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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.

Offshoring is like the winter. You don't ask if it is good or bad - you ask what do you do about it. The answer is you dress warmly.

Quotes by Moshe Vardi

I really feel stateless, which is not bad, because I always felt a man without a country was not encumbered by narrow loyalties.

Quotes by Morley Safer

I've played killers, crazies, and really bad people.

Quotes by Morgan Brittany

I feel bad about a lot of the movies I see that teach kids that if they do bad, they'll win.

Quotes by Morgan Brittany

Hollywood has an obligation to watch what they put out there. Kids do imitate what they see - good or bad.

Quotes by Morgan Brittany

You can forgive if the shot is not right, or the lighting is a bit off, but not if the writing is bad.

Quotes by Moran Atias

I do not say that one who is vegetarian is full of compassion and one who is not, is otherwise. We sometimes find people, who are vegetarians, are very bad people.

Quotes by Morarji Desai

All my books explore fatherhood. I look at what it means to have a big father figure at the centre: sometimes they're a good father, sometimes bad.

Quotes by Monique Roffey

The state of slavery is in its own nature bad.

Quotes by Montesquieu

Bad directors will tell you they absolutely know how to do it, and how it has to happen; there's this insecurity that leads them to feeling like they have to control everything.

Quotes by Molly Parker

I really want to do a dark character. Not really a bad guy, but someone dark and mysterious. Where everyone says, 'Ooh, it has to be her!' and at the end you find out it isn't. Just someone who looks...

Quotes by Molly Quinn

I love the excess of Christmas. The shopping season that begins in September, the bad pop star recordings of Christmas carols, the decorations that don't know when to come down.

Quotes by Mo Rocca

I'm like a bad musical cliche because I bring my guitar on the road and try to write songs in hotel rooms.

Quotes by Moby

We need to do a lot more thinking about how the regime is going to evolve, how the bad guys are going to adapt their tactics, and what measures we're going to need in order to go forward.

Quotes by Mitchell Reiss

We need to strengthen and save Social Security for today's workers. If we don't act now, this system, born out of the New Deal, will become a bad deal.

Quotes by Mitch McConnell

Rules help govern and steer a relationship along, so they're good things. But they become bad things when they become the narrow gate though which the relationship must always pass. When this happens, the rules become the basis for the...

Quotes by Miroslav Volf

Nobody's favorite movie is some dark, dysfunctional slasher story. Everybody's favorite song is a sentimental song. So why all of a sudden is it bad to be sentimental in books?

Quotes by Mitch Albom

I'm a bad traveller because I suffer from travel sickness.

Quotes by Miranda Raison

A lot of shows peak after a series and never get it back, but 'Breaking Bad' keeps the tension up all the time.

Quotes by Miranda Raison

When a woman is very, very bad, she is awful, but when a man is correspondingly good, he is weird.

Quotes by Minna Antrim

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.