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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.

His insomnia was so bad, he couldn't sleep during office hours.

Quotes by Arthur Baer

Usually in France we prefer to say bad things about the Nouvelle Vague, but I'm always impressed with its freedom and the fact of not making a film to give your opinion but just as a piece of art, which...

Quotes by Arnaud Desplechin

If you want someone to show up and help you if something bad happens, you'd better tell someone where you're going. And of course I wanted someone to know - but I'd made a choice and it was a choice...

Quotes by Aron Ralston

Look, the president can discharge all 93 U.S. attorneys for no reason at all, but not for a bad reason.

Quotes by Arlen Specter

The most important thing that we entrepreneurs have is our human capital. If we exhaust it, we make bad decisions.

Quotes by Arianna Huffington

I'm bad in front of the camera. However, if someone gave me a small role in a film with two dialogues and one scene, I'd do it.

Quotes by Arijit Singh

Bad men are full of repentance.

Aristotle

My sweet tooth was so bad, it was rotten. So I had to have it pulled. For me, with sugar, it's all or nothing. So I had to cut it out.

Quotes by Arden Myrin

Leonard Cohen kept his Jew name. He's so cool. It's too bad he died.

Quotes by Ari Shaffir

People get mad at bad comedy. Way more mad than at bad novels.

Quotes by Ari Shaffir

If anything, we should feel sorry for the people who want us to feel bad about ourselves, because they are the ones struggling for approval. In middle school, bullies tortured other kids because they thought it would make people like...

Quotes by Ariana Grande

There are all sorts of challenging conversations as a parent and it's never easy. I think the main thing is trying to be fair, sometimes there has to be a little bit of discipline, maybe even punishment involved in trying...

Quotes by Archie Manning

Good teams have more fun. Bad teams have more characters.

Quotes by Archie Manning

The mechanisms inside me tick like a criminal. My mind works like theirs, and criminals can smell it when they're around me - but I choose not to use it in a bad way. I just choose to do good...

Quotes by Apollo Robbins

I think, British food, it's had a bad rap.

Quotes by April Bloomfield

I am severely distracted these days. It's hard to sit in front of the computer, uploading bad music for hours, when you have a wonderful boyfriend who treats you like a Goddess.

Quotes by April Winchell

Despotism isn't nearly as bad as it's cracked up to be.

Quotes by Arabella Weir

My parents' generation's benchmark was simple: Fat Equals Bad.

Quotes by Arabella Weir

Ultimately, we stars are human being at the end of the day. We also have bad habits, weaknesses, we also make mistakes.

Quotes by Arbaaz Khan

When violence is real and you flinch away from it, violence does not push people to try and imitate that. Often, we shun the violence that makes us flinch, because it disturbs us. And what makes us uncomfortable and disturbs...

Quotes by Anurag Kashyap

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.