Good Quotes

Small: We do very little re-writing in the office. We often take on people who show great promise and who we hope wil
"We do very little re-writing in the office. We often take on people who show great promise and who we hope will develop into somebody important and someone good"
James Laughlin, Poet
Small: Organizations like the ACLU fought and won the good fight back in the 1960s, but its clear that nowadays theyv
Craig Bruce
"Organizations like the ACLU fought and won the good fight back in the 1960's, but it's clear that nowadays they've run out of useful things to do since they now spend most of their time defending the scum of the Earth from getting what they rightly deserve"
Craig Bruce
Small: Often something comes in from which you can see that the person is good, the book may not be perfect as it is,
"Often something comes in from which you can see that the person is good, the book may not be perfect as it is, and the person doesn't want to do a re-write. That's something we do almost nothing of"
James Laughlin, Poet
Small: Whats right and good doesnt come naturally. You have to stand up and fight for it - as if the cause depends on
"What's right and good doesn't come naturally. You have to stand up and fight for it - as if the cause depends on you, because it does"
Bill Moyers, Journalist
Small: Just call me a family man and an actor who digs his whole scene, side interests and all. Just say I feel might
"Just call me a family man and an actor who digs his whole scene, side interests and all. Just say I feel mighty good at the ripe old age of 27"
Bobby Darin, Musician
Small: I have my good days and my bad days, but I dont have as much energy as I used to back when I was young and foo
Anne McCaffrey
"I have my good days and my bad days, but I don't have as much energy as I used to back when I was young and foolish and didn't count the cost - and it takes a lot - to write"
Anne McCaffrey, Author
Small: I wouldnt encourage new writers to start off publishing through electronic media... it still isnt wide enough
Anne McCaffrey
"I wouldn't encourage new writers to start off publishing through electronic media... it still isn't wide enough for the readership they would need to get a good start"
Anne McCaffrey, Author
Small: A good story is a good story no matter who wrote it
Anne McCaffrey
"A good story is a good story no matter who wrote it"
Anne McCaffrey, Author
Small: Sometimes I think my husband is so amazing that I dont know why hes with me. I dont know whether Im good enoug
Angelina Jolie
"Sometimes I think my husband is so amazing that I don't know why he's with me. I don't know whether I'm good enough. But if I make him happy, then I'm everything I want to be"
Angelina Jolie, Actress
Small: Stations were built at intervals averaging fifteen miles apart. A riders route covered three stations, with an
Buffalo Bill
"Stations were built at intervals averaging fifteen miles apart. A rider's route covered three stations, with an exchange of horses at each, so that he was expected at the beginning to cover close to forty-five miles - a good ride when one must average fifteen miles an hour"
Buffalo Bill, Celebrity
Small: A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him
Douglas MacArthur
"A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him"
Douglas MacArthur, Soldier
Small: The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secu
Abraham Maslow
"The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior"
Abraham Maslow, Psychologist
Small: Good things happen to those who hustle
"Good things happen to those who hustle"
Anais Nin, Author
Small: I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because th
Katharine Hepburn
"I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they're good or there because they're lucky"
Katharine Hepburn, Actress
Small: The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy be
John W. Gardner
"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water"
John W. Gardner, Educator
Small: When every piece of furniture and your underwear are taken by the bank, when you lose your house in Florida, i
Al Goldstein
"When every piece of furniture and your underwear are taken by the bank, when you lose your house in Florida, in New York, in Amsterdam and L.A., when your wife is dying and your son abandons you, you don't feel very good"
Al Goldstein, Publisher
Small: And some poets are far better read off the page because theyre very bad speakers. Im thinking of one in partic
Norman MacCaig
"And some poets are far better read off the page because they're very bad speakers. I'm thinking of one in particular whom I won't name, a good poet, and he reads in such a dry, boring way, your eyes start drooping"
Norman MacCaig, Poet
Small: In Europe it is particularly important that we build good relations to everyone who holds political responsibi
"In Europe it is particularly important that we build good relations to everyone who holds political responsibility because Europe can only be build together"
Angela Merkel, Statesman
Small: The really good idea is always traceable back quite a long way, often to a not very good idea which sparked of
"The really good idea is always traceable back quite a long way, often to a not very good idea which sparked off another idea that was only slightly better, which somebody else misunderstood in such a way that they then said something which was really rather interesting"
John Cleese, Actor
Small: Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good bu
Andy Warhol
"Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art"
Andy Warhol, Artist
Small: I like someone who is a little crazy but coming from a good place. I think scars are sexy because it means you
Angelina Jolie
"I like someone who is a little crazy but coming from a good place. I think scars are sexy because it means you made a mistake that led to a mess"
Angelina Jolie, Actress
Small: When Im able to see the ice ahead of time when I get the puck, Im able to make some pretty good plays
"When I'm able to see the ice ahead of time when I get the puck, I'm able to make some pretty good plays"
Mario Lemieux, Athlete
Small: That is ever the way. Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse
"That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse"
James M. Barrie, Playwright
Small: My bodys feeling it a little bit. But one good thing, my back is in good shape, and thats my main concern.
