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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.

As far as my sketches, I've always loved 'What's Up With That.' It's just a whole lot of fun, and I love 'Black Jeopardy,' too. Any kind of host capacity, I'm usually pretty good at.

Quotes by Kenan Thompson

My dad was abusive. And so he would say, 'You're my favorite.' Being a favorite of an abusive parent is not really a good thing, necessarily.

Quotes by Kendrick Sampson

Every guy has to own a good pair of sweats. Any good workout gear, really.

Quotes by Kendrick Sampson

Note, that yeast of good Beer, is better then that of Ale.

Quotes by Kenelm Digby

We think that it is the best scientists working in the frontier fields of science who are best able to judge what is good and what is bad - if any - in the application of their scientific research.

Quotes by Kenichi Fukui

John Danforth, I thought, was a great senator and did a great job with the United Nations. I think he's a good man.

Quotes by Ken Mehlman

Software comes from heaven when you have good hardware.

Quotes by Ken Olsen

Many highly talented, brilliant, creative people think they're not - because the thing they were good at at school wasn't valued, or was actually stigmatized.

Quotes by Ken Robinson

Passion is the driver of achievement in all fields. Some people love doing things they don't feel they're good at. That may be because they underestimate their talents or haven't yet put the work in to develop them.

Quotes by Ken Robinson

For some in Washington, it's become sport to pick on the federal workforce. I think they do so unjustly. The very foundation of a stable America is having a government that functions well. Many countries have dysfunctional governments, because they...

Quotes by Ken Salazar

After several different marriages and failures, my mom started turning to the Lord. So she brought us to church. We got involved with the youth programs, and I got on fire a couple months in, like, 'Wow, this feels good.'...

Quotes by Ken Shamrock

I think the major good idea in Unix was its clean and simple interface: open, close, read, and write.

Quotes by Ken Thompson

It's always good to take an orthogonal view of something. It develops ideas.

Quotes by Ken Thompson

If the script is good, the cast and director good, I'll go anywhere.

Quotes by Ken Watanabe

If I'm in a restaurant, and someone recognizes me and asks for a signature or a photograph after a drink, that's good for me as an actor.

Quotes by Ken Watanabe

Mistakes can be good things, because it is an unexpected thing.

Quotes by Ken Hill

I was from a town called Manhasset, very nice town out on the North Shore of Long Island, New York, but there was a little area, predominantly black population, and it was a small school. I played on the basketball...

Quotes by Ken Howard

Bobby Cremins really knows basketball, and he is a good man, too.

Quotes by Ken Howard

Good coaches, as we all know, can have amazing influences on boys.

Quotes by Ken Howard

How we take care of our animals is a very good indicator of how we are doing as a society. It is symbolic of how, as human beings, we go about treating each other.

Quotes by Ken Howard

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.