The Good Quotes

There is good and bad in all of us and the Church uses the idea of original sin to control us by saying that, if we do not obey the bishops, we will rot in Hell.

I'm a Labour politician, but, you know, I can see decent Tories with good ideas.

If you put good people around you, I guess you're smart. You learn from them and that makes you a better coach.

I am filled suddenly with hope. I don't think I will ever die. We are looking for ghosts, but, I think, a good story will do.

Good businesses generate missions to drive their profits. Great businesses generate profits to drive their missions.

It's a good feeling to see the kids try to make it, try to get to the big leagues. Everyone here has an opportunity to achieve his dream. I was lucky I was able to achieve my dream.

Many of the Universities have very good Theatre Departments these days.

Have good examples and stories to drive home your content.

Even if everything else is downplayed, I'll wear good shoes.

You know that saying, bad things don't happen to good people? That's a lie.

I just want to do good work.

Be good or don't get caught.

Behind every good woman lies a trail of men.

If you work hard, good things will happen. I will never be in a situation where if I fail I can look back and say, 'If I'd only worked harder.'

You've got to think ahead from what you're about to say. I might be mad at some guy but if I say what's on my mind, it's probably not going to be good.

When you go into public service, you understand you're trading something. You want to feel good about what you do, but you're not going to make what people in private sector make.

She's got her God and she's got good wine, Aretha Franklin, and Patsy Cline.

Love should be allowed. I’m all for it. Now that I’ve got a pretty good idea what it is.

you got to want it to be good, and I don't want it.

I think to be a good teacher you need an enormous amount of patience and I'm a very impatient person.

It's almost impossible to make the case that Bush is a conservative. That may be good; that may be bad.

In those moments when I'm obsessively counting my sins against me, it is good news to remember that God has counted my sins against Christ.

If we read the Bible asking first, 'What would Jesus do?' instead of asking 'What has Jesus done?' we’ll miss the good news that alone can set us free.

Between writing, traveling, speaking, preaching, and doing my best to be a good husband to my wife and my three kids, that's about as much as one man or at least this man can do.

I have to feel that each thing I've learned I can push to another point next time. I'm not very good with repetition. I would rather not work than feel that repetition is the order of the day.

I'm not sure whether it's good fortune or bad, but I've died many times on screen.

When you're put in a position where you're having to decide, Is this a good decision? Is this the right decision for everybody involved? - it makes me feel a little unsteady, unsure.

I think that's in my case everything I do takes so long because I don't have one direction. I'm just doing what I feel at the moment. It would probably be good, though, to have some direction.

I have no control over my writing. I have lots of good intentions, but no control. There's a story that wants to be told.

President Murabak has been a U.S. ally for decades. He was a guarantor of some degree of peace in the Middle East and has kept a good relationship with the Western world.

Barcelona is a special track. I have always loved the layout of the circuit, but also the atmosphere and the fans are special. It has always been good fun.

If you're going to be stuck somewhere forever, you might as well be around good people!

Good design is forever.

I'd rather sing a good lyric written by someone else than one of my own that is terrible.

Show me who your friends are and I'll show you who you are. It works for me. Stay positive and good things happen.

To a friend, achievement is good news, to an enemy, it's bragging.

Learn your audience and know how to reach them and don't sign anything without a good lawyer and a capable agent.

People have a good time with all the catch phrases.

I wonder if this is how is is with all evil men, that to someone, they look just like good men, talk like good men, are just as likable as good men.

So you're her brother? Says Linn. I guess we know who got the good genes.

Very good. It was perfect.

To rove about, musing, that is to say loitering, is, for a philosopher, a good way of spending time.

I hope I was a good example of women's tennis.

It's such an old-fashioned attitude to make people feel like they're not good enough for your clothes. That's so negative and so old-fashioned and wrong.

We can be so much braver and bolder with a good friend by our side!

To find a good story, you’re generally going to find it in independent or lower budget movies... I wouldn’t mind doing a big budget movie if it had a great story.

Having created a business that is a success, when you are in a nepotistic situation, people who don't do anything themselves, well, it is easy for them to say it's never good enough.

You can talk good ideas out of existence.

My partner Dan Ireland wants me to direct, and I read a lot of scripts - some good enough that I could see myself. But then it's like, so what? Who cares? Let someone else direct it.

At our best, it's a good experience but we do 22 episodes a year, so there are some clunkers.