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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.

Good cooking is good cooking, regardless of the price.

Quotes by Lisa Hanawalt

Don't do a hard sell or try to tell the agent that you're going to be a bestseller or the next John Grisham. This goes down very badly. If your work is good, then they are skilled enough to know...

Quotes by Lisa Jewell

I think that not being proactive is a good thing. I like life to unfold on its own.

Quotes by Lisa Jewell

Playing gives me as much good feeling now as it did when I was a bitty kid.

Quotes by Lionel Hampton

I prefer to win titles with the team ahead of individual awards or scoring more goals than anyone else. I'm more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world. When all this is...

Quotes by Lionel Messi

I'm lucky to be part of a team who help to make me look good, and they deserve as much of the credit for my success as I do for the hard work we have all put in on the...

Quotes by Lionel Messi

What a good novelist does with a throwaway that serves no fictional purpose is throw it away.

Quotes by Lionel Shriver

There was a point in the latter 1990s at which, suddenly, every sitcom and drama in sight had to have a gay or lesbian character or couple. That was good news as a voucher of the success of the gay...

Quotes by Lionel Shriver

Set a good example as parents, since the most convincing argument that a girl can become a computer coder is that her mother is one.

Quotes by Lionel Shriver

This sounds geeky, but when I run, I like to listen to musicals like 'Les Miserables.' The soundtracks are 75 minutes or longer, and I keep going until the story ends, so it feels like a good workout.

Quotes by Lindy Booth

My feet are not a good part of my body. They definitely have suffered for my art. They're, like, all bunions and blisters.

Quotes by Lindy Booth

I am a lip person. I constantly need a really good lip moisturizer with me. Mine is a Clairin's moisture replenishing lip balm. I have two of them: I have one I keep next to my bed, so it's the...

Quotes by Lindy Booth

The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.

Quotes by Linus Pauling

The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas and throw the bad ones away.

Quotes by Linus Pauling

I hear from patients who say their doctor said, 'If you want to take Vitamin C, go ahead and do it. It won't harm you, and it may do you some good.' More and more physicians are getting convinced about...

Quotes by Linus Pauling

Nations keep agreements, keep their treaties so long as they continue to do them good.

Quotes by Linus Pauling

No evidence compels the conclusion that the minimum required intake of any vitamin comes close to the optimum intake that sustains good health.

Quotes by Linus Pauling

When you've got good writing, you can kind of give up all the research, in a way, and start just following the emotional integrity of the journey of your character.

Quotes by Linus Roache

You might get one job for having a famous parent, but you won't get your second unless you're good.

Quotes by Linus Roache

See, you not only have to be a good coder to create a system like Linux, you have to be a sneaky bastard too.

Quotes by Linus Torvalds

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.