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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.

The Founding Fathers' instructions were clear: The right to free speech includes bad speech; it means tolerance of ideas that many find obnoxious.

Quotes by David Ignatius

Sometimes good countries are so traumatized by events that they lose their bearings and embrace bad leaders.

Quotes by David Ignatius

I had never done any theater in high school, which actually worked to my benefit. I didn't develop any bad habits.

Quotes by David James Elliott

'Bad' health, in a thousand different forms, is used as an excuse for failing to do what a person wants to do, failing to accept greater responsibilities, failing to make more money, failing to achieve success.

Quotes by David Joseph Schwartz

I've had a lot of good nights, and ideally, I don't want to be remembered for a bad night.

Quotes by David Haye

I don't think NRA members are bad people at all. I think they're responsible gun owners that want to become politically active and make their voices heard in this democracy.

Quotes by David Hogg

Ah, to be a conservative climate change denier. While real scientists must do all the research and engage in heated debates about just how bad things are going to be, the deniers can rest easy in the bliss of willful...

Quotes by David Horsey

One of the things about having played a lot of villains is... I don't have the same experience of someone who maybe has been a leading man since they were 22 and therefore looks at certain things in a character...

Quotes by David Harbour

It's easy in music to tell what's good. It's hard to tell what's bad.

Quotes by David Geffen

Early on, I tried fiction, but I wasn't very good at it. I wrote a very bad novel that is thankfully sitting in a drawer somewhere.

Quotes by David Grann

The outlaw, in the American imagination, is a subject of romance - a 'good' bad man, he is typically a master of escape, a crack shot, a ladies' man.

Quotes by David Grann

It's a bad day when you don't get the work done that you need to get done or you don't get it done to the satisfaction.

Quotes by David Fincher

I had a lot of failed relationships, a lot of unhappiness, a lot of shame and embarrassment, bad self-image stuff.

Quotes by David Furnish

Not that being so mature is a bad thing, but there are times to be mature and there are times to be loose.

Quotes by David Gallagher

Bad guys have more fun.

Quotes by David Gallagher

A bad guy always assumes he's going to win, whereas the good guy has to struggle with, what if I lose?, and the audience wants to struggle with him.

Quotes by David Gallagher

Indeed, scientific truth by consensus has had a uniformly bad history.

Quotes by David Douglass

I've seen the bottom and I know the difference between good golf and bad golf.

Quotes by David Duval

I have a slightly bad back, which has made an enormous contribution to American literature.

Quotes by David Eddings

I used to be a drinker but I found out how bad it was and I let it alone.

Quotes by David Edwards

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.