Damn Good Quotes

• And we've all chosen to do this with our lives. So it better be damn good. It better be worth it.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Damn, Chosen

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• I don't know much about Americanism, but it's a damn good word with which to carry an election.

  Warren G. Harding

  Political, Presidential, Politics

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• The music we listen to may not define who we are. But it’s a damn good start.

  Jodi Picoult

  May, Who We Are, Damn

  Jodi Picoult (2014). “Sing You Home: A Novel”, p.153, Simon and Schuster

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• To write a damn good thriller, you need a killer attitude.

  James Frey

  Attitude, Writing, Needs

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• Touching your cap to the Squire may be damn bad for the Squire, but it's damn good for you.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Touching, May, Caps

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• Evan Handler is not only a fine actor, he’s a damn good writer. It’s Only Temporary is wise and funny and as righteously indignant as it is endearingly self-effacing. In what may be a literary first, the book actually left me wanting more.

  Meghan Daum

  Wise, Book, Self

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• I don't know about you, but rattlesnake sounds pretty damn good right now.

  Joe Teti

  Survival, Sound, Rattlesnakes

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• Creativity can solve almost any problem.

  George Lois

  Creativity, Originality, Problem

  George Lois (2008). “George Lois on His Creation of the Big Idea”, Editions Assouline

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• Punk was over in two years. That was the only damn good thing about it.

  Julie Burchill

  Years, Two, Punk

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• I'm a bad woman, but I'm damn good company.

  Fanny Brice

  Good Company, Damn, Bad Woman

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• Green Day is like sex, when were good, were really good, when were bad . . . were still pretty damn good.

  Mike Dirnt

  Sex, Green, Damn

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• I'm no genius, but I'm a damn good football coach.

  Bear Bryant

  Football, Genius, Damn

  Paul Bear Bryant, John Underwood (2007). “Bear: The Hard Life and Good Times of Alabama's Coach Bryant”, p.1898, Triumph Books

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• Some days are born ugly. From the very first light they are no damn good what ever the weather, and everbody knows it. No one knows what causes this, but on such a day people resist getting out of bed and set their heels against the day. When they are finally forced out by hunger or job they find that the day is just as lousy as they knew it would be.

  John Steinbeck

  Jobs, Light, Weather

  John Steinbeck (2008). “Sweet Thursday”, p.131, Penguin

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• The language we're exchanging, the fillings in our teeth, the pavement on the road outside, everywhere you look, for better or for worse, you're going to see evidence that accepting reality is not a human's tendency, and not what we're good at, and not, in my speculation, what God or Natural Selection hired us to do. We've been hired, by this universe, to dream, to aspire, to make things that weren't real real - and because that involves a lot of failure, we're damn good at doing that, too.

  Dan Harmon

  Dream, Real, Teeth

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• I like to say that my mother had a very ordinary life. From the outside it didn't look like there was anything particularly special or wonderful about it, but when you watch somebody hold on to that life with both hands, it makes you think that life must be pretty damn good.

  Anna Quindlen

  Mother, Thinking, Hands

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• I assure you that the training that you get in a midget, in a sprint car and perhaps in a Silver Crown car is really the kind of experience that makes you into a damn good race driver.

  Rodger Ward

  Race, Umpires, Car

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• Last night at WrestleMania, in front of 68,000 people, I defeated Chris Jericho and became the Undisputed World Wrestling Federation Champion. And all of the doubts went away, because I proved to myself, I proved to the world, I proved to Chris Jericho that I AM The Game, and apparently I am THAT...DAMN...GOOD!

  Triple H

  Wrestling, Night, Games

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• I am damn good. I am doing all this for Egypt and nothing else. I reject 70 per cent of media interviews while these people who accuse me are running after them.

  Zahi Hawass

  Running, Egypt, Media

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• Forty years ago this country went down a rabbit hole in Vietnam and millions died. I fear we're going down a rabbit hole once again - and if people can stop and think and reflect on some of the ideas and issues in this movie, perhaps I've done some damn good here!

  Errol Morris

  Country, Thinking, Years

  The 76th Annual Academy Awards, www.imdb.com. February 29, 2004.

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• Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory.

  Ray Charles

  Music, Memories, Play

  "Quotes: Ray Charles in His Own Words", www.foxnews.com. June 10, 2004.

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• You saw him standing out there, and you knew you had a pretty damn good chance to win the baseball game.

  Red Ruffing

  Baseball, Winning, Games

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• The best number for a dinner party is two; myself and a damn good head waiter.

  Nubar Gulbenkian

  Party, Food, Two

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• I am The Game and I am that damn good!

  Triple H

  Wrestling, Games, Damn

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• Pretty much everyone I know, no matter what size, is trying some system. Even when someone gets to looking like she should be so proud of herself, instead she's like, 'I could be another three pounds less; I could be a little taller and have bigger lips.' Where does it end? You just have to say, 'It's pretty damn good. I am right here at the moment and I'm OK with it. I've got other things to think about.'

  Melissa McCarthy

  Thinking, Trying, Proud

  "Funny Girl: Exclusive Interview with Melissa McCarthy". Interview with David A. Keeps, www.goodhousekeeping.com. November 6, 2012.

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• We don't get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief, and then you die, you know? So this is what we've chosen to do with our life.

  Steve Jobs

  Life, Success, Innovation

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