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Good Quotes

Quotes on what it means to be good.

This page rounds up quotes using 'good' in different senses - the simplicity behind good mathematical solutions, the self-importance that can come with good intellectual work, and a wry line about baseball being kinder after retirement. Related pages include Good Luck Quotes.

I think the path is different for everybody. Go after the doors that are open to you. That has always been my motto getting into the music business. Do the things that seem to be good opportunities and work hard...

Quotes by Chris Stapleton

Along with any great joy comes a good deal of anxiety and nervousness.

Quotes by Chris Sullivan

I kind of love that British style: two seasons of tight, compact, good television. The more episodes you have, the thinner the episodes get.

Quotes by Chris Sullivan

When you're first starting out, you want to keep making good movies. When you're young and you're black, you do a bad movie and you're through.

Quotes by Chris Tucker

Making people laugh is giving, and it's healing, too, when people can go up to the movies and forget about their problems. It's a good thing. That's why I want to work.

Quotes by Chris Tucker

I feel like every time I go out, I want to do a good job. I want people to say that he's just as good at stand-up as he is in some of the movies I've seen him in, so...

Quotes by Chris Tucker

Brainstorming, for me, takes place in my bed at night between the time I turn out my lights and I finally fall asleep. It is not a very violent storm, but what's happening is I am just thinking about different...

Quotes by Chris Van Allsburg

A good picture book should have events that are visually arresting - the pictures should call attention to what is happening in the story.

Quotes by Chris Van Allsburg

I'd always been the confident guy in school. I was good in math and English, but I was still shy. I couldn't get up and speak in front of people. I was asked to do it when I was 10...

Quotes by Chris Vance

Are there any good guys on 'Prison Break?' I suppose there might be. I can't honestly say whether I'm a good guy or a bad guy or I'm a good guy in wolf's clothing or sheep's clothing.

Quotes by Chris Vance

The game changes when you play good defense and don't come up with the ball.

Quotes by Chris Mullin

I feel good about the four years I coached at St. John's. It's a special place to me. My kids go there. I met my wife there.

Quotes by Chris Mullin

I don't envy these kids these days. Between Instagram and Twitter... the easiest thing is just take your phone off the hook, and you're good.

Quotes by Chris Mullin

I used to play lots of sports. I used to be a good tennis player. I used to be a decent golfer.

Quotes by Chris Murphy

It is a sort of great Victorian truth that actually, trying to do the right thing is pretty good for you and pretty good for business as well, by and large.

Quotes by Chris Patten

I had been very dismissive of popular fiction - in fact, I'd refused to read it. And then I started working on popular fiction, and I realised these books weren't the same as Hemingway, say, but they were good in...

Quotes by Chris Pavone

Any setting can be a good setting for a novel.

Quotes by Chris Pavone

Whatever's good about your book should be good on page 1, or very few editors are going to get to page 2.

Quotes by Chris Pavone

One thing that I do find really sexy is a girl who's good at crossword puzzles.

Quotes by Chris Pine

I've eaten weird things through the course of my life. I've eaten wild game, I've eaten possum - possum's no good.

Quotes by Chris Pratt

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of quotes are collected under "Good"?
A witty, varied set — from a scientist's dry observation that "mathematics is the study of problems so simple that they have good solutions," to a wry line about intellectual work requiring "a certain self-importance," to baseball being good to someone only after they quit trying to play it.
Are these quotes meant to be funny or serious?
A bit of both — several have a dry, self-aware humor to them, like the baseball line, while others are more genuinely thoughtful, like the reflection on defining "good" in a moral sense.
Is there a version of this page focused on luck?
Yes, for quotes specifically about fortune and luck, see Good Luck.
What if I want something upbeat rather than witty?
Try Good Vibes or Good Times for a lighter, feel-good tone.
Is there a page about living a good life specifically?
Yes — Good Life covers that theme in more depth.

The tone ranges from academic to lighthearted, showing how flexible a simple word like 'good' can be across contexts. Continue with Good Life Quotes or Good Vibes Quotes.