Good Quotes

Every piece of entertainment is made with the idea that 'This is going to be terrific' and 'This is the best thing I've ever done' and then it hits the public and then the public tells you whether it's good or bad.

If you have children, you don't want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It's just not good.

It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it is really important that we protect First Amendment rights of people no matter what side of the line they are on.

We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends.

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.

I just didn't want to get out there anymore; I didn't want to get back into what I call 'the swamp.' And the other reason why is I don't think it's good for the presidency for a former president to be opining about his successor. President Obama's got plenty of critics - and I'm just not gonna be one.

The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.

There is an ancient saying among men that you cannot thoroughly understand the life of mortals before the man has died, then only can you call it good or bad.

If you're able to help some people and make them smile and make them realize that life is good, then that's worth so much more than buying a pair of shoes.

Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited.

Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.

A good artist is willing to die many times over. What's funny is, I've died so many times.

To re-embrace what I once loved about music has been a warming process for me, because it's a good, earned feeling now.

My father was a guitar player, and I was raised with a super high standard of what good guitar playing was.

Like any good tree that one would hope to grow, we must set our roots deep into the ground so that what is real will prosper in the Light of Love.

Sometimes people just like being around each other, and good things come out of that.

Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.

Eagles are seagulls with a good hairdo.

If your life had lyrics, would they be any good?

And so I think that the idea of America working with other countries to solve problems is good for us, and it is part of digging us out of the 'my way or the highway' approach that was evident in the previous eight years.

I never kept up with the fashions. I believed in wearing what I thought looked good on me.

When you're around someone good, your own standards are raised.

Everyone who wants to do good to the human race always ends in universal bullying.

Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?

As brilliant an individual that Michael Jordan was, he was not successful until he got with a good team unit.

We must all learn a good lesson - how to live together. That is the new challenge of the new world... learning to co-exist and not co-annihilate.

Do not consider painful what is good for you.

I want to look good when people see me.

You used to have to sing and convey emotion, and now, well, technically you can do anything with technology. It sucks for music today, but that's why that old music feels so good to me.