- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Good taste is death; vulgarity is life.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
People call things 'vulgar' when they are new to them. When they have become old, they become 'good taste.'
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm greedy, but I've always watched what I eat because I want to look good. I gave up butter, cream and sugar years ago.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Start living now. Stop saving the good china for that special occasion. Stop withholding your love until that special person materializes. Every day you are alive is a special occasion. Every minute, every breath, is a gift from God.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Conservatism vests in and depends on the widespread, informed understanding of human nature, self-governance and the First Principle of Progress: free people interacting in free markets produce the greatest good for the greatest number always, but only, when tethered to virtue and morality.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
Is it really so difficult to tell a good action from a bad one? I think one usually knows right away or a moment afterward, in a horrid flash of regret.
- Liberty
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- Nov 07, 2020
Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not the most delicate - I'm not the most graceful person, and I like playing a sport where being not delicate and not graceful is actually a good thing.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love Los Angeles. I love when people make fun of it. I think, 'Good, don't come.' All the jokes about it feel out of date.
- Courage
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love data. I think it's very important to get it right, and I think it's good to question it.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
For days on end, I avoid the Web, never logging in until about two or three, after I've written all morning. On a good week, I don't go online till after Wednesday, so four or five days might lapse without my checking e-mail.
- Dress
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- Nov 07, 2020
My perfect beach town isn't a fancy resort or glitzy planned community. It's a place with a hometown grocery that has decent meat, seafood, and a deli; a couple of ice cream shops; and a handful of good restaurants - where the island-wide dress code is 'no shoes, no shirt, no problem.'
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020