Good Quotes

• I actually have a fear of the water because I nearly drowned. I got caught in a rip tide, and I wasn't a good swimmer because that was when I was emigrating from England to Australia.

  

  Naomi Watts
  • Fear
  • Water
  • Rip

• 'I feel that very rarely have I done any work in my life. I have a good time. I'm exploring. I'm playing a game, solving puzzles, and having fun, and for some reason people have been willing to pay me for it. Officially, I was supposed to retire years ago, but retire from what? Why stop having a good time?'

  

  Charles H. Townes
  • People
  • Life
  • Time

• Sosias: The love of wine is a good man's failing. (tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus)

  

  Aristophanes
  • Good
  • Wine

• You can have an amazing director and terrible script, and the film's not going to be great. But if you have the most incredible script and an okay director, you could still get a really good film.

  

  Douglas Booth
  • Good
  • Great
  • Amazing

• Little more than 100 weeks ago I assumed the office of President of the United States. In seeking the help of the Congress and our countrymen, I pledged no easy answers. I pledged - and asked - only toil and dedication. These the Congress and the people have given in good measure.

  

  John F. Kennedy
  • People
  • Help
  • Dedication

• Today, the biggest bottleneck to the growth of a corporation is availability of good talent.

  

  N. R. Narayana Murthy
  • Good
  • Today
  • Growth

• It takes me a long time to write, and I trust myself, so I write very sparsely, so when I do, I know it's good, you know what I mean? Rather than writing a whole bunch and having to sort out what's good and what's not.

  

  Thebe Neruda Kgositsile
  • Time
  • Long
  • Writing

• Our intentions may be very good, but, because the intelligence is limited, the action may turn out to be a mistake - a mistake, but not necessarily a sin, for sin comes out of a wrong intention.

  

  E. Stanley Jones
  • May
  • Action
  • Mistake

• I have a view that if you build something that's good, and you keep making it better, it lasts.

  

  Adam D'Angelo
  • Good
  • Better
  • View

• Building codes are a good thing. People who throw rocks at inspectors are being naive. It's a lot like police officers; we want them around unless they stop us for a ticket. It's the same with inspectors.

  

  Dan Phillips
  • People
  • Stop
  • Same

• I was raised to believe that America was a force for good in the world and that it should take its leadership role seriously.

  

  Dana Perino
  • World
  • Believe
  • America

• Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.

  

  Gary Oldman
  • Good
  • Great
  • Not Good Enough

• I divide criticism into two categories - one coming from those who understand music, who are worthy of being critical because they are knowledgeable about what they are saying; and then there is another category of people who would criticise you anyway, whether your work is good or bad.

  

  A. R. Rahman
  • People
  • Work
  • Music

• My friends have helped my daughter in certain areas more than I have. What these have taught me is that you need to be good to people. There will always be times when you need their help.

  

  Arundhati Bhattacharya
  • People
  • Friends
  • Help

• I just sing. But I have a fun hobby: I love to do archery. I'm pretty good on target. I'm not sure about the distances - maybe only 7 or 10 feet, so far, but I've scored the bull's eye several times, but usually always hit the target.

  

  Jackie Evancho
  • Fun
  • Target
  • Hobby

• I really wasn't even sure if I should continue acting. I would like try and figure out if I could be good enough to do it. It was like 10 or 12 years into my career before I felt like maybe I can do it. It was such a different time than now.

  

  Forest Whitaker
  • Time
  • Different
  • Career

• Michel Gondry's 'Green Hornet' was another franchise flick that felt like it came out of left field - I thought in a good way, but most audiences disagreed.

  

  Annalee Newitz
  • Good
  • Green

• My deceased patients have taught me over the years to believe in the glass half full, to make good use of the time we have, to be generous - that was their lesson for the Uber-mind, and it was free. 'Do that,' they said, 'and then perhaps death shall have no dominion.'

  

  Abraham Verghese
  • Time
  • Believe
  • Mind

• Religious celebrations, and the good will, high spirits and generosity that mark them, are wonderful occasions for understanding the potential of 'everyday multiculturalism', and how people from diverse faiths can connect and show they care, rather than go down parallel, sometimes hostile, roads.

  

  Randa Abdel-Fattah
  • People
  • High
  • Understanding

• If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.

  

  F. Lee Bailey
  • Time
  • Good
  • Win

• The reduction in compassion that happens when we're all behind computer screens is not good for the world.

  

  Sam Altman
  • World
  • Good
  • Compassion

• No matter how good you get you can always get better, and that's the exciting part.

  

  Tiger Woods
  • Good
  • Better
  • Excitiong part

• I think the world is ready for some rock 'n' roll. Some real time guys that play their own instruments, write their own songs, and sing the music and have a good time doing it.

  

  Vince Neil Mötley Crüe
  • Time
  • World
  • Music

• If I can give you any advice, it's this: every hour that you spend sat on the couch doing nothing, put it to good use, because when you have kids, an hour is like a lifetime.

  

  Noel Gallagher Oasis
  • Kids
  • Advice
  • Lifetime

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