Good Quotes

"I am a happy man. I've had a good life"

"In the '70s, everybody thought drugs were just good times. People didn't really know about drug addiction, or that such a thing existed. When I grew up in the '70s I thought you had to take drugs. It was almost like I didn't think you had a choice"

Aimee Mann, Musician

"It was only supposed to be on WCW compilation; on that wrestling compilation. And for that I thought it was good. And then we threw it on our record as well"

Kerry King, Musician

"Frankly - and believe me, I say this without any pretense - when I see the road I've taken, I have to say that thanks to good luck, because without good luck one can do nothing, I've come out pretty well"

James MacArthur, Actor

"Good design begins with honesty, asks tough questions, comes from collaboration and from trusting your intuition"

Freeman Thomas, Designer

"For the greater good, I thought I should be a spiritual leader for people for some reason"

Johnny Vegas, Comedian

"I'm a fun father, but not a good father. The hard decisions always went to my wife"

John Lithgow, Actor

"I began to be impressed by what made a good book-how you needed to have a sensible story, a plot that developed, with a beginning, a middle, and an end that would tie everything together"

Dorothy Fields, Musician

"I didn't want to play these people any more songs and have them say that they weren't good enough. So my response was to just not be able to write anymore. I know that's not the healthiest of responses"

Aimee Mann, Musician

"Unfortunately, most actors want to play off their own personal mystique and good looks and whatever, but that will only carry you but so far"

Joe Morton, Actor

"I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble do really good character acting, having them carry the movie as in my earlier pictures"

Brian De Palma, Director

"I believe that love and laughter can only happen when one person takes the time to think about what would cause the other person to feel good"

Yakov Smirnoff, Comedian

"I don't like talking about myself. I'm not really interested in myself. One of the good things about being a supporting actor is that you get to talk about other people"

David Morse

"The good news, to relieve all this gloom, is that a democracy is inherently self-correcting. Here, the people are sovereign. Inept political leaders can be replaced. Foolish policies can be changed. Disastrous mistakes can be reversed"

Theodore C. Sorensen, Lawyer

"So what does a good teacher do? Create tension - but just the right amount"

Donald Norman, Scientist

"I wonder why it is, that young men are always cautioned against bad girls. Anyone can handle a bad girl. It's the good girls men should be warned against"

David Niven, Actor

"I think I am very mainstream - I'm committed to good works in my life"

Peter Jennings, Journalist

"I'm not after fame and success and fortune and power. It's mostly that I want to have a good job and have good friends; that's the good stuff in life"

Drew Barrymore, Actress

"Only time, education and plenty of good schooling will make anti-segregation work"

Nat King Cole, Musician

"We had to do the same thing here. To top that sequel was quite a task. Mike had a couple of good conceptual humour and character ideas, which got me back into it"

Jay Roach, Director

"Six years ago, I completed the premier episode of Hawaii Five-O, and Jack Lord and I immediately realized that we had a good series, that this was a success such as we'd never hoped for!"

James MacArthur, Actor

"It's sometimes unnerving to think of that, and I wish it were possible for all children in the world to have the good fortune I've had in having a giving and loving family"

James MacArthur, Actor

"I don't make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare - in fact, unless you're a good comedian, you're never going to be able to play Hamlet properly"

Ian Mckellen, Actor

"Just because you've made a couple movies, you've done some good movies, you've been nominated for some Academy Awards, whatever, nobody's entitled. It's a business. If they don't see it, I can think they're wrong, but I'm not entitled to a $15 million budget to make a film"

Edward Norton, Actor

"It always feels good to come back here. I love New York... it's just nice to see a lot of familiar faces"

Latrell Sprewell, Athlete

"The United States is the world's best hope, but if you fetter her in the interests and quarrels of other nations, if you tangle her in the intrigues of Europe, you will destroy her power for good and endanger her very existence"

Henry Cabot Lodge, Politician

"Even though there's these songs and whoever the hell put it in the internet, if there's any good riffs in them, we raped the songs and put in the new ones"

Kerry King, Musician

"If you get a chance to be in a film, that's great. One of my goals is to make a record as good as Don Henley's album, Building the Perfect Beast"

Glenn Frey, Musician

"Nobody can give a good performance unless the authors and composers have written a good part, a fact which is often overlooked"

Judy Holliday, Actress

"To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise"

Gene Tunney, Athlete

"Only the pure in heart can make a good soup"

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer

"Before acting, I wanted to become a journalist. I also toyed with the idea of being a chef - but that's only when people asked me what I wanted to be. In fact, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I didn't ever believe that I was good enough to be come one"

Ian Mckellen, Actor

"They got all the size over there, and the teams are really good, so, I think night after night you're just going to have to be ready to lace them up and be ready to play. The teams out there are really good"

Latrell Sprewell, Athlete

"Sometimes change is good. Although I didn't want to leave"

Latrell Sprewell, Athlete

"This battle for 'common-sense' gun control laws pits emotion and passion against logic and reason. All too often in such a contest, logic loses. So, expect more meaningless, if not harmful, 'gun control' legislation. Good news - if you're a crook"

Larry Elder, Journalist

"My favorite part of a roller-coaster ride is when you're going up and you're slightly scared and really excited. You don't know what's coming next but you know it's going to be good. You can't handle it, go on the carousel"

Gina Gershon, Actress

"Anyone who tells a lie has not a pure heart, and cannot make a good soup"

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer

"If you don't interfere with me, I'll always do something really good"

John Malkovich, Actor

"I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value"

Hermann Hesse, Novelist

"Though I was not a belligerent kid, I do not think I ever passed up a good opportunity to fight"

Gene Tunney, Athlete

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