Good Things Quotes - Page 35

• President Obama's 100-day plan is pretty impressive. I think it's a Wow 100-plus days. The administration is not operating from fear, it is trying to drive change for the future, and that's a good thing.

  Andrea Jung

  Thinking, Trying, President

  "Avon's Andrea Jung: CEOs need to reinvent themselves". Interview with Del Jones, usatoday30.usatoday.com.

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• It seems like the good things that have happened in my career are things that you don't try to plan and push, and make it happen, it just seems to happen.

  Wanda Jackson

  Careers, Trying, Plans

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• Growing up listening to rap music, you almost feel like you should have haters. That's an important part of being a successful musician. It's a good thing, I guess.

  Ezra Koenig

  Growing Up, Rap, Successful

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

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• Ambition is sneered at by some bands. It seems like a pretty good thing to me.

  Alex Kapranos

  Ambition, Band, Seems

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

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• Radio used to be dominated by Tom Petty and artists like that. If Tom Petty came out today, he'd be played on country radio - all that stuff would. I think the genre has opened itself up to more styles of country, and I think that's a good thing.

  Charles Kelley

  Country, Thinking, Artist

  "Lady Antebellum: On Heels of No. 1 Album, Charles Kelley Talks Crossover Success (Q&A)". Interview with Andy Eiser, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 22, 2011.

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• It's easy to get buried in the past when you try to make a good thing last.

  Neil Young

  Philosophy, Past, Trying

  Song: Ambulance Blues, Album: On The Beach

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• It's an extremely good thing that money sometimes changes hands.

  William C. Brown

  Business, Hands, Sometimes

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• I love playing strong feisty women, I really do, but if you were to ask my husband he'd probably say that I'm very insecure. And actually incredibly malleable, which isn't necessarily a good thing.

  Alex Kingston

  Strong, Husband, Insecure

  "Intensive care" by Barbara Ellen, www.theguardian.com. July 07, 2002.

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• Kevin Costner told me that 'True' was his and his wife's song. I'm not sure if that's a good thing because they split up soon after.

  Gary Kemp

  Song, Wife, Splits

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Glasgow is less polite than Edinburgh but that's a good thing - they keep it very real.

  Nik Kershaw

  Real, Edinburgh, Polite

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• I always come to conclusions very fast. Well, that is one way of thinking, and the other way would be that I lack the necessary perseverance to stick to one thing that really fits me. I don't know if it's a good thing or bad thing.

  Takeshi Kitano

  Perseverance, Thinking, Way

  "Takeshi Kitano: Silent superstar" by Dean Irvine, www.cnn.com. October 23, 2008.

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• I try to keep the martial arts up. It's a good thing, not just physically but also for your mind.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Art, Mind, Trying

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• People are always going to identify with what it's like living in society and have people judge you in certain ways, and how you can be strong enough to be your own person and all those good things.

  Alessandro Nivola

  Strong, People, Judging

  "Alessandro Nivola graduates to 'Mansfield Park' and beyond" by Jamie Allen, www.cnn.com. November 30, 1999.

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• I definitely don't subscribe to the theory that more instruments, or more vocal tracks, harmony, or double tracking the voice, is a good thing. People do their early albums very stripped down, then each album becomes bloated.

  Joanna Newsom

  Voice, People, Track

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

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• I'm a winner, I play to win, I want to make good things go on around me.

  David Ortiz

  Winning, Play, Goes On

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• I'm always a little innately shy when I first talk to a girl, and I think I always will be! But I think that's a good thing. You don't want to lose that.

  Dylan O'Brien

  Girl, Thinking, Want

  "We Are So Crushing on Dylan O'Brien, and You Will Be Too!". Interview with Caitlin Brody, www.glamour.com. October 19, 2012.

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• I have two concerns with my work: having good things to act, and getting paid. In that order. Although if you're not getting paid well, that order can change. But that's what I'm concerned about. Good scenes. Decent money.

  Terry O'Quinn

  Order, Two, Scene

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• It's easier to stop bad things than to pass good things.

  Jared Polis

  Easier, Bad Things

  "What I've Learned: Representative Jared Polis (D, Colo.)" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. October 29, 2010.

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• When you get up and say, "God, I want to thank you for being alive, I've got family, I've got my health," you're going to draw in more of the good things from God.

  Joel Osteen

  God, Alive, Want

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• I'm pretty actively involved with the military because I think they're incredible human beings. If I can give back to them for what they're doing for us, it's a good thing. And I think to have happy soldiers, you need to feed them well.

  Emeril Lagasse

  Military, Thinking, Giving

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• I love meeting fans. They're always fun, they always have good things to say, smart questions to ask, and plenty of ideas for me to explore in the future.

  Tamora Pierce

  Fun, Smart, Ideas

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• The good thing about being pregnant is that I don't have to worry about sucking it in or dieting!

  Busy Philipps

  Worry, Dieting, Being Pregnant

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

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• Greece has given Europe the opportunity to fix a defect in the euro zone, that is the fact that we did not have a fiscal union. Now steps have been taken to begin that process. And there is more solidarity from nation to nation, and that is a good thing. That has been Greece's gift to Europe.

  George Papandreou

  Taken, Opportunity, Europe

  "My Interview With Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou... From the Top of the Acropolis". Interview with Steven Hill, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 8, 2011.

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• My father worked in a post office and never made probably more than $8,000 a year as an employee of the post office, so when people can rise up from very modest circumstances and do well economically, I think that's a good thing about America, and we should encourage that kind of activity.

  David Rubenstein

  Father, Thinking, America

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• If you are strong enough as a couple, reality shows can be a good thing for the relationship.

  Giuliana Rancic

  Strong, Couple, Reality

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