Perfectly Good Quotes

• A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Clever, Men, Walking Forward

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• Wretched excess is an unfortunate human trait that turns a perfectly good idea such as Christmas into a frenzy of last-minute shopping.

  Jon Anderson

  Christmas, Shopping, Ideas

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• ‎"It’s not as if I don’t have anything to read; there’s a tower of perfectly good unread books next to my bed, not to mention the shelves of books in the living room I’ve been meaning to reread. I find myself, maddeningly, hungry for the next one, as yet unknown. I no longer try to analyze this hunger; I capitulated long ago to the book lust that’s afflicted me most of my life.

  Lewis Buzbee

  Book, Long Ago, Lust

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• We gave you a perfectly good language and you f***ed up.

  Stephen Fry

  Language

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• Anyway, he's [Simon] obviously not here. Go back to what you were doing. What's the point in wasting a perfectly good brick wall when you have someone to throw against it, that's what I always say." And she [Isabelle] stalked off, back toward the bar. - City of Fallen Angels pg 188 hardcover

  Cassandra Clare

  Wall, Angel, Cities

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• What's the point in wasting a perfectly good brick wall when you have someone to throw against it, that's what I always say.

  Cassandra Clare

  Wall, Bricks, Fallen Angels

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “City of Fallen Angels”, p.188, Simon and Schuster

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• Diogenes carried a bowl with him for years, but one day saw a man drinking from his cupped palm and declared, ‘I have been a fool, burdened all these years by the weight of a bowl when a perfectly good vessel lay at the end of my wrist.

  Christopher Moore

  Drinking, Men, Years

  Christopher Moore (2009). “Lamb: A Novel”, p.193, Hachette UK

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• Barbarian that I am, I had eaten all of it. It had tasted quite nice too. Still, I took note of this fact and resigned myself to throw away half of a perfectly good cheese if it was set in front of me. Such is the price of civilization.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Nice, Civilization, Half

  Patrick Rothfuss (2011). “The Wise Man's Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day Two”, p.424, Penguin

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• Of course, then you nearly crushed to death in front of my eyes. Later I thought of a perfectly good excuse for why I acted at that moment - because if I hadn't saved you, if your blood had been spilled there in front of me, I don't think I could have stopped myself from exposing us for what we are. But I only thought of that excuse later. At the time, all I could think was, 'Not her.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Eye, Thinking, Blood

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• Lyall understood a broken heart, but it could not be allowed to rumple perfectly good shirtwaists.

  Gail Carriger

  Heart, Broken, Understood

  Gail Carriger (2010). “Blameless: Book 3 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.67, Hachette UK

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• They were like English teachers who took the fun out of a perfectly good book by breaking it down into themes and sentence structures

  Tawni O'Dell

  Teacher, Fun, Book

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• He didn't like to see either of the women in his family disappointed; it ruined perfectly good meals.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Meals, Ruined, Disappointed

  Maggie Stiefvater (2012). “The Raven Boys”, p.161, Scholastic Inc.

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• 3-D is a waste of a perfectly good dimension. Hollywood's current crazy stampede toward it is suicidal. It adds nothing essential to the moviegoing experience. For some, it is an annoying distraction. For others, it creates nausea and headaches.

  Roger Ebert

  Crazy, Suicidal, Nausea

  "Roger Ebert On Why 3D Movies Suck" by Gillian Reagan, www.businessinsider.com. April 29, 2010.

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• Remember that there is nothing in God but what is godlike; and that He is either not at all, or truly and perfectly good.

  Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

  God, Remember, Good God

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• People are tempted to think (understandably) that if God were really good He'd never allow any evil in the world at all. But I don't think a perfectly good God would never permit any evil, and neither would others, I wager, if they thought about it. Rather, I think that a good God always prevents suffering and evil unless He has a good reason to allow it. That's the crux.

  Greg Koukl

  Thinking, Evil, People

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

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• I confess that my stomach does not take to this style of cooking. I cannot accept calves sweetbreads swimming in a salty sauce, nor can I eat mince consisting of turkey, hare, and rabbit, which they try to persuade me comes from a single animal... As for the cooks, I really cannot be expected to put up with this ham essence, nor the excessive quantity of morels and other mushrooms, pepper, and nutmeg with which they disguise perfectly good food.

  Voltaire

  Swimming, Animal, Essence

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• My laughter won't last forever but neither will my tears. We say this life isn't perfect. And it isn't. It isn't perfectly good. But, it also isn't perfectly bad, either.

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Laughter, Forever, Tears

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• I happen to think that there are already tons of perfectly good babies out there already born.

  Sarah Silverman

  Baby, Thinking, Born

  "Sarah Silverman: Turning Ignorance Into Comedy". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. April 22, 2010.

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• There's so much guilt there attached to having a perfectly good life.

  Emma Forrest

  Good Life, Guilt

  "Blade runner" by Rachel Cooke, www.theguardian.com. May 25, 2002.

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• A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted-in the air. A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs, who, however, has never learned to walk forward. A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards. A liberal is a man who uses his legs and hands at the behest of his head.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Men, Feet, Air

  Radio address, 26 Oct. 1939

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• Its a perfectly good face, Sparhawk." "It covers the front of my head. What else can you expect from a face?

  David Eddings

  Faces, Fronts

  David Eddings (1989). “The diamond throne”, Del Rey

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• I know I hated magic for a reason," Janco said. "Congratulations. This is the first time you've had a VALID reason to hate something," Ari countered. "Remember your campaign against sand?" "Sand! Horrid little stuff. Gets everywhere. I had a perfectly good argue--" "Janco." Ari's voice rumbled deep in his throat. In a heartbeat, Janco switched gears. "Well, this blood magic sounds worse than sand.

  Maria V. Snyder

  Hate, Congratulations, Blood

  Maria V. Snyder (2013). “Storm Glass”, p.422, MIRA

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• The Word 'Repulse': I hate this word. I believe 'repel' is a perfectly good word, and 'repulsion' is the noun, as well as the title of an excellent Dinosaur Jr. song. A compulsion compels you; an impulse impels you. Nobody ever says 'compulse' or 'impulse' as a verb. So why would you ever say 'repulse'? This word haunts me in my sleep, like a silver dagger dancing before my eyes. Renee looked it up and I was wrong. But I still kind of think I'm right.

  Rob Sheffield

  Song, Hate, Believe

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• Never underestimate the capacity of noble young men to do incredibly foolish things for perfectly good reasons.

  Jennifer Fallon

  Men, Noble, Underestimate

  Jennifer Fallon (2008). “Warlord: Book Six of the Hythrun Chronicles”, p.62, Macmillan

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• It is amazing to me, now, how such wild imaginings and philosophies - inspired by a night charged with frights and calamities - made such perfectly good sense to Owen Meany and me, but good friends are nothing to each other if they are not supportive.

  John Irving

  Best Friend, Philosophy, Good Friend

  John Irving (2012). “A Prayer For Owen Meany”, p.269, Random House

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