Good Quotes

When I sing for myself, I probably sing for anyone who has any kind of hurt, any kind of bad feelings, good feelings, ups and downs, highs and lows, that kind of thing.

Etta James

The prison industrial complex is perhaps, at least domestically, the most striking example of us putting profit before people. It all stems from one basic misunderstanding: that the public good can be shepherded by private interests.

Eugene Jarecki

You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag.

Ed Koch

I think I have a very good reputation amongst the gay population and among the whole country because I stood up on the issue of gay rights. It is not easy to stand up on that issue when you are single and male in New York City. I did it anyway.

Ed Koch

Maybe he just looks good compared to the bores he's running against.

Ed Koch

I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did.

Ed Koch

My brain is good, but my body is deteriorating. I probably have another two or three years. Or I can pass tomorrow, but it doesn't make a difference to me.

Ed Koch

Jews have always thought that having someone elevated with his head above the grass was not good for the Jews. I never felt that way. I believe that you have to stand up.

Ed Koch

Hey, you must be doin' good, 'cause I never hear from you.

Elia Kazan

The belief that the good in American society will finally win out... I don't believe any more.

Elia Kazan

A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do.

Elia Kazan

Acting... was the biggest charge I ever had. What other artist has it so good? Approval so quick?

Elia Kazan

We often assume that if we are good people we will not suffer the ills of the world.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

I think most of us are outsiders. And I think that's good because it makes you question things.

E. L. Konigsburg

My drawings have to be quick. If they don't happen in 20 minutes or a half hour, then they're no good.

Ellsworth Kelly

In Serbia a lot of people hate me because they want to westernize, not understanding that the western world is bipolar, with very good things and very bad things.

Emir Kusturica

I used to feel that if I say something's wrong, I have to say how it could be made right. But what I learned from Kurt Vonnegut was that I could write stories that say I may not have a solution, but this is wrong - that's good enough.

Etgar Keret

Riding a motorcycle on today's highways, you have to ride in a very defensive manner. You have to be a good rider and you have to have both hands and both feet on the controls at all times.

Evel Knievel

Those extreme-sports kids today are good, but they have it easy. Try falling off of a motorcycle going 70 or 80 miles per hour on asphalt. Believe me, nothing equals it.

Evel Knievel

The finest compliment you can pay a man is that his word was as good as gold.

Evel Knievel

When you're trying to come up with a good approach to reporting on the bleeding edge of where the conversation's moving, you're just leaving a lot of people who aren't on the bleeding edge of that conversation out.

Ezra Klein