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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 didn't think that anything is beyond humor - not profane humor, but a good, honest approach to humor.

Quotes by Mort Sahl

I was always biting the hand that fed me. It was compulsive. Kennedy was very good to me, and I attacked him as soon as he was elected. I attacked him before he was elected.

Quotes by Mort Sahl

My brother was an avid Stoke City fan and a good footballer. We shared a room, growing up, and the walls were covered with 1970s Stoke players, like Peter Shilton, Gordon Banks, and Jimmy Greenhoff.

Quotes by Morten Harket

We've never been very good at servicing fans. I'm here to concentrate on music, not to be a pen pal to people who write to me.

Quotes by Morten Harket

One of the good things about being away is to digest things and maybe learn from things and see if there are better ways to get to where you want to be.

Quotes by Morten Harket

What you look like doesn't matter as much as what you feel like. If you feel you look good, you look good. And I never felt that.

Quotes by Morten Harket

We are selfish when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good for ourselves. We are altruistic when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good of others.

Quotes by Mortimer Adler

In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you.

Quotes by Mortimer Adler

The ultimate end of education is happiness or a good human life, a life enriched by the possession of every kind of good, by the enjoyment of every type of satisfaction.

Quotes by Mortimer Adler

I decided law was the exact opposite of sex; even when it was good, it was lousy.

Quotes by Mortimer Zuckerman

Being a good psychoanalyst, in short, has the same disadvantage as being a good parent: The children desert one as they grow up.

Quotes by Morton Hunt

But I got an audience that knows what I do. They usually show up, so I usually do pretty good.

Quotes by Mose Allison

I been getting good crowds. It only took 50 years.

Quotes by Mose Allison

I just try to do as good job with the material as I can and play some jazz as well, some improvised music, and do that every night. Just see where it goes.

Quotes by Mose Allison

I've been able to do pretty well. I don't work as many consecutive nights as I used to, but I'm still working over 100 nights a year, so that's good for me.

Quotes by Mose Allison

For the most part, I think American armies are awfully good in the business of protecting civilians, of not going over the line.

Quotes by Morley Safer

I really don't like being on television. It makes me uneasy. It is not natural to be talking to a piece of machinery. But the money is very good.

Quotes by Morley Safer

You go from movies where you are wearing nice clothes and you're trying to smell good to a movie where you are in water and you are wet all day, and you are dealing with that elements, it gets rough,...

Quotes by Morris Chestnut

If an ad campaign is built around a weak idea - or as is so often the case, no idea at all - I don't give a damn how good the execution is, it's going to fail.

Quotes by Morris Hite

If you have a good selling idea, your secretary can write your ad for you.

Quotes by Morris Hite

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.