Good Quotes

"I think Juan stopped short - he got halfway to the destination and got off the train. He is certainly an excellent writer and a good person, but I'm not a nationalist"

Clarence Thomas, Judge

"I stay in my own little zone, and that's good for me"

Joely Fisher, Actress

"Never think that you're not good enough. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning"

Anthony Trollope, Author

"Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living"

Harold Pinter, Playwright

"The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not"

Charles Barkley, Athlete

"Listen; there's a hell of a good universe next door: let's go"

e. e. cummings, Poet

"While playing golf today I hit two good balls. I stepped on a rake"

Henny Youngman, Comedian

"From a very early age I had imbibed the opinion that it was every man's duty to do all that lay in his power to leave his country as good as he had found it"

William Cobbett, Politician

"All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership"

Ann Landers, Journalist

"Nothing you write, if you hope to be good, will ever come out as you first hoped"

Lillian Hellman, Dramatist

"It's no longer good enough for us to tell kids who are different that it's gonna get better. We have to make it better now"

Rick Mercer, Comedian

"Good or bad, everything we do is our best choice at that moment"

William Glasser, Psychologist

"My idea of a perfect day is hanging with my friends, playing guitar, and just having a good time"

Ed Sheeran, Musician

"I think Maus I is better than Maus II. The standard here is whether or not it's as good as a great book of prose literature and by that standard, no, it's not that great"

Ted Rall, Cartoonist

"The good news is that parents are the leading influence on kids' decision not to drink alcohol"

Xavier Becerra, Politician

"Good enough never is"

Debbi Fields, Businesswoman

"A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson"

John Henrik Clarke, Author

"In the environmental movement, every time you lose a battle it's for good, but our victories always seem to be temporary and we keep fighting them over and over again"

David Suzuki, Scientist

"All that a good government aims at... is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable consequences, and to abstain from fortifying and accumulating social inequality as a means of increasing political inequalities"

James F. Cooper, Novelist

"I think if you go beyond a year - if this continues into the system in the out years, I think there is a risk and that - that we could have a negative reaction in the bond market and that will offset the good that was attempted to be done"

Franklin Raines, Businessman

"That is ever the way. Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse"

J. M. Barrie, Novelist

"The only way that we're going to feel secure in this country again and that we're going to feel good about ourselves is if we use these systems we've put into place to create positive change around the world. I really believe we can do that"

John Perkins, Economist

"We'd go to the fraternity house. It was a good place to practice. But we really wanted the kids to overhear us. And whoever heard us would go nuts over it"

Art Garfunkel, Musician

"Good is not good when better is expected"

Vin Scully, Celebrity

"I get nervous when I don't get nervous. If I'm nervous I know I'm going to have a good show"

Beyonce Knowles, Musician

"Yes, you who called us godless, we found our faith in Adolf Hitler, and through him found God once again. That is the greatness of our day, that is our good fortune!"

Robert Ley, Soldier

"Losing feels worse than winning feels good"

Vin Scully, Celebrity

"Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven"

Walter Benjamin, Critic

"One of the ingredients that made Cheers work so well was the great ensemble of actors we had. That's the case with any good series"

Ted Danson, Actor

"Good painting is like good cooking; it can be tasted, but not explained"

Maurice de Vlaminck, Artist

"When I was flying to Rome, we flew over London; I felt like bursting into tears. It's part of me, so I can't leave London behind for good"

Robert Pattinson, Actor

"I have spent over 60 years bent over a guitar and to know that I wrote 70 compositions that masters have recorded, that makes me feel so good and full, and proud and thankful to the good Lord"

Jerry Reed, Musician

"Good God, if our civilization were to sober up for a couple of days it'd die of remorse on the third"

Malcolm Lowry, Poet

"If religion had a good purpose, then man would have created something great. But we're man: we mess up everything. We mess up nature. We mess up God. We take what is given to us and make it into what we think it should be"

Ziggy Marley, Musician

"And I have the support of the writers: I have a great relationship with the creative team, and they have a good hold of my character and my personality, and they come up with some great stuff, and I'm forever trying to change it up, keep it fresh"

Trish Stratus, Entertainer

"You know what? It's a great conversation starter, right? You meet friends that way. Sometimes it's a good thing. And then other times, I guess, the person is just a little too... then you kind of like want to back away. It depends on the person, you know?"

Alison Lohman, Actress

"At the same time we are aware that our various religions and ethical traditions often offer very different bases for what is helpful and what is unhelpful for men and women, what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil"

Hans Kung, Theologian

"I think it's a good thing for a president or political leaders to want to put their values or their faith into action. Desmond Tutu did that in South Africa. Martin Luther King Jr. did that here. This is a good thing"

Jim Wallis, Writer

"Now I'm fortunate to have a good band in CA, and play many solo gigs as well. My point is that I stopped playing in bands and played solo for four years, to get back into the groove and pulse of writing and singing and who I am on stage"

Arthur Godfrey, Entertainer

"Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment"

Rita Mae Brown, Writer

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