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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.

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.

Quotes by Andre Maurois

It was an away game, I think in Poland. I ate some chicken and had really bad salmonella.

Quotes by Andre Schurrle

I tend to relate more to people on television who are just themselves, for good or for bad, than I do to someone who I believe is putting on some sort of persona. The anchorman on 'The Simpsons' is a...

Quotes by Anderson Cooper

That's the biggest part of going to church. You just learn how to hide your bad in front of people.

Quotes by Anderson East

My high school experience was kind of like 'Mean Girls.' It was very much like a bad B movie. 'This is where the jocks sit, and this is where the cheerleaders sit.' And I never really fit in. I guess...

Quotes by Andie MacDowell

I'm going to go down swinging... I'm sure as heck not going to go home and say I had a bad tournament.

Quotes by Andre Agassi

People are going to talk bad about you no matter who you are.

Quotes by Andre Drummond

No human being in history was all good or all bad, or all black or all white.

Quotes by Anastasia Griffith

Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth.

Quotes by Anatole Broyard

There is something about seeing real people on a stage that makes a bad play more intimately, more personally offensive than any other art form.

Quotes by Anatole Broyard

I'm grateful to Van Gaal: he brought me to United and I played 71 games so I wouldn't say a bad word.

Quotes by Ander Herrera

When you have a bad season, 75 percent is the responsibility of the players, I really think so.

Quotes by Ander Herrera

I'm not patient at all. I avoid writer's block by writing. I power through with a bad version, so I can move on, and usually once I've gotten to the next scene, I'll discover what was missing from the bad...

Quotes by Anders Holm

I'm so bad at spontaneous impressions.

Quotes by Ana Gasteyer

Candidates are up one day, down the other. Candidates' fortunes turn on a dime. They can be determined by a good or bad debate performance.

Quotes by Ana Navarro

Peddling to racism is just as bad as being a racist.

Quotes by Ana Navarro

If you want something bad enough and you work hard enough, anything's possible.

Quotes by Amy Purdy

For me, a bad day is when I have nothing going on.

Quotes by Amy Purdy

Boredom is usually what spurs either bad decisions or any decision at all.

Quotes by Amy Seimetz

Although it was common in our culture to complain a lot - about friends, relatives, business partners, bad luck, and the general cluelessness of non-Jews - we were not permitted to complain that anti-Semitism and discrimination were standing in our...

Quotes by Amy Wax

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.