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Good Deal Quotes

Quotes built around the phrase 'a good deal' and what it means.

Here the phrase 'a good deal' shows up in its classic sense, meaning a large amount, whether it's time wasted in long speeches or promise found in ongoing talks. It's a nice complement to broader good quotes.

The science of booby-trapping has taken a good deal of the fun out of following hot on the enemy's heels.

Quotes by A. J. Liebling

I smoke as much as I want and chew tobacco a good deal of the time. I don't pay any attention to the rules for keeping in physical condition. I think they are a lot of bunk. The less you...

Quotes by Zack Wheat

I am sorry to say that sometimes matters of very small importance waste a good deal of precious time, by the long and repeated speeches and chicanery of gentlemen who will not wholly throw off the lawyer even in Congress.

Quotes by William Whipple

We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is Manifest Destiny.

Quotes by William McKinley

Good Quotes

I think there is a good deal of promise in those discussions as well. I think there is a range of matters that might be discussed between NATO and Russia that can provide a mechanism for talking through these issues,...

Quotes by Warren Christopher

If some really acute observer made as much of egotism as Freud has made of sex, people would forget a good deal about sex and find the explanation for everything in egotism.

Quotes by Wallace Stevens

There's a good deal in common between the mind's eye and the TV screen, and though the TV set has all too often been the boobtube, it could be, it can be, the box of dreams.

Quotes by Ursula K. Le Guin

Editing is really like plumbing a good deal of the time. You put two things together, and a current runs through it.

Quotes by Thelma Schoonmaker

As the fashion carousel spins ever faster, the concern is that, while the stream of newness never runs out, there's going to be a good deal more crash and burn among designers in the future.

Quotes by Suzy Menkes

Life Quotes

I used to read a good deal of science fiction when I was a boy.

Quotes by Steven Weinberg

It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required.

Quotes by Stephen Leacock

As a television producer, you do a lot of writing - drafting proposals for pilot shows and other things, so yes, a good deal of writing was involved.

Quotes by Simon Toyne

Fantasy is an area where it is possible to talk about right and wrong, good and evil, with a straight face. In mainstream fiction and even in a good deal of mystery, these things are presented as simply two sides...

Quotes by Robert Jordan

As soon as she gets her divorce one of us is going to marry her. We don't know which. She is about as beautiful a woman as I ever saw, and very witty and well-informed, but it would cost a...

Quotes by Richard Harding Davis

Man Quotes

Of course, the idea of a six months' holiday is enough to make anyone laugh at anything, but I find that besides that I was a good deal harassed and run down, and I am glad to cut off from...

Quotes by Richard Harding Davis

I'd say that, to be a good deal maker, you have to have 3 basic characteristics - timing, timing, and timing.

Quotes by Richard Armitage

But steel bars have never yet kept out a mob; it takes something a good deal stronger: human courage backed up by the consciousness of being right.

Quotes by Ray Stannard Baker

I always spend a good deal of time with the people I write about. I try and smell the normalcy of their lives. I try to look at the normal rhythm of their life.

Quotes by Peter Landesman

What is it that the scientist finds useful in being able to relate a positive description of behavior to the solution of a maximizing problem? That is what a good deal of my own early work was about.

Quotes by Paul Samuelson

Me Quotes

I learned a good deal about economics, and about America, from the author of the Reagan tax reforms - the great Jack Kemp. What gave Jack that incredible enthusiasm was his belief in the possibilities of free people, in the...

Quotes by Paul Ryan

Frequently Asked Questions

What does "good deal" mean in the context of this quotes page?
Here it's used in its older sense of a considerable amount, not a bargain, so the quotes describe things like plenty of promise, spare time, or attention rather than a discount.
Are any of these quotes about wasted time?
Yes, one reflects on how minor matters can burn through a considerable amount of valuable time via drawn-out speeches and delay tactics.
Is there an optimistic quote in this collection?
There is, one line voices real optimism about where those ongoing discussions might lead, striking a hopeful note on negotiation and dialogue.
Do any quotes touch on personal habits?
One quote candidly describes smoking and chewing tobacco a good deal, dismissing conventional advice about staying in shape.
What other pages pair well with this one?
Try Good quotes for a broader theme, or Life quotes for more general reflection.

These lines cover everything from personal habits to political optimism, all filtered through the idea of having a considerable amount of something. Continue with quotes about man or general reflections on life.