Quotes About Good

There is a misleading, unwritten rule that states if a quote giving advice comes from someone famous, very old, or Greek, then it must be good advice.

I do have traditional values: I believe in being a good person and being polite.

Capitalism is based on individual rights - not on the sacrifice of the individual to the 'public good' of the collective.

Self-interest, be it enlightened, works indirectly for the public good.

The only good thing about America is that you killed John Lennon.

I had a strong, really good upbringing, not puritanical

Hell is full of good wishes or desires.

Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven.

I'm the type of woman you might say is too good. I'll massage a man's feet, have dinner cooked when he gets home. But once they leave, the door is closed, and the locks are changed.

It is not safe in the republican form of government that clannishness should exist either by compulsory or voluntary reason. It is not good for the government and it is not good for the individual.

He who never sacrificed a present to a future good or a personal to a general one can speak of happiness only as the blind do of colors.

Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.

Conservatives divide the world in terms of good and evil while liberals do it in terms of the rich and poor.

The only good hero is the kind who survives to talk about merchandising.

To be good is to be in harmony with oneself. Discord is to be forced to be in harmony with others.

I just think Australia tends to make very good movies, so if someone hands me an Australian or an American film script I would guess the Australian film would be more intriguing.

The road to conservation is paved with good intentions that often prove futile, or even dangerous, due to a lack of understanding of either land or economic land use.

The testing of good and bad is in order that the gold may boil and bring the scum to the top.

So many financial dreams are thwarted by the failure to act upon good intentions.

Bacon is so good by itself that to put it in any other food is an admission of failure. You're basically saying, 'I can't make this other food taste good, so I'll throw in bacon.'

The word "tip" stands for "to insure promptness." So when should you give it? Up front,of course. Sophisticated people don't take chances on poor service, they insure good service.

Think of Zen, of the Void, of Good and Evil and you are bound hand and foot. Think only and entirely and completely of what you are doing at the moment and you are free as a bird.

I've done bad things with relish, and good things with pickles.

The only motive that can keep politics pure is the motive of doing good for one's country and its people.