Good People Quotes - Page 14

• When people wear shoes that don't fit them, it says something about their soul. Generally, I think it means they are good people.

  Billy Bob Thornton

  Mean, Thinking, Shoes

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• Prayers said by good people are always good prayers

  Willa Cather

  Prayer, People, Said

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• Good people all, with one accord, Lament for Madam Blaize, Who never wanted a good word From those who spoke her praise.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  People, Praise, Spokes

  Oliver Goldsmith (1850). “Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield, Citizen of the world, Poetical works, etc”, p.111

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• The bells they sound on Bredon, And still the steeples hum. "Come all to church, good people"- Oh, noisy bells, be dumb; I hear you, I will come.

  A. E. Housman

  People, Dumb, Church

  Shropshire Lad (1896) no. 21

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• If all the good people were clever And all the clever people were good The world would be nicer than ever We thought that it possibly could. But somehow, 'tis seldom or ner The two hit it off as they should The good are so harsh to the clever The clever so rude to the good!

  Elizabeth Wordsworth

  Clever, Two, People

  'Good and Clever'

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• Good people need room to develop. They have to find their own voice . . . each IBMer is a businessperson working within the framework of the company structure.

  Buck Rodgers

  Voice, People, Needs

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• This is a collaborative enterprise," she says. "You have to surround yourself with good people and help them to do what they do well, as opposed to micromanaging.

  Robbie Myers

  People, Micromanaging, Helping

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• Here's what management is about: Pick good people and set the right priorities.

  Lee Iacocca

  People, Priorities, Management

  Lee Iacocca, Catherine Whitney (2008). “Where Have All the Leaders Gone?”, p.15, Simon and Schuster

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• Lack of candor blocks smart ideas, fast action, and good people contributing all the stuff they've got. It's a killer.

  Jack Welch

  Team, Block, Smart

  Jack Welch, Suzy Welch (2009). “Winning: The Ultimate Business How-To Book”, p.25, Harper Collins

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• Why are CEO's who slash jobs so proud of themselves? Instead of bragging about 'cutting fat,' they ought to be getting up before their employees and saying, We did such a lousy job of planning and hiring that we have more people than work. And we are so broke and so dim-witted that we can't come up with any way to get more work. So our only solution is to send a lot of good people home. I am ashamed and I am sorry.

  Dale Dauten

  Jobs, Sorry, Home

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• In the early days, I didn't have the money to pay decent salaries, so I didn't get good people. I got nice people, but I didn't get good employees.

  Louise Hay

  Money, Nice, People

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• I used to want to be a war photographer, and I used to want to be a ballerina and a comedian. I used to want to be a writer. I invalidated myself; it’s a mistake for me. [...] There’s just a lot of stuff that really moves me, and I don’t know how to express it, and I just want to try to do the best I can and surround myself with good people who don’t invalidate me.

  Cat Power

  War, Mistake, Moving

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If we live by the principles of the gospel, we must be good people, for we will be generous and kind, thoughtful and tolerant, helpful and outreaching to those in distress. We can either subdue the divine nature and hide it so that it finds no expression in our lives, or we can bring it to the front and let it shine through all that we do.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Thoughtful, Expression, People

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• Do not be afriad! I can see that Americans are not afraid. They are not afraid of the sun, they are not afraid of the wind, they are not afraid of 'today'. They are, generally speaking, brave, good people. And so I say to you today, always be brave. Do not be afraid. Do not be afraid. God is with you. Do not be afraid to search for God-then you will truly be the land of the free, the home of the brave. God Bless America.

  Peggy Noonan

  Home, Wind, Land

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• You’ve got to give great tools to small teams. Pick good people, use small teams and give them great tools so that they are very productive in terms of what they are doing.

  Bill Gates

  Team, People, Giving

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• But I can't find anybody. That's the problem. I don't know
  where they are. I mean, I've got an idea that there must be someone to play with. If I was going
  to play properly, I should need some really good people.

  Syd Barrett

  Mean, Play, Ideas

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• I used to think the world was divided into good people and bad people, that you could pin responsibility for evil on certain definite people and punish the guilty. I’m still going through the motions.

  Ross Macdonald

  Responsibility, Thinking, People

  Ross Macdonald (1967). “Archer in Hollywood: Three Exciting Novels: The Moving Target, The Way Some People Die [and] The Barbarous Coast”, New York : Knopf

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• People must not be forced to adopt me as their favourite author, even for their own good.

  George Bernard Shaw

  People, Favourite

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• I think I got a lot of life skills; I got a lot of wisdom; I've seen a lot of bad things happen to a lot of good people.

  Young Jeezy

  Thinking, Skills, People

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• Let good people sin. Give virtue to rotters.

  John L'Heureux

  Letting Go, People, Giving

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• I've always been clever enough to surround myself with the best in whatever field I'm working in... Good people make you look good.

  Maggie Tabberer

  Clever, Women, People

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• My parents' work ethic amazed me. How could they put in such long hours, day after day?
  Part of the reason was to keep the family going - to keep me going. I realized that, although we had different values derived from different cultures and wouldn't agree on certain issues, they were good people, incredible people, and I loved and respected them.

  Harvey Pekar

  Issues, Long, People

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• They’re good people. I have a lot of Jewish friends.

  Alex Jones

  People, Jewish Friends

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• We have drained common sense out of our politics. The more we focus on tactics and games, the more good people check out and give up

  Deval Patrick

  Giving Up, Games, People

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• Criminal court is where bad people are on their best behavior. It's much more dangerous for lawyers and judges in family court, where good people are at their worst.

  Richard Dooling

  People, Judging, Criminals

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