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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'm an independent artist, but I do have a good business relationship with Lego, since I'm a unique customer. They're aware of what I'm doing. A painter may not have a relationship with a paint maker, but there's only one...

Quotes by Nathan Sawaya

We have this really retro vibe and style of songwriting and, personally, I wasn't embracing the current state of music until I fell in love with hip-hop. It felt good to suddenly embrace where music was headed, and I think...

Quotes by Nate Ruess

We love a good, hyped sound, but when it starts to sound insincere, that's when I lose interest. I hope that our music, even if it sounds polished, doesn't sound insincere.

Quotes by Nate Ruess

I view my role now as providing more of a macro-level skepticism, rather than saying this poll is good or this poll is evil.

Quotes by Nate Silver

One can't write without having read - you have to read before beginning to write - and universities offer a very good opportunity to read.

Quotes by Nathalie Sarraute

The reader has to be creative when he's reading. He has to try to make the thing alive. A good reader has to do a certain amount of work when he is reading.

Quotes by Nathalie Sarraute

It's a question of not copying the masters, to look for something, good or bad, for oneself. To enter this liberated state of mind, one cannot copy the others.

Quotes by Nathalie Sarraute

Regardless of what I do, no matter how good it is, it's never, in my mind, 'flawless.'

Quotes by Nathan Chen

There are always benefits and good things, bad things that come out of every performance.

Quotes by Nathan Chen

It's much funnier when the comedy can happen with me just trying my best to genuinely do a good thing.

Quotes by Nathan Fielder

The type of thing that one person would get mad at, another person would laugh at, is a good kind of zone to be in.

Quotes by Nathan Fielder

I don't spend a lot of time online. My mother's really good at picking out if she sees a really great review, and she'll forward it to me. She's like my little Internet filter. It's always nice to see something...

Quotes by Nathan Fillion

I think I've been really good at surrounding myself with really talented people. I've picked the right coattails to ride on.

Quotes by Nathan Fillion

I started out in graduate school to be a fiction writer. I thought I wanted to write short stories. I started writing poems at that point only because a friend of mine dared me to write a poem. And I...

Quotes by Natasha Trethewey

I walk around - people know who I am. I've got friends. I can make ends meet. I grew up around people who have been hustling from the start, so I think I've got a bright little future ahead of...

Quotes by Nate Diaz

Wherever I go with my life, even the good times and the bad parts, only two people are with me: God and my music.

Quotes by Nate Dogg

A lot of black men get in desperate situations because they don't see any other avenues to make it. You make a couple of mistakes today, that's all she wrote. You're not going to get a good job; nobody's gonna...

Quotes by Nate Dogg

I think my strengths are definitely - I'm a really good glider. I'm one of the fastest, like on a straight drag race, I can pretty much kill that.

Quotes by Nate Holland

Some days I'll have good starts, and some days I'll have bad starts. I'm really focusing on having more good starts than bad starts, and I traditionally do. But I would hate to make it all the way to the...

Quotes by Nate Holland

When I am behind and I am looking ahead and there is that line in front of you, of that guy, of winning and losing, then I really hang it out there and take big risks to make the speed...

Quotes by Nate Holland

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.