Good quotes

“I've made over 25 studio albums, and I think probably I've made two real stinkers in my time, and some not-bad albums, and some really good albums. I'm proud of what I've done. In fact it's been a good ride.” David Bowie

“There's a good television programme called 'Disco 2.' It's quite good but again it's average, average. It's all on a down play. You know we've got this thing in England to be hip is to speak very down - like John Peel. And that just about sums up England. They don't realize when they talk like that, then that is what they represent - absolutely.” David Bowie

“Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” John Rockefeller

“Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.” John Rockefeller

“Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.” John Rockefeller

“It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it.” Rainer Maria Rilke

“There may be good, but there are no pleasant marriages.” Rainer Maria Rilke

“You just have to keep trying to do good work, and hope that it leads to more good work. I want to look back on my career and be proud of the work, and be proud that I tried everything. Yes, I want to look back and know that I was terrible at a variety of things.” Jon Stewart

“I wanted to do another movie that could make us laugh and cry and feel good about the world. I wanted to do something else that could make us smile. This is a time when we need to smile more and Hollywood movies are supposed to do that for people in difficult times.” Steven Spielberg

“There is a fine line between censorship and good taste and moral responsibility.” Steven Spielberg

“I go out and look for a good story to tell and if I like it enough and I decide to direct it, I become dangerously involved in becoming a part of that story.” Steven Spielberg

“The only thing that gets me back to directing is good scripts.” Steven Spielberg

“The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.” Carl Sagan

“A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.” Carl Sagan

“Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves.” Joseph Stalin

“I have no need for good souls: an accomplice is what I wanted.” Jean-Paul Sartre

“If you tell God no because He won't explain the reason He wants you to do something, you are actually hindering His blessing. But when you say yes to Him, all of heaven opens to pour out His goodness and reward your obedience. What matters more than material blessings are the things He is teaching us in our spirit.” Charles Stanley

“Every test, every trial, every heartache that's been significant, I can turn it over and see how God has turned it into good no matter what.” Charles Stanley

“If we have built on the fragile cornerstones of human wisdom, pride, and conditional love, things may look good for a while, but a weak foundation causes collapse when storms hit.” Charles Stanley

“I've lived in good climate, and it bores the hell out of me. I like weather rather than climate.” John Steinbeck

“These words dropped into my childish mind as if you should accidentally drop a ring into a deep well. I did not think of them much at the time, but there came a day in my life when the ring was fished up out of the well, good as new.” John Steinbeck

“Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. That's truly about the game, and in some ways that's about life too.” Michael Jordan

“Sometimes I think my husband is so amazing that I don't know why he's with me. I don't know whether I'm good enough. But if I make him happy, then I'm everything I want to be.” Angelina Jolie

“I like someone who is a little crazy but coming from a good place. I think scars are sexy because it means you made a mistake that led to a mess.” Angelina Jolie

“Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone. This simple goodness shines straight from their hearts and only asks to be loved.” Michael Jackson

“People write negatives things, cause they feel that's what sells. Good news to them, doesn't sell.” Michael Jackson

“Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe.” Homer

“It is not good to have a rule of many.” Homer