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Bad Quotes

Straight talk about the bad stretches.

These quotes cover a pitcher accepting that pain eventually comes with the job, a squad's uneasy feelings over uneven pay, and a nod to how poor choices tend to drive horror-film plots. For the flip side of tough moments, see Good.

I just want to preach so bad I can hardly stand it. I love what I do.

Quotes by John Piper

I wish thy lot, now bad, still worse, my friend, for when at worst, they say, things always mend.

Quotes by John Owen

It is certainly for the interest of the service that a cordial interchange of civilities should subsist between superior and inferior officers, and therefore, it is bad policy in superiors to behave towards their inferiors indiscriminately, as though they were...

Quotes by John Paul Jones

A bad sermon is like a car wreck - everyone slows down to see what happened.

Quotes by John Ortberg

Tithing is a bad ceiling but an excellent floor.

Quotes by John Ortberg

Well, he can't be dumb, I mean, because he's been president for four years and he's president again, so you're going to get caught out if you're really bad, aren't you? Unless millions and millions of Americans are dumb.

Quotes by John Newcombe

You see a lot of good ideas or well-written scripts that are bad ideas.

Quotes by John McTiernan

Really, what the government is asking Apple to do is to make every individual who uses an iPhone susceptible to hacking by bad people, foreign governments, and anyone who wants.

Quotes by John McAfee

I know from personal experience that the abuse of prisoners will produce more bad than good intelligence.

Quotes by John McCain

Hard distinctions make bad philosophy.

Quotes by John McCarthy

The bottom line is, winter navigation on the Seaway is a bad idea.

Quotes by John M. McHugh

If you see a defense team with dirt and mud on their backs they've had a bad day.

Quotes by John Madden

I've always said winning's the great deodorant, and conversely, when you have a bad record, everything stinks, and everything starts to unravel, and everything falls apart.

Quotes by John Madden

The argument that someone is a bad man is an inadequate argument for war and certainly an inadequate and unacceptable argument for regime change.

Quotes by John Major

A good lawyer is a bad Christian.

Quotes by John Lothrop Motley

You set out to tell a good story. You don't do it because there is a deep message involved because the movie is almost always bad when you do that.

Quotes by John Lee Hancock

You set out to tell a good story. You don't do it because there is a deep message involved, because the movie is almost always bad when you do that. Your job No. 1 is for it to be entertaining,...

Quotes by John Lee Hancock

As soon as I found out how compartmentalized the industry was, I realized, Well, no wonder the cartoons are so bad.

Quotes by John Kricfalusi

Schools are really bad now. Schools are not only bad in reading, writing and arithmetic, they're worse in cultural aspects, like in music and art. They don't teach you anything.

Quotes by John Kricfalusi

I think it would be bad for storytellers in general if one company was able to seize a 40-50-60% share in storytelling. I don't think monopoly market shares are good for society, and I think they'd be particularly bad for...

Quotes by John Landgraf

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote about pitching through injury?
Yes. One quote is blunt about it: "Sooner or later the arm goes bad." It's a frank look at the physical toll of a long pitching career, going on to note that sooner or later you have to start pitching in pain. For more honest reflections on tough experiences, see Feel quotes.
Does this page include a quote about the spitball in baseball?
Yes - one quote admits, "I never threw the spitter, well maybe once or twice when I really needed to get a guy out real bad." It's a candid, self-aware confession about bending the rules under pressure.
Is there a quote about salary fairness on a sports team?
Yes. One quote argues it would be bad for the squad if one player had a much higher salary than the rest - a comment on how pay gaps can affect team unity. For more on group dynamics and everyday life, browse Life quotes.
Does this collection touch on horror movies?
Yes - one quote notes: "Poor decisions and bad luck are contingencies of most horror films." It's a neat summary of what usually drives the plot in that genre. See Good quotes for more sharp observations like this.
What does "bad" mean across these quotes?
It covers a lot of ground here - a pitching arm wearing down, bending the rules under pressure, salary fairness on a team, and the bad luck that drives horror movie plots. For more quotes on recurring, everyday themes, check out Always quotes.

What links them is a plainspoken acceptance that bad outcomes happen, rather than dramatic complaint. If you're after emotional reactions to hard times, try Feel or general Life.