The Good Quotes

When we're talking about a trillion dollars of taxpayer money, "trust me" just isn't good enough.

You see a lot of good ideas or well-written scripts that are bad ideas.

People who can dance and sing are often very good at comedy.

I think that if you're a good enough actor you hope that eventually the material will find you.

It is not hard for any man who hath a Bible in his hand to borrow good words and holy sayings in abundance; but to make them his own is a work of grace only from above.

As therefore the state of man now is, what wisdom can there be to choose, what continence to forbear, without the knowledge of good and evil?

These are thy glorious works, Parent of good!

None But such as are good men can give good things, And that which is not good, is not delicious To a well-govern'd and wise appetite.

Every good thing great and small needs defense

Keep in view the common good of the people for all time.

All good art is abstract.

A good question has many answers.

Most people would rather sit on a plane for two hours than spend two days on a train, but there's nothing comparable to taking a relaxing rail journey with your family or good friends.

Never tell a story because it is true: tell it because it is a good story.

The Mirror has become an important antidote to a media that is, most of it, supportive of the establishment, some of it quite rabidly rightwing. The Mirror is breaking ranks, and that's good news.

We wanted to be as expansive as possible to make sure we didn't preclude some good ideas.

Our Constitution professedly rests upon the good sense and attachment of the people. This basis, weak as it may appear, has not yet been found to fail.

I have a special child and there are not a lot of services around for that special child, and so we picked out a school that would be a very good school for her.

You hear that liberalism lacks an idea of the common good, but I think that's a mistake.

There are various ways you might define the common good, but that would be one way you could do it.

Public reason arguments can be good or bad just like other arguments.

We may, without offending any laws of good taste, require of an architect, as we do of a novelist, that he should be not only correct, but entertaining.

No picture can be good which deceives by its imitation, for the very reason that nothing can be beautiful which is not true.

I do think people of good will can have different opinions but still be coming not from a place of malice.

There are certain actors who are very good at improvising, like Dustin Hoffman and Glenda Jackson.

Music crosses cultures and language barriers and it makes people feel good.

Our government is a gift from God, who calls us to be good stewards of it.

The good thing about directing yourself is that you get over yourself.

Me and Spike Lee are good friends. I got a lot of respect for Spike just because of who he is, what he stands for, and the support for that organization. Even when it was bad he was there.

In nature two things do not occur-the wheel and good taste.

If you are in love-that's a good thing-that's about the best thing that can happen to anyone.

Photography was not invented to serve a clearly understood function. There was in fact widespread uncertainty, even among its inventors, as to what it might be good for.

Good writing is good writing, but that doesn't mean you can't orchestrate it or tweak it.

I try to balance independent films with commercial films, and I've done a pretty good job of it over the years.

I am sometimes visited by the heretical thought that there is no such thing as good and bad architecture, any more than there is good and bad nature. It is all in where you stand at the time.

To have you in my life is wondrous Yet all good things, allegedly, come to an end, Piffle, says I, for you, undoubtedly, Will forever be my lover and best friend.

This is a very insulting tribute But take it in good heart Congratulations Mom and Dad You've reached Silver together...apart Lots of love etc

People that pick up hitchhikers I believe are basically good people that believe in other people and understand problems and don't judge people. That's always the kind of person I'm looking for.

Everything makes you who you are, so I was lucky that I had a good family that was horrified by what I wanted to do but was also supportive of it, right to the very end.

No matter what your sexual preference or gender, no one likes a man who is fussy about his looks. You can spend as much time as you want looking good. But don't do it in public.

I love to read about anger. A "feel bad" book always makes me feel good. And no other novel in the history of literature is more depressing than Christina Stead's The Man Who Loved Children.

I like the word 'underground'... 'independent' carries a stigma of whininess. 'Underground' means a good time.

Once you become a good person, then you have a chance of becoming a good basketball player.

Why can't we have patience and expect good things to take time?

Good coaching is about leadership and instilling respect in your players. Dictators lead through fear - good coaches do not.

The good news is that the president gets another chance. The bad news is that he'll be two weeks older.

I know who I am. And I know I'm a good person.

All our good works and good intentions can't solve our sin problem.

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

I didn't have a good childhood because I never could get along with other kids. I was the child that sat in the corner eating lunch by herself.