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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.

Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is good company along the way.

Quotes by George Savile

War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.

George Orwell

Good writing is like a windowpane.

George Orwell

On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.

George Orwell

It is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to efface one's own personality. Good prose is like a windowpane.

George Orwell

Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be.

George Orwell

Four legs good, two legs bad.

George Orwell

Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell.

George Orwell

It has never been a good idea to try to disarm Texans.

Quotes by George P. Bush

The 1986 tax act is sort of the unsung hero of the very good economic times we had for a long time. Of course, politics gums it all up again and preferences get put in.

Quotes by George P. Shultz

We have at least learned that the offspring of presidents don't necessarily make good politicians themselves.

Quotes by George Packer

In a meritocracy, actors who act well get good roles. They don't get to be journalists, too - a job that, in a meritocracy, should go to those who do journalism well.

Quotes by George Packer

Foreign policy exactly suits Obama's strong points as a leader, which turn out not to be giving the masses a clear sense of direction and hope, but instead exercising good judgment on a case-by-case basis while thinking many steps ahead...

Quotes by George Packer

The hollowing out of the heartland was good for Walmart's bottom line: its slogan might have been an amoral maxim attributed to Lenin - 'The worse, the better.'

Quotes by George Packer

It seems in America you are stuck with the position you adopted, even when events change, in order to claim absolute consistency. That can't be good.

Quotes by George Packer

Greece has given Europe the opportunity to fix a defect in the euro zone, that is the fact that we did not have a fiscal union. Now steps have been taken to begin that process. And there is more solidarity...

Quotes by George Papandreou

I knew that good people who wanted to be a part of the American dream have become trapped in dependency because the federal government and the state government had made it in their economic interest not to take a job...

Quotes by George Pataki

I don't judge anyone of any stripe by what they read. Reading is always good for you. It's a positive act.

Quotes by George Pelecanos

Incarcerated individuals want what most people want in a novel: good, honest writing and a story well told.

Quotes by George Pelecanos

With a book I am the writer and I am also the director and I'm all of the actors and I'm the special effects guy and the lighting technician: I'm all of that. So if it's good or bad, it's...

George R.R. Martin

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.