- Temptations
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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
- Excellence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people who write know anything.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.
- Happiness
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- Nov 07, 2020
The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing.
- Stage
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- Nov 07, 2020
Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The great sadness of my life is that I never achieved the hour newscast, which would not have been twice as good as the half-hour newscast, but many times as good.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a good student, but a speech impediment was causing problems. One of my teachers decided that I couldn't pronounce certain words at all. She thought that if I wrote something, I would use words I could pronounce. I began writing little poems. I began to write short stories, too.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
After so many books and so many years of writing, I have a good idea of my strengths and weaknesses. I love the process of writing and, if I allowed myself, I would write far too much every day. One weakness which I've struggled to overcome is my tendency to having my characters ruminate for pages.
- Moon
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- Nov 07, 2020
Kennedy had made a mess in Cuba at the Bay of Pigs. He had to do something to look good. The Apollo program of going to the Moon was quite a goal.
- Not Good Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is not good enough for things to be planned - they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality, energy has to be launched into operation.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Good listeners, like precious gems, are to be treasured.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Carter's done a lot more good since he's been out of the White House than when he was in it.
- Hell
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- Nov 07, 2020