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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.

Every man loves what he is good at.

Quotes by Thomas Shadwell

Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good.

Quotes by Thomas Sowell

I think we did a great job of putting together a program that would have made good e-books available had people been buying e-books in any real numbers.

Quotes by Thomas Perry

I do want to write about Jane Whitefield again, but only when I have a good enough idea - something I've figured out about her that's news and that's worth a reader's time.

Quotes by Thomas Perry

The characters you refer to as predatory and unsavory are useful. They're the ones who make a novel into a thriller. They're active, and most of the common virtues, the signs of a good person, are not.

Quotes by Thomas Perry

What I look for in any character, good or bad, is whether I can hear him speak. If I can imagine him that clearly, then I can write about him.

Quotes by Thomas Perry

Advertising is so touchy-feely. You have to speak to the psyche of the people. I'm not very good at that.

Quotes by Thomas Peterffy

Market forces and capitalism by themselves aren't sufficient to ensure the common good and to limit the concentration of wealth at levels that are compatible with democratic ideals.

Quotes by Thomas Piketty

Idealism is no good. Any concrete dedication to an abstract condition results in unpleasant things like wars.

Quotes by Thomas Pynchon

We really think it is a good thing for scientists to spend a little bit of their time either in the community or in schools or helping to train high school teachers.

Quotes by Thomas R. Cech

If you want to study one of these strange organisms, you had better have a good justification. It's not good to study gene organisation in some obscure insect that no one's ever heard about.

Quotes by Thomas R. Cech

What this country needs is a really good five cent cigar.

Quotes by Thomas R. Marshall

I had ideas. A lot were good, but in many ways, I had no idea or experience about how to carry them out.

Quotes by Thomas Newman

The Department of Homeland Security is a strategic feel good measure. It's going to be the Department of Agriculture for the 21st century. TSA - thousands standing around.

Quotes by Thomas P.M. Barnett

One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.

Quotes by Thomas Paine

My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.

Quotes by Thomas Paine

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

Quotes by Thomas Paine

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

Quotes by Thomas Paine

Be good, keep your feet dry, your eyes open, your heart at peace and your soul in the joy of Christ.

Quotes by Thomas Merton

I'm not in Hollywood because I'm good at math.

Quotes by Thomas Middleditch

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.