Quotes of: Bad-example Keyword

It's bad enough in life to do without something YOU want; but confound it, what gets my goat is not being able to give somebody something you want THEM to have.

A Christmas Memory

Here's where redesign begins in earnest, where we stop trying to be less bad and we start figuring out how to be good.

Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things

He hated to think of his own life stretching ahead of him that way, a long succession of days and nights that were fine - not good, not bad, not great, not lousy, not exciting, not anything.

The Chocolate War

There is no difference between the person who wishes he can change his bad character and did not and the person who never wished for it. Wishes alone don’t change the world!

Daily Drive 365

After all, Sergios was not all bad. He was tough, ruthless, arrogant and selfish, but while he might have the morals of an alley cat, he had been remarkably kind to her mother.

A Deal at the Altar

But things are so bad, I feel like I’m going to explode if I don’t do something.

Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey

When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that individual is crazy.

Dave Barry Turns Fifty

Oftentimes in reality, the genius is in the position of the antihero. Neither the good guys nor the bad guys really trust him because his truth is universal.

Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality

She talks about how she can't exercise because of the ailments-a bad back, sore knees, breathing difficulties-all caused by her weight gain.

Everybody Sees the Ants

Then I have some bad news for you, because humans are going to destroy each other as soon as it becomes easy enough to, which will be very soon.

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

To his surprise he...discovered that it was possible to be good at what you had little interest in, just as it had been possible to be bad at something…that you cared about a great deal.

Empire Falls

The clown was an evil one. They’re either good or bad, and this one was definitely the latter.

Eating Smoke: One Man's Descent Into Crystal Meth Psychosis in Hong Kong's Triad Heartland

The first time he'd held her hand, it felt so good that it crowded out all the bad things. It felt better than anything had ever hurt.

Eleanor & Park

I just meant that … I want to be the person who ever kisses you, too.… That sounds bad, like a death threat or something. What I’m trying to say is, you’re it. is it for me.

Eleanor & Park

The expression 'there is nothing like the good old days' does not mean that fewer bad things happened before, but fortunately, that people tend to forget about them.

El túnel

Tell me what good touch is and what is bad for I am young and I have no dad. -Jenifer

Equating the Equations of Insanity: A Journey from Grief to Victory

We have to keep company with supposedly bad characters if we are to survive and not succumb to mental atrophy. People of good character, so called, are the ones who end up boring us to death.

Extinction

Maybe I was a fool to turn my back on him after his warnings, but the bad guys didn't warn you first. No, the truly wicked ones lured you in with kindness and then blindsided you with their mercilessness.

Falling for Autumn

Did life treat everyone so wantonly, ripping the good things to pieces while letting bad things fester and grow like fungus

A Fine Balance

The point of life isn't to avoid pain. The point of life is to be alive! To feel things. That means the good and the bad. There'll be pain. But also joy, and friendship and love. And it's worth it, believe me.

The Fire Chronicle

It's crazy, how similar we are. Here's both of us, working through our stuff, trying to make something positive out of something really bad.

Fire with Fire