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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.

Most women don't like good men. They say they want a good buy, but most women always wind up with the bad boy.

Quotes by Stephanie Mills

I sort of set myself really high standards which is good and bad. If I know that I've done all I can to prepare, that's when I race the best and in '09 I was going through a lot of...

Quotes by Stephanie Rice

Completing college is a big deal, and commencements do a good job of making the moment feel big.

Quotes by Stephanie Ruhle

I am learning how to dance hip-hop. I'm a good dancer when I dance salsa.

Quotes by Stephanie Sigman

I would love to do a romantic comedy - a good one.

Quotes by Stephanie Sigman

I love Calle 13 - they are Puerto Rican; some songs sound like Reggaeton, but it's not Reggaeton; it's good urban music.

Quotes by Stephanie Sigman

Sometimes being scared of something can be good because it can give you strength. A great example for me would be acting in English! Basically, whenever I'm scared of a project, I know it's worth it.

Quotes by Stephanie Sigman

My job as an actress was to be a good scene partner to Martin Wallstrom, who plays Tyrell Wellick.

Quotes by Stephanie Corneliussen

I grew up with a father who taught me chess at the age of 6 or 7. He'd always beat me. Of course. I was a kid of 6 or 7. After he won, he'd look at me and say,...

Quotes by Stephanie Corneliussen

With modelling, if you want to be good at it, you try to tell a story in a photo and give a person a sense of feeling.

Quotes by Stephanie Corneliussen

Just a few months ago in the Republican primary Mitt Romney said to his opponents, who he was crushing at the time, stop whining. And I think that's a good message for the Romney campaign. Instead of whining about what...

Quotes by Stephanie Cutter

I voted against the climate-change legislation. Not that I don't believe we should move to a clean-energy economy, and it can be good for South Dakota's economy to do so, but it was started out as a very partisan bill...

Quotes by Stephanie Herseth

Readers really want to come back to an author; they do not want a one-book wonder. That is all very well, but to be career author, you have to be prepared to write one really good book and then write...

Quotes by Stephanie Laurens

There's a common problem: if a kid is not good at exams, they often think they are not skilled. Yet many of them do have the skills employers are looking for - but often we don't show them that, or...

Quotes by Steph McGovern

You don't have to be the most amazing writer, you don't have to get top marks in your English GCSE, you just have to be someone who can tell a good story, and tell it right, and tell it well.

Quotes by Steph McGovern

I was a journalist's dream case study; a gobby girl with an accent who was good at engineering.

Quotes by Steph McGovern

I definitely have to make sure I have my Jamaican playlist whenever I go, and you've gotta listen to Popcaan. I really love his song 'Silence,' but the whole album, 'Forever,' is good. I love his melodies and flows. He...

Quotes by Stephan James

When is not a good time to speak up for our vets and support them in any way that we can?

Quotes by Stephan James

The wealthy have installed their slaves in the highest spheres of the state. The banks are privately owned. They are concerned solely with profits. They have no interest in the common good.

Quotes by Stephane Hessel

I never felt like a good Jew. My mother was not Jewish, and that makes me a non-Jew according to Jewish religious law.

Quotes by Stephane Hessel

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.