- Purpose
- |
- 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
- King
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
For every Steven King, there are a dozen guys like me who make a good living. For every David Brin, there are a dozen authors who have managed to make it their day job. For each of them, there are a dozen more for whom writing is a terrific supplement.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm swanning round the world looking at the most fabulously interesting things. Such good fortune.
- People
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
We are not overpopulated in an absolute sense; we've got the technology for 10 billion, probably 15 billion people, to live on this planet and live good lives. What we haven't done is developed our technology.
- Music
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
The climate suits me, and London has the greatest serious music that you can hear any day of the week in the world - you think it's going to be Vienna or Paris or somewhere, but if you go to Vienna or Paris and say, 'Let's hear some good music', there isn't any.
- Mysterious
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Economists have understood since the Victorian era that the main benefits of trade come from comparative advantage: the idea that people can specialize in what they're good at and then benefit from exchange. The principle is no more mysterious than specialization in the labor market.
- Cooking
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
There's a reason I write articles and go out for good dinners: because I'm better at research than cooking. And there are people who are much better at cooking than research, so it's mutually beneficial for us to specialize.
- Ideas
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
But obviously, we're looking for all good ideas to help deal with our long-term debt problem. This is something that is going to affect our economy. It affects our kids. And we need to deal with it.
- Myself
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
'Colors' is pretty good. It takes you inside the cop car bit. I like reality myself. I like reality-based kind of movies.
- Picture
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
A movie is a certain thing by definition. There's nothing wrong with knocking out a good genre picture.
- Looking
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the extraordinary.
- People
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I'd read a lot of thrillers about politicians and presidents, but never one where you flip the stereotypes and make good people bad and bad people good.
- Bad
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
In every thriller written about Washington, particularly after 9/11, there are good guys and there are bad guys, and there's no gray area at all.
- Life
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
My private life is perfect. If your private life and your life outside football is good, then it is good on the field for you.
- Great Book
- |
- Nov 07, 2020