Good Quotes

"It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory"

"It's easy to make good decisions when there are no bad options"

"We in science are spoiled by the success of mathematics. Mathematics is the study of problems so simple that they have good solutions"

Whitfield Diffie, Scientist

"I think all great actors - and I don't classify myself as one of them, incidentally - but I think all great actors listen well and I've learned that from a lot of the very good actors with whom I've worked - to really listen to what people say"

John Frankenheimer, Director

"My parents did not have a perfect marriage. It was pretty good, but it was not perfect. My marriage is not perfect. My wife is, but I happen to be imperfect. However, that does not discount the fact that the definition of marriage must be defended and protected"

Stockwell Day, Politician

"It's not good for government to tell people that the world owes them a living and that things are free"

William Weld, Politician

"As a whole, the managers today are different in temperament. Most have very good communication skills and are more understanding of the umpire's job. That doesn't mean they are better managers. It just means that I perceive today's managers a bit differently"

Jim Evans, Athlete

"There are things that you can do today that, years ago, there was nothing. The community today needs to know that with MRI and the current medications the view is good"

Teri Garr, Actress

"Only in the most unusual cases is it useful to determine whether a book is good or bad; for it is just as rare for it to be one or the other. It is usually both"

Robert Musil, Writer

"America is supposed to be given over to ugliness. There are a good many ugly things there and the ugliest are the most pretentious"

Goldwin Smith, Historian

"The purely agitation attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject"

Michael Korda, Novelist

"Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea"

Robert Half, Businessman

"I was able to work out all sorts of attitudes to style and event and character, all of which affected the way I came to think about my own writing. I believe that all good writers are original"

Margaret Mahy, Author

"And if we make the process political, if we start to make it personal, we're actually going to frustrate good public policy, in terms of managing this money"

Michael Chertoff, Public Servant

"Recent demonstration projects have shown that with some Federal support, a little funding can go a long way toward ensuring that low-income children have access to good oral health care"

Michael K. Simpson, Politician

"When prose gets too stylized and out of control - and Stein is sometimes a good example - when you don't know what the hell is going on, then it's kind of boring"

Rick Moody, Novelist

"With movies, you are always in search is a good story, one that everyone will relate to and love. I love finding those stories and creating a visual world to tell the story"

Don Bluth, Artist

"Insisting that we must tax and take and demonize those who have already achieved the American Dream. That may turn out to be a good re-election strategy for President Obama, but is a demoralizing message for America"

Chris Christie, Politician

"Everyone wants to demagogue everyone else. That may be good politics, but it's awful policy"

Chris Christie, Politician

"It's not a good idea to put your wife into a novel; not your latest wife anyway"

Norman Mailer, Novelist

"For the most part, pianos are female to me. Sometimes they're dykes, and they're always good fun"

Tori Amos, Musician

"No man or woman can be strong, gentle, pure, and good, without the world being better for it and without someone being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness"

Phillips Brooks, Clergyman

"Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical writing by the necessity of maintaining the professional standing of the critic"

Raymond Chandler, Writer

"A good stance and posture reflect a proper state of mind"

Morihei Ueshiba, Athlete

"At the end of the day it's got to be a good movie, it's got to be a funny movie, and it's got to make people think, 'Hey, I couldn't have spent my time any better.'"

Tom Hanks, Actor

"Constructive criticism is about finding something good and positive to soften the blow to the real critique of what really went on"

Paula Abdul, Musician

"From a good book, I want to be taken to the very edge. I want a glimpse into that outer darkness"

Mark Haddon, Novelist

"The process of composition, messing around with paragraphs and trying to make really good prose, is hardwired into my personality"

Rick Moody, Novelist

"There are some good people. But a good chunk of them will lie for no reason at all - it'll be ten o'clock and they'll tell you it's nine. You're looking at the clock and you can't even fathom why they're lying. They just lie because that's what they do"

John Cusack, Actor

"The film is not a success until it makes money. It's only good when there's a dollar figure attached to the box office"

John Cusack, Actor

"You just can't make any movie and it will be good now. This is a really a difficult time to be in films"

Keenen Ivory Wayans, Comedian

"Just making a good movie is hard to do"

Keenen Ivory Wayans, Comedian

"I enjoy the character interplay. Sometimes the audience is not laughing, but smiling, and that is almost just as good because it keeps them ready to laugh"

Keenen Ivory Wayans, Comedian

"The most accurate representation of how I feel is that I'm incredibly lucky to be working in this structure where people get paid millions to read the news on TV. And, yes, it is insane. And there is nothing I can say beyond acknowledging my immense good fortune, and being aware that I'm blessed, and aware that it isn't going to last forever"

Tom Hanks, Actor

"In addition to having a good partnership with a good doctor, you have to do some of the work yourself. Go online, read about it, and find out what you can tolerate"

Teri Garr, Actress

"Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success"

Walter Bagehot, Author

"No not at all... it is rare for shows to make it as long as Once and Again... It was a pretty good run"

Sela Ward, Actress

"I haven't heard anything about a reunion show for Sisters. But if the script was good I would do it"

Sela Ward, Actress

"Beauty is produced by the pleasing appearance and good taste of the whole, and by the dimensions of all the parts being duly proportioned to each other"

Marcus V. Pollio, Architect

"It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations"

Walter Bagehot, Author

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