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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 never really thought about my music being universal. When I set out to write, it was just a feeling that felt good to me. I never thought about being able to reach everybody.

Quotes by Leon Bridges

I'm very content to have great management and a great label. But for me, success started when my managers came to me and told me, 'Go ahead and quit your job.' I told them, 'As long as I don't have...

Quotes by Leon Bridges

One could look over the past century and ask oneself, has the increased longevity been good, bad or indifferent?

Quotes by Leon Kass

The technological way of thinking has infected even ethics, which is supposed to be thinking about the good.

Quotes by Leon Kass

As is the case with all good things in life - love, good manners, language, cooking - personal creativity is required only rarely.

Quotes by Leon Krier

If a dictator takes up my ideas, the resulting town will survive the political system that commissioned it and stand as a social good. Besides, modernism rather than classicism has dominated the architecture of totalitarian regimes of both the left...

Quotes by Leon Krier

What keeps a good face is no stress, and I refuse to worry.

Quotes by Leo Sayer

Dancing as a thing to do is marvellous, but you've got to be bloody good at it. I was never good enough.

Quotes by Leo Sayer

A good microphone is an essential thing for a singer.

Quotes by Leo Sayer

There's nothing better than curling up with a good book and sitting in front of the fire on winter evenings.

Quotes by Leo Sayer

I would say that artists have to be good lovers.

Quotes by Leo Sayer

I really admire Ed Sheeran. He seems to have really beaten his way through and I think that's fantastic. He's his own man - good for him. But there aren't many of him out there.

Quotes by Leo Sayer

I'm all in favor of the democratic principle that one idiot is as good as one genius, but I draw the line when someone takes the next step and concludes that two idiots are better than one genius.

Quotes by Leo Szilard

To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind of food that it is very good but that most people can't eat it.

Leo Tolstoy

What I do now is I train in the mornings, and people ask me why I do it. I do it for two reasons: first of all, to keep in shape, but secondly, I think training, sport, and physical activity...

Quotes by Leo Varadkar

Those of us who are in the centre believe in opening up to the world, believe migration on balance is a good thing if it is managed properly, and believe that multilateralism is the best way to solve problems.

Quotes by Leo Varadkar

I don't think of myself as doing good works. It's not, 'Oh, I must give these poor people a voice.'

Quotes by Lenny Abrahamson

I have learned that you can't have good advertising without a good client, that you can't keep a good client without good advertising, and no client will ever buy better advertising than he understands or has an appetite for.

Quotes by Leo Burnett

A good basic selling idea, involvement and relevancy, of course, are as important as ever, but in the advertising din of today, unless you make yourself noticed and believed, you ain't got nothin'.

Quotes by Leo Burnett

I have learned that it is far easier to write a speech about good advertising than it is to write a good ad.

Quotes by Leo Burnett

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.