"My body's feeling it a little bit. But one good thing, my back is in good shape, and that's my main concern. I know that my legs are going to take awhile to get back to where I was a few years ago, but as long as my back is solid, I feel that I can play many years"
Mario Lemieux, Athlete
Small: Everybody I talked to - from my friends to my family and some of the players - really gave me a lot of support
"Everybody I talked to - from my friends to my family and some of the players - really gave me a lot of support from the start. And that certainly made me feel good about trying to come back and be one of the best again"
Mario Lemieux, Athlete
Small: Its really a good feeling to know that we put this up there, that its working, that all these peoples plans th
Linda M. Godwin
"It's really a good feeling to know that we put this up there, that it's working, that all these people's plans that worked so hard came together and things fit and we've got a real space station"
Linda M. Godwin, Astronaut
Small: It definitely helps to have been through the arm training flow before and to have used the arm on orbit, and i
Linda M. Godwin
"It definitely helps to have been through the arm training flow before and to have used the arm on orbit, and it also gives me the confidence to know that our training facilities are really good, that when you get up there, you feel like you've been there"
Linda M. Godwin, Astronaut
Small: In the Astronaut Office were never totally out of training, we always keep our hand in it. But after five year
Linda M. Godwin
"In the Astronaut Office we're never totally out of training, we always keep our hand in it. But after five years, things have changed and so it's been good to get back into the flow and relearn a lot of things"
Linda M. Godwin, Astronaut
Small: But then acting is all about faking. Were all very good at faking things that we have no competence with
"But then acting is all about faking. We're all very good at faking things that we have no competence with"
John Cleese, Actor
Small: Machiavellis teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion dema
"Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith"
Lord Acton, Historian
Small: As a good horse is not very apt to jump over a bank, if left to guide himself, I let mine pick his own way
Buffalo Bill
"As a good horse is not very apt to jump over a bank, if left to guide himself, I let mine pick his own way"
Buffalo Bill, Celebrity
Small: Good leaders make people feel that theyre at the very heart of things, not at the periphery
"Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery"
Warren G. Bennis, Psychologist
Small: I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game
"I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game"
Wilhelm Steinitz, Celebrity
Small: Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game
"Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game"
Wilhelm Steinitz, Celebrity
Small: Good teachers make the best of a pupils means great teachers foresee a pupils ends
Maria Callas
"Good teachers make the best of a pupil's means; great teachers foresee a pupil's ends"
Maria Callas, Musician
Small: And I liked pluralist Australia. I got a taste for pluralist Australia. I like, I like Australians and I cant
"And I liked pluralist Australia. I got a taste for pluralist Australia. I like, I like Australians and I can't believe that they're going to go to hell because they tell a good dirty joke, you know"
Thomas Keneally, Novelist
Small: Rocks so good to me. Rock is my child and my grandfather
Chuck Berry
"Rock's so good to me. Rock is my child and my grandfather"
Chuck Berry, Musician
Small: She is a friend of mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all
"She is a friend of mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order. It's good, you know, when you got a woman who is a friend of your mind"
Toni Morrison, Novelist
Small: I made, over the years in Cambridge, several very good American friends, and America appeared to me, a land of
"I made, over the years in Cambridge, several very good American friends, and America appeared to me, a land of promise in every sense of that word, a land of freedom from the inhibitions and restrictions that I felt in England"
Peter Shaffer, Playwright
Small: Chris Martins a good friend of mine. Im actually Apples godfather. Hes an old friend and weve been mates for q
"Chris Martin's a good friend of mine. I'm actually Apple's godfather. He's an old friend and we've been mates for quite a few years now"
Simon Pegg, Comedian
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