Good Quotes

"A good nation I will make live"

"When I got back to my father and mother and was sitting up there in our tepee, my face was still all puffed and my legs and arms were badly swollen; but I felt good all over and wanted to get right up and run around"

Black Elk, Leader

"Destiny is a good thing to accept when it's going your way. When it isn't, don't call it destiny; call it injustice, treachery, or simple bad luck"

Joseph Heller, Novelist

"I had the great good fortune to interview Peggy Lee. Her memories of working with Walt Disney and his team were warm and upbeat"

Leonard Maltin, Critic

"We have to make sure the Good Friday Agreement works"

Gerry Adams, Politician

"The good news is that even minimal activity can significantly extend life"

Howard Coble, Politician

"Maybe it will be a great thing when the Baby Boomers finally die out. In real life, it's not a matter of the good guys or the bad guys. Rather, it's big numbers and small numbers that do the counting"

Jack Bowman, Actor

"Basically the school system sets you up with what it wants to set you up with. They're really good at it. I think they're too good. Problem is, what they're doing is conditioning kids to merely accept the culture at hand. But the rebels won't accept it"

Jack Bowman, Actor

"It's not good enough to give it tender, loving care, to supply it with breakfast foods, to buy it expensive educations. Those things don't mean anything unless this generation has a future. And we're not sure that it does"

George Wald, Scientist

"Basically, if you could get a good trailer out of the script, Roger had no objection to you making a really good movie. He liked it if you did. He liked the more cleverness and ingenuity you could bring to it. He just wasn't going to give you any more money"

John Sayles, Director

"I never could be good when I was not happy"

Julia Ward Howe, Activist

"It's hard sometimes if you think a character should look a certain way and you're being pushed to do it differently. I've had fights over that. That's why it's so important that you work with good people"

Uma Thurman, Actress

"A good daguerreotype was as perfect a kind of photograph as was ever made"

Edward Steichen, Photographer

"You know, when you really connect with the instrument and everything just comes out on an emotional level very naturally through your playing. That's, you know, a great night. And I think the reason I love touring so much is you're chasing that high around all the time, trying to have another good night"

Slash, Musician

"I guess by taking lessons early on, and really trying to play all the rudimentary stuff, and try to have it sound as good as my teacher. It took a lot of practice, which I enjoyed, and still do"

Matt Cameron, Musician

"My parents were angry, but they were relieved that I was in good condition. They had been afraid the Russians would torture me. They told me not to do it again!"

Mathias Rust, Aviator

"No matter how difficult and painful it may be, nothing sounds as good to the soul as the truth"

Martha Beck, Author

"I know now what this meant, that the bison were the gift of a good spirit and were our strength, but we should lose them, and from the same good spirit we must find another strength"

Black Elk, Leader

"Love of God is not always the same as love of good"

Herman Hesse, Author

"If time is not real, then the dividing line between this world and eternity, between suffering and bliss, between good and evil, is also an illusion"

Herman Hesse, Author

"I always wanted to be the best I could be at whatever I did. I didn't want to be the number one golfer in the world. I just wanted to be as good as I could be. I work hard, I push myself hard, and I probably even expect too much of myself"

Greg Norman, Athlete

"Writing is good, thinking is better. Cleverness is good, patience is better"

Herman Hesse, Author

"But obviously, we're looking for all good ideas to help deal with our long-term debt problem. This is something that is going to affect our economy. It affects our kids. And we need to deal with it"

David Axelrod, Public Servant

"The more unique your film is and unusual it is and difficult it is, the harder it is to get it financed. That's why a lot of good filmmakers are doing television. They do HBO movies"

David Cronenberg, Director

"When I turned 50, I said to myself, well, if this is what it's like turning 50, I can't wait to turn 60 because I still felt very, very mentally and physically good, outside my back surgery"

Greg Norman, Athlete

"I think that more and more you're going to see people of good will on their side of the aisle say you know what, we got to get off the bus here, this is not headed in the right direction"

David Axelrod, Public Servant

"To be interested in the public good we must be disinterested, that is, not interested in goods in which our personal selves are wrapped up"

George H. Mead, Philosopher

"This sordid affair has become an unacceptable distraction for Representative Weiner, his family, his constituents and the House - and for the good of all, he should step aside and address those things that should be most important - his and his family's well-being"

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Politician

"I sometimes think God allows Great Britain to be unprincipled for the good of mankind"

Julia Ward Howe, Activist

"There are only two sorts of people in life you can trust - good Christians and good Communists"

Joe Slovo, Politician

"While one party may possess the levers of power, one party does not possess a monopoly on good ideas. Good lawmaking, after all, is about the ability to craft effective solutions"

Bill Owens, Politician

"All the faith and good will in the world is wasted without direction"

Bill Owens, Politician

"A good margarita, a good red wine, I like expensive alcohol, but not a lot of it. I don't like to throw up"

Denise Richards, Actress

"But I'll tell you this, it started with my mother. I have to give her. God bless her and rest her soul. I had a good foundation at home, so when I was able to go off and do these things in baseball there was always support"

Dave Winfield, Athlete

"I'd rather get a good clean laugh with good material, than an easy laugh by swearing or shocking. That's not clever or comedic, anybody can get a laugh that way, it's too easy"

Jim Dale, Musician

"All good performance pieces have some philosophical validity. That's the difference between mere theater and performance art"

Jack Bowman, Actor

"It's important to me that I look good on television because, let's face it, I'm single, and you want somebody to watch the show and fall in love with you"

Camryn Manheim, Actress

"It is often said that my heart is too open for my own good"

Henri Rousseau, Artist

"I was always good at math and science and physics"

Daniel J. Evans, Politician

"I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly good time at them"

Fiona Shaw, Actress

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