“Nothing can be created from nothing.”

FAMOUS QUOTE ABOUT NOTHING: “Nothing can be created from nothing.” (“Nil posse creare de nilo.”)        Lucretius (c. 99-55 B.C.)        Roman philosopher and poet        De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things)

CELEBRITY FAME COUNTERQUOTE: “Fame sometimes hath created something of nothing.”        Thomas Fuller (1608-1661)        British clergyman and historian        The Holy State and the Profane State (1642)

AD MAN’S VERSION: “If you can supply something that stimulates conspicuous consumption, you can create something from nothing.”        Patrick Hanlon        American advertising consultant and writer        Primal Branding (2006)

GOVERNMENT VERSION: “The government can create something from nothing. It can spend more than it collects in taxes. If there are private savings lying fallow, the government can borrow them. If there are no such savings, it can borrow from itself (by simply printing more money).”        Prof. David Schweickart        American philosopher and mathematician        Against Capitalism (1996)

DRILL, BABY, DRILL VARIATION: “Just as something cannot be created from nothing, truth cannot be revealed by falsehood. Belief never yields knowledge...Public policy based on mere beliefs or opinions sooner or later crashes headlong into the wall of reality causing disastrous consequences.”        Prof. John Kozy        Centre for Research on Globalization        Post on the GlobalResearch.ca website, May 16, 2010