Quotes with good-humored

Quotes 1901 till 1920 of 2781.

  • Billie Holiday Some men like me talkin' happy
    Some calls it snappy
    Some call me honey
    Others think I got money
    Some tell me baby you're built for speed
    Now if you put that all together
    Makes me everything a good man needs.
    Billies Blues
    Billie Holiday
    American jazz musician and singer-songwriter (1915 - 1959)
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  • Augustus William Hare Some men treat the God of their fathers as they treat their father's friend. They do not deny him; by no means: they only deny themselves to him, when he is good enough to call upon them.
    Augustus William Hare
    British writer (1792 - 1834)
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  • Harry S. Truman Some of the Presidents were great and some of them weren't. I can say that, because I wasn't one of the great Presidents, but I had a good time trying to be one, I can tell you that.
    Harry S. Truman
    American president (1884 - 1972)
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  • Bell Hooks Some people act as though art that is for a mass audience is not good art, and I think this has been a very negative thing. I know that I have wanted very much to write books that are accessible to the widest audience possible.
    Bell Hooks
    American author, professor, feminist (born G.J.Watkins) (1952 - 2021)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Bruce Forsyth Some people hate the sight of me as soon as they see me on television. They loathe the look of me, and I accept that from the days of variety. I would walk on and some people would open a newspaper and think, 'He's first on, so he can't be any good.' I accept that.
    Bruce Forsyth
    British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer and screenwriter (1928 - 2017)
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  • Burning Spear Some people see life as many steps up and try to forget where they are coming from, you understand? A little step in life on a commercial or a material level is a good step, but a big step does not mean a strong step - you tend to lose your roots - and if you don't be careful, you can fall.
    Burning Spear
    Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter, vocalist and musician (1945 - )
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  • Beth Henley Some really good things kind of swing both ways and I like to see people that can swing really, really, really sad and horrible and terrible and really, really, really beautiful and funny.
    Beth Henley
    American playwright, screenwriter, and actress (1952 - )
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg Some theories are good for nothing except to be argued about.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Benjamin Whichcote Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
    Benjamin Whichcote
    British philosopher (1609 - 1683)
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  • Campbell Brown Someone once told me I looked good in red, so I bought every piece of clothing in red and bright-red lipstick. I had huge hair, as big as I could tease it and spray it.
    Campbell Brown
    American journalist (1968 - )
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  • Brooke Shields Someone said adversity builds character, but someone else said adversity reveals character. I'm pleasantly surprised with my resilience. I persevere, and not just blindly. I take the best, get rid of the rest, and move on, realizing that you can make a choice to take the good.
    Brooke Shields
    American actress and model (1965 - )
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  • William Feather Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim.
    William Feather
    American writer, businessman (1889 - 1981)
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  • B. B. King Sometimes I just think that there are more things to be said to make the audience understand what I'm trying to do more. When I'm singing, I don't want you to just hear the melody. I want you to relive the story, because most of the songs have pretty good storytelling.
    B. B. King
    American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer (1925 - 2015)
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  • Anne Dudley Sometimes in films it's nice to have violins on either side, rather than on one side, so you've got more of a stereo picture with the violins. Sometimes it's good to have the basses in the middle.
    Anne Dudley
    English composer, keyboardist and conductor (1956 - )
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  • Carl Honore Sometimes it takes a wake-up call, doesn't it, to alert us to the fact that we're hurrying through our lives instead of actually living them; that we're living the fast life instead of the good life. And I think, for many people, that wake-up call takes the form of an illness.
    Carl Honore
    Canadian journalist (1967 - )
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  • Robert Alan Sometimes just a smile on our face can help to make this world a better place. Stand up for the things that are right. Try to talk things out instead of fight. Lend a hand when you can, get involved this is good. You can help to make a difference in your neighborhood.
    Robert Alan
    American singer/songwriter and comic book creator (1971 - )