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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.

In reality the world is as full of bad mothers as it is of bad fathers, and it is not the motherless children who become delinquent but the fatherless ones.

Quotes by Louis de Bernieres

There is two kinds of music, the good, and the bad. I play the good kind.

Quotes by Louis Armstrong

You are going to have bad days and have good days.

Quotes by Lou Ferrigno

In the beginning I used to make one terrible play a game. Then I got so I'd make one a week and finally I'd pull a bad one about once a month. Now, I'm trying to keep it down to...

Quotes by Lou Gehrig

They are always telling us that Carolina Blue is not a color, that it is really Columbia blue or sky blue. But there is no bad blood amongst the teammates. All of our kidding is in good fun.

Quotes by Lorrie Fair

I love plays. Even bad ones. I like the fact that actual live, breathing people are standing before you in tense situations that you are not personally responsible for.

Quotes by Lorrie Moore

Watching movies was like going to school for me. It still is. You're always learning. Even if it's bad, you're learning what not to do.

Quotes by Loretta Swit

Sometimes bad things are going to happen in your life, and those things can make you stronger if you just learn how to get over them.

Quotes by Lolo Jones

Young people think that nothing bad will ever happen to them.

Quotes by Loni Anderson

It's a place I'll always remember, and I have nothing bad to say about New England. I love that place.

Quotes by Logan Mankins

We grow with years more fragile in body, but morally stouter, and can throw off the chill of a bad conscience almost at once.

Quotes by Logan Pearsall Smith

Submitting to censorship is to enter the seductive world of 'The Giver': the world where there are no bad words and no bad deeds. But it is also the world where choice has been taken away and reality distorted. And...

Quotes by Lois Lowry

Escapist literature gets a bad rap. But I think escape is important for a lot of people in a lot of places.

Quotes by Lois McMaster Bujold

I'm always in the theater seeing everything, good or bad.

Quotes by Logan Lerman

I make it a point to let myself have bad days on a regular basis.

Quotes by Lizzie Velasquez

I was awake for the therapy, it was documented by a film crew. I am proud to have taken part of helping millions of people even if it has bad results.

Quotes by Liz Parrish

I was a terrible athlete and a pretty bad student. I couldn't focus. My imagination was always racing.

Quotes by Lisi Harrison

The very first song I ever wrote was called 'I See Between The Trees,' when I was 9. It was really bad.

Quotes by Little Simz

Easy spying is supposed to nab bad guys, but what happens when the small cabal of desperate men who head the security state see the future president as the bad guy?

Quotes by Lisa Kennedy Montgomery

Hair color is the easiest way to change your appearance, but a bad dye job might draw more attention to you.

Quotes by Lisa Lutz

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.