Good Quotes
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There are certain artists who have taken it upon themselves to save the world, and I find that gets tiresome. I think the artist's first obligation is to the art, not to the issues . . . I think if I have something to say the best way to do that is just to tell a damn good story.
Billy Joel
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The Cullens, they're an interesting group of vampires. They're all really good but kind of bad. I mean, they are still vampires.
Elizabeth Reaser
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I was reading poetry to my girlfriends, and they were like, 'You're really good. You should go to some poetry readings or something.' And I eventually went and got a, you know, somewhat of a name for myself and a little bit of a following.
Jill Scott
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Reading recent history is good to humble yourself, and also to feel some hopefulness that there is progress.
Uma Thurman
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He’ll never be good if he can’t choose to be nasty. It’s the choice that makes the good.
Catherynne M. Valente
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If what you want to tell me is neither True nor Good nor even Useful, why tell it to me at all.
Socrates
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That is something I'm specifically equipped to discuss - how reputation can affect even your capacity to rent a place. Having good credit is irrelevant in the face of something like getting thrown out of court six years ago. I've really thought this out.
Courtney Love
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To speak against religion (the Christian) is breaking down the bond of good government.
James L. Petigru
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I believe in cooperating for the common good.
Erskine Bowles
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Heroes come in all sizes, and you don't have to be a giant hero. You can be a very small hero. It's just as important to understand that accepting self-responsibi lity for the things you do, having good manners, caring about other people-these are heroic acts. Everybody has the choice of being a hero or not being a hero every day of their lives.
George Lucas
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Money, like any other force such as electricity, is amoral and can be used for either good or evil.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I fondly remember good times working on 'Thor.'
Kenneth Branagh
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..we'll deal with it, because the good outweighs the bad.
E. Lockhart
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I don't really have a lot of fun playing just straight good guys. It's not my thing. It's like Tom Hanks territory.
Denis Leary
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Happy is the man who knows how to distinguish the real from the unreal, the eternal from the transient and the good from the pleasant by his discrimination and wisdom.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar
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I heat myself up over the fact that I am never going to be as good as I want to be.
Aidan Gillen
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I think that we need, you know, Sen. Vitter is quite conservative, and I think we need to replace a good strong conservative with another conservative.
John Fleming
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Did you ever notice that people who are good with a computer don't use it for much of anything except being good with a computer? They know all about information technology, but they don't have much interest in the information. I'm the opposite.
Andy Rooney
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If there's good, strong evidence from science that such and such is the case and this is contrary to Buddhism, then we will change.
Dalai Lama
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I like to laugh and have a good time rather than brood and be sullen.
Jon Hamm
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It's funny: I always, as a high school teacher and particularly as a high school yearbook teacher, because yearbook staffs are 90 percent female, I got to sit in and overhear teenage girl talk for many years. I like teenage girls; I like their drama, their foibles. And I think, 'I'll be good with a teenage daughter!'
Rob Thomas Matchbox Twenty
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But, then again, I wouldn't call myself an indie-rock supporter even if there are some really good bands out there and there will always be some real good new bands.
Stephen Malkmus Pavement
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I would never be one to critique the announcers when I watched games. I try to watch the play and listen to the broadcasters and what they are pointing out. I was never one to say this one was good or bad.
John Madden
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I also have two dogs, a Chihuahua and a Yorkshire terrier, so if they like him, that's a good sign.
Christine Flores