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Well Quotes

On doing it well, plainly stated.

This set includes a screenwriter's wry description of an unglamorous daily routine that's widely recognized within the industry, and a footballer's warm words for supporters who treated him well throughout his career. For more good-natured lines, see Good.

In my opinion, most organized religion does neither agentic service nor relational nurturance very well.

Quotes by Richard Rohr

Well, what there ought to be is an international labor organization, a confederation of the trade unions of all the countries speaking for the workers who are competing with one another, and talking about the difference in wage levels between,...

Quotes by Richard Rorty

When authors who write literary fiction begin to write screenplays, everybody assumes that's the end. Here's another who's never going to write well again.

Quotes by Richard Russo

The universe is very large, and its boundaries are not known very well, but it is still possible to define some kind of a radius to be associated with it.

Quotes by Richard P. Feynman

Well, the elected officials in both parties are receiving campaign contributions and support through electioneering communications from groups that aren't technically affiliated with the campaigns, but really are. That's the off-the-books financing of electioneering communications that's going on.

Quotes by Richard Painter

National sovereignty is an obligation as well as an entitlement. A government that will not perform the role of a government forfeits the rights of a government.

Quotes by Richard Perle

No operational commander should have to assign a soldier a task that could be done as well by a computer, a remote sensor, or an unmanned airplane.

Quotes by Richard Perle

Well there are those that you wield and those that you join.

Quotes by Richard Murdoch

Russia may well be willing to stop interfering in Eastern Ukraine in exchange for a degree of sanctions relief if it could be assured that ethnic Russians there would not face reprisals.

Quotes by Richard N. Haass

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've got.

Quotes by Richard M. Nixon

I'm a classically trained painter, and I was an illustrator in New York working with Fortune 500s companies as well as the NBA and the Olympics. I first got into sculpting when I created a sculpture based on a painting...

Quotes by Richard MacDonald

My joke, which isn't really a joke, is that there will be one of two tours: the tour for the album that does well, or the tour for the album that stiffs.

Quotes by Richard Marx

Primates need good nutrition, to begin with. Not only fruits and plants, but insects as well.

Quotes by Richard Leakey

When I was younger, I listened to the greats: Winters, Mel and Carl, Nichols and May, Pryor, Carlin, Klein, Berman and lots of Lenny Bruce albums. But once I started doing fairly well, I didn't want to hear anybody's jokes...

Quotes by Richard Lewis

My family - it wasn't an abusive family - they meant well, but they were in their own world.

Quotes by Richard Lewis

Before Sunrise did very well internationally. It made as much in Italy and Korea as it did here.

Quotes by Richard Linklater

He that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they are not so well governed as they ought to be shall never want attentive and favorable hearers.

Quotes by Richard Hooker

Well, I thought the Sex Pistols were the cream of the crop. They came in and topped everybody, for sure. They took all the existing strands and made a perfect package out of them.

Quotes by Richard Hell

If you're doing well, you're a target, nobody's interested in you except how you can be of use to them.

Quotes by Richard Grant

It's well known that actors are lousy writers.

Quotes by Richard Grant

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote here that also appears on other baseball-related topic pages?
Yes - this page includes the same candid line: "I never threw the spitter, well maybe once or twice when I really needed to get a guy out real bad." Here it's grouped under well as a hedging word rather than for its baseball content.
Is there a quote about the daily life of a screenwriter?
Yes. One quote notes that the dull externals of a screenwriter's working life are well known, joking that screenwriters are the people taking up too much table space at cafes. It's a wry, self-deprecating take on the profession. For more relatable observations, see Know quotes.
Is there a quote about tension between Hollywood and game developers?
Yes - one quote observes that there's a bit of arrogance among Hollywood-type personalities that doesn't sit well with game developers. It's a candid look at friction between two different creative industries. Browse Good quotes for more direct, honest observations.
Is there a quote about how fans have treated a player at Inter?
Yes - one quote says: "The Inter fans have always treated me very well." It's a simple, appreciative statement about fan support. For more consistently positive quotes, see Always quotes.
What different senses of "well" appear on this page?
A hedging well in a baseball confession, well known as in commonly understood, things not sitting well between industries, and being treated well by fans. For more on getting things done, check out Doing quotes.

A game developer's quote pushes back on outside arrogance that clashes with how the industry actually operates, rounding out the topic's range. Continue with Doing or Know.