The Good Quotes

It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The good things are football, kindness, and jazz bands.

So, good news/bad news: good news that I'm progressing; bad news that life is short and art is long.

If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment.

You can develop good judgment as you do the muscles of the body — by judicious, daily exercise.

Remember that almost everything looks better after a good night's sleep.

A Puritan is someone who is desperately afraid that, somewhere, someone might be having a good time.

[Good managers] know that people have 'good' sides and 'bad' sides and that the secret of good management is in magnifying the former and toning down the latter.

Historically, means cannot be separated from ends.

It is a good thing to be laughed at. It is better than to be ignored.

Being too good is apt to be uninteresting.

If America puts the enmity aside, if it initiates good will, and if it compensates for the past, the future situation between the United States and Iran will change.

The cook was a good cook, as cooks go; and as cooks go, she went.

I'm a would-be rebel. The good girl who'd like to be a bad one.

The only motive that can keep politics pure is the motive of doing good for one's country and its people.

In seeking to serve social needs because it makes good business sense to do so, a corporation is doing what it knows how to do best.

A reputation for good judgment, for fair dealing, for truth, and for rectitude, is itself a fortune.

A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing.

Whoever does not visit Paris regularly will never really be elegant.

While waiting for promised blessings, one should not mark time, for to fail to move forward is to some degree a retrogression. Be anxiously engaged in good causes, including your own development.

Good ideas and innovations must be driven into existence by courage and patience.

I finally did work out a very good relationship with my father, but it was rough growing up. We had a lot of conflict, and I think it surfaced in many of my works.

Good times are always where I am. I feel bored if I'm not there.

When there is breakdown in a relationship, you must have the hard conversation. It may not be pretty and it may not feel good. But if you are willing to listen and tell the truth, it will open up.

I have known a very good, fisher angle diligently four or six hours for a river carp, and not have a bite.

I always advise children who ask me for tips on being a writer to read as much as they possibly can. Jane Austen gave a young friend the same advice, so I'm in good company there.

A great book is a homing device For navigating paradise. A good book somehow makes you care About the comfort of a chair. A bad book owes to many trees A forest of apologies.

Forget about what you used to do. Don't make those same mistakes again. Everybody says, "Oh the good old days" - the good old days are right this second! This moment controls the next moment.

It's not like I'm starved for company - I have a few very good lady friends - but there's only a certain amount of times a woman wants to see you and never go out for dinner.

By definition, it is not possible to everyone to be above the average.

I may not be perfect but I am perfect enough to be a very good rendition of me.

A good friend remembers what we were and sees what we can be.

When people have good energy, I feel it. And generally I feel that people do like me. And that makes me very happy.

My work is a support system for people to feel good about themselves.

I am the good girl and I always play the good girl. It's nice to do that.

Isn't it cool when the days that are supposed to feel good, actually do?

Good acting is about reacting, not tryingto express something, but reacting to a situation as the character.I don't like acting acting.

The word "tip" stands for "to insure promptness." So when should you give it? Up front,of course. Sophisticated people don't take chances on poor service, they insure good service.

I bite my fingernails. That's probably not a good thing.

Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time.

Good character improves every aspect of a person’s life.

You must do right before you feel good.

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent.

The function of good journalism is to take information and add value to it.

But then acting is all about faking. We're all very good at faking things that we have no competence with.

You can get really good reads on your dreams if you think of every character in them as actually being you.

God himself took a day to rest in, and a good man's grave is his Sabbath.

Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence.

Food is strength, and food is peace, and food is freedom, and food is a helping hand to people around the world whose good will and friendship we want.

I believe in doing good for good's sake.

I know the heart of life is good.