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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.

One of the most considerable advantages the great have over their inferiors is to have servants as good as themselves.

Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes

A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.

Quotes by Miguel de Unamuno

I think if you're a competent actor with a good imagination, and if it's on the page, it makes your job a lot easier.

Quotes by Miguel Ferrer

I'm not really a guy who draws on things from my own past. I think if you're a competent actor with a good imagination, and if it's on the page, it makes your job a lot easier. If it's well...

Quotes by Miguel Ferrer

I inherited that calm from my father, who was a farmer. You sow, you wait for good or bad weather, you harvest, but working is something you always need to do.

Quotes by Miguel Indurain

Apart from differentiating our spaces with design, we also look for buildings that have distinctive character. We make sure every seat is a good one.

Quotes by Miguel McKelvey

The Grateful Dead were very kind. It was Santa Claus. It did good things. It allowed other people to benefit. The benefits that we played were enormous, and we played free. So you've got a band that loves to play...

Quotes by Mickey Hart

People have to eat and it's good to have a last-resort dole they can turn to.

Quotes by Mickey Kaus

My father was an immigrant from Austria and he became a lawyer and became a judge and I think he was a good judge.

Quotes by Mickey Kaus

Sometimes I think if I had the same body and the same natural ability and someone else's brain, who knows how good a player I might have been.

Quotes by Mickey Mantle

Heroes are people who are all good with no bad in them. That's the way I always saw Joe DiMaggio. He was beyond question one of the greatest players of the century.

Quotes by Mickey Mantle

Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.

Quotes by Mickey Mantle

What I liked was to set the tone - set the pace for the team. I know when we're starting the game, I can get on and steal a base, then a guy bring me in. Then we're in the...

Quotes by Mickey Rivers

Good arms are overrated.

Quotes by Mickey Rivers

Comeback is a good word, man.

Quotes by Mickey Rourke

I have a really good relationship with a lot of designers. I like Gaultier, Billionaire and Cavalli.

Quotes by Mickey Rourke

Where I come from, being a hard man is being able to take a good beating and then get back up again and carry on fighting.

Quotes by Mickey Rourke

If you're a singer you lose your voice. A baseball player loses his arm. A writer gets more knowledge, and if he's good, the older he gets, the better he writes.

Quotes by Mickey Spillane

I try to stay in good physical shape, I don't smoke, I don't drink.

Quotes by Mickey Spillane

If the public likes you, you're good.

Quotes by Mickey Spillane

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.