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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've never seen a Western that was really truthful. Most are just morality plays. Good guys and bad guys - and the good guys always win, whereas in reality, most of the sheriffs were as bad as the gangsters they...

Quotes by Harry Dean Stanton

For years, my master had done his utmost to pollute my mind with foul images, and to destroy the pure principles inculcated by my grandmother, and the good mistress of my childhood.

Quotes by Harriet Ann Jacobs

Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.

Quotes by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good to do no harm.

Quotes by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Men who pass most comfortably through this world are those who possess good digestions and hard hearts.

Quotes by Harriet Martineau

I'm not very good at going to sleep, and that's probably my worst problem. I don't need much more than seven and a half hours, but I probably get six. I take all my problems to bed with me and...

Quotes by Harriet Walter

I yearn to make a really good, intelligent movie before I die: I don't completely rule out the possibility, but in Hollywood, I'm not bankable.

Quotes by Harriet Walter

My mom cautioned me not to become a gossip! I was always up in people's business. People told me stuff... even when I didn't ask and I channeled my story gathering and good sources into a hunger for the news.

Quotes by Harris Faulkner

'Cheers' was a good first step because I got to write my own material.

Quotes by Harry Anderson

The urge for good design is the same as the urge to go on living.

Quotes by Harry Bertoia

I definitely have a shareholders' perspective. I'm not doing that altruistically. I'm doing that because it's in my own self interest to do it. I think that's good for my other shareholders because they go along with me: If I...

Quotes by Harold Simmons

Chicago is one city. We shall work as one people for our common good and our common goals.

Quotes by Harold Washington

I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night's sleep.

Quotes by Harold Wilson

Harpo, she's a lovely person. She deserves a good husband. Marry her before she finds one.

Quotes by Harpo Marx

When my first child was born in 1962, I wrote a letter to my grandfather telling him how happy I was but how concerned; concerned because there were so many visions which were not very good.

Quotes by Harri Holkeri

Coney Island is and always will be 'the people's playground.' It's a place where people of all backgrounds come to have a good time.

Quotes by Harold Feinstein

For a while, even in the house of good friends for dinner or for cocktails, they would really be upset. They thought I had single-handedly destroyed the best phone service in the world.

Quotes by Harold H. Greene

Competition is good and has served us well.

Quotes by Harold H. Greene

The oil patch pays good. They're decent jobs paying between 50 and 70 thousand a year. Fracking has a big impact on the oil consumption in the United States.

Quotes by Harold Hamm

Certainly, Continental has taken advantage of pipe and sponsored pipeline projects where we could. As a historic shipper, we have put a lot of oil on pipe. We have over half of our oil on pipe coming out of the...

Quotes by Harold Hamm

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.