How To Be Good Quotes

A loaf of bread, the Walrus said, Is what we chiefly need: Pepper and vinegar besides Are very good indeed-- Now if you're ready, Oysters, dear, We can begin to feed!

Good writing ... involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into lucid form, then forcing them into the tight-fitting uniform of language, making them visible and clear.

Michigan is two radically different places - the North and the South which makes for good drama and contrast.

No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough.

You cannot hold back a good laugh any more than you can the tide. Both are forces of nature.

When you're in jail, a good friend will be trying to bail you out. A best friend will be in the cell next to you saying, 'Damn, that was fun.'

It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.

As cruel as life might be at times, if you throw in the towel, which is what everyone will expect, then nothing good will happen and your life will fall apart. Be better than that!

Before 'Gangnam Style' I was not a good attitude artist.

From birth to age 18 a girl needs good parents. From 18 to 35 she needs good looks. From 35 to 55 she needs a good personality. From 55 on, she needs good cash.

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.

Elegance is good taste plus a dash of daring.

I do not believe in a mixture of good and evil in the world, or in myself. All is Good.

I do condition my hair with honey and beer. I smell like the bottom of a beer barrel for days afterwards, but it's very good for the hair.

I'm not very good at praying, but what I experience when I'm writing a poem is close to prayer.

Sincerity causes the smallest of good deeds to become the largest.

A good neighbor is a fellow who smiles at you over the back fence, but doesn't climb over it.

Morning is wonderful. Its only drawback is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day.

The Good Book - one of the most remarkable euphemisms ever coined.

Everybody that I've ever seen that enjoyed their job was very good at it.

The governor of Texas, who, when asked if the Bible should also be taught in Spanish, replied that 'if English was good enough for Jesus, then it's good enough for me.

I'm a good person, but with many defects.

We have not all had the good fortune to be ladies. We have not all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but when the toast works down to the babies, we stand on common ground.

Nothing spoils a good story like the arrival of an eyewitness.

I'm in Stockholm in my office. I just got here after seeing my eighth child on an ultrasound, so I'm in a good mood. It's beautiful: an energetic little skeleton.

For every idealistic peacemaker willing to renounce his self-defence in favour of a weapons-free world, there is at least one warmaker anxious to exploit the other's good intentions.

If you've had a good time playing the game, you're a winner even if you lose.

When I meet successful people I ask 100 questions as to what they attribute their success to. It is usually the same: persistence, hard work and hiring good people.

The world soffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people.

I think imperfections are important, just as mistakes are important. You only get to be good by making mistakes, and you only get to be real by being imperfect.

No pressure, no diamonds.

Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.

Here lies the body of my good horse, The General. For years he bore me around the circuit of my practice and all that time he never made a blunder. Would that his master could say the same.

You want to have butterflies in your stomach, because if you don't, if you walk out onstage complacent, that's not a good thing.

You have good days and bad days.

Certain dressmakers desire to pass for an artist. I have one ambition: that is to have good taste.

In any situation, I'm going to be good.

Be unpredictable, be real, be interesting. Tell a good story.

I wake up saying, I'm still alive; a miracle. And so I keep on pushing.

The Righteous Salaf were as fearful of their good deeds being squandered, or not being accepted, as the present generation is certain that their neglect would be forgiven.

Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.

I believe that the Laws of Karma do not apply to show business, where good things happen to bad people on a fairly regular basis.

Music is the greatest communication in the world. Even if people don't understand the language that you're singing in, they still know good music when they hear it.

To me, it doesn't matter how good you are. Sport is all about playing and competing. Whatever you do in cricket and in sport, enjoy it, be positive and try to win.

Good composition is like a suspension bridge - each line adds strength and takes none away.

There are only two things worth aiming for, good music and a clean conscience.

Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.

Starting out to make money is the greatest mistake in life. Do what you feel you have a flair for doing, and if you are good enough at it, the money will come.

A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson.

A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.