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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.

If you approach Cannes with a sense of humor, nothing is that bad. You have to take it for what it is; otherwise, it's silly.

Quotes by Mathieu Amalric

Seeing someone else perform and letting me be the critic for once... that's not a bad thing.

Quotes by Mats Sundin

Getting on stage and performing and standing under lights is such an unsettling experience - in a good and bad way - but it's the only place I can go to feel comfortable.

Quotes by Matt Berninger

Even the most fickle are faithful to a few bad habits.

Quotes by Mason Cooley

I think everybody has a good and bad side.

Quotes by Master P

I do the best I can do and I'm passionate about it. If people like me, they like me. If not too bad for them.

Quotes by Maryse Mizanin

I've never even posed for FHM, so that tells you how bad it is.

Quotes by Maryse Mizanin

There's nothing worse than working out and having a guy walk back and forth looking at you, because you know he wants to talk to you, but he's calculating his tactic! Then, somehow, he comes closer and introduces himself while...

Quotes by Maryse Mizanin

I am a really bad test taker. I can get straight As in school, but I get nervous on test.

Quotes by Mary-Kate Olsen

I don't read reviews, There's no value for me in reading them. Whether they're good or bad, they'll just make me self-conscious.

Quotes by Mary Stuart Masterson

People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children.

Quotes by Mary McCarthy

My protagonists have problems that a new pair of shoes won't solve. Retail therapy is not a bad thing, but it's not going to fix their lives.

Quotes by Mary Kay Andrews

People are constantly not feeling, but numbing themselves, either through medication or playing on their phones. If you start feeling bad, it's like, 'Distract! Distract! Put on Storage Wars!' And I know because I'm guilty of it, too.

Quotes by Mary Lambert

If I had a bad performance in a particular leotard, I threw it in the trash.

Quotes by Mary Lou Retton

If the moral good of fiction stems mainly from a habit of mind it inculcates in the reader, styles are neither good nor bad, and to describe some fictional enterprises as false is pointless.

Quotes by Mary Gordon

When I was writing 'Bad Behavior,' I was very, very quiet. I would just sit there and listen to people. And if I was out in public, I was usually quiet, and people tended to assume I was stupid because...

Quotes by Mary Gaitskill

There are few things as toxic as a bad metaphor. You can't think without metaphors.

Quotes by Mary Catherine Bateson

The Doc Holliday of legend is a gambler and gunman who appears out of nowhere in 1881, arriving in Tombstone with a bad reputation and a hooker named Big Nose Kate.

Quotes by Mary Doria Russell

Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination.

Quotes by Mary Douglas

I was always nervous before a television show, and I still am now. But 'The Great British Bake Off' is a happy show; there is no bad language, and although we do have drama, we deal with it calmly.

Quotes by Mary Berry

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.