even prosecuting - a pro athlete were practically nil. -- Leigh Steinberg
My decorating and renovation skills are nil - indeed, I once used a shower curtain from Pottery Barn as 'window dressing.' -- Candace Bushnell
We convinced him quickly that the possibility of war was absolutely nil and continued our festivity. On the next day we were ordered to take the field. -- Manfred von Richthofen
At that time, the people that were in the animated film business were mostly guys who were unsuccessful newspaper cartoonists. In other words, their ability to draw living things was practically nil. -- Marc Davis
The effect of prizes on one's career - if that is what to call it - is considerable, since they give one more clout with publishers and more notoriety among journalists. The effect on one's writing, however, is nil - otherwise, one would be in deep trouble. -- John Banville
You see thousands of films you forget the minute you come out of the cinema, don't you? Because they don't mean anything. It's the tough ones like 'Breaking the Waves' and 'Nil By Mouth' that stay with you, that you never forget. I'd like to leave a few of those behind if possible. -- Olivia Colman
I drank for about 25 years getting over the loss of my father and I took the anger out on myself. I did a good job at beating myself up at sometimes. I don't drink anymore but my alcoholic head occasionally says different. 'Nil By Mouth' was a love letter to my father because I needed to resolve some issues in order to be able to forgive him. -- Gary Oldman
Illegitimis nil carborundum. -- Patricia Briggs
His credibility is zilch, virtually nil. -- Don King
Tombay's hopes, which were nil before, are absolutely zero now -- Murray Walker
The good news for Nigeria is that they're two-nil down very early in the game. -- Kevin Keegan
Poland nil, England nil, though England are now looking the better value for their nil. -- Barry Davies
Concerning the dead nothing but good shall be spoken. [Lat., De mortuis nil nisi bonum.] -- Plutarch
We're going to start the game at nil-nil and go out and try to get some goals. -- Bryan Robson
Homo sum: humani nil a me alienum puto.I am human: nothing human is alien to me. -- Terence
One might say that the American trend of education is to reduce the senses almost to nil. -- Isadora Duncan
For that is love's nature that it lays claim to exclusive right and that all other claims are nil. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
They (Leeds United) used to be a bit like Arsenal, winning by one goal to nil or even less. -- Nasser Hussain
The business man who gains success at the expense of the poor and miserable gains nil respect from his peers. -- Clarence H. Burns
It doesn't make much sense and it's nil premium. They're going to have co-CEOs...which is a very uncomfortable structure. -- Martin Sorrell
Unfortunately, my love life is nil. I'm working too much - but I would like to settle down at some point. -- Richard Armitage
The sense of responsibility in the financial community for the community as a whole is not small. It is nearly nil. -- John Kenneth Galbraith
My decorating and renovation skills are nil - indeed, I once used a shower curtain from Pottery Barn as 'window dressing. -- Candace Bushnell
Man the sum of what have you. A problem in impure properties carried tediously to an unvarying nil: stalemate of dust and desire. -- William Faulkner
In everything, there are two kinds of development-analytical and synthetical. In the former the Hindus excel other nations. In the latter they are nil. -- Swami Vivekananda
Too indolent to bear the toil of writing; I mean of writing well; I say nothing about quantity. [Lat., Piger scribendi ferre laborem; Scribendi recte, nam ut multum nil moror.] -- Horace
Man the sum of his climatic experiences Father said. Man the sum of what have you. A problem in impure properties carried tediously to an unvarying nil: stalemate of dust and desire. -- William Faulkner

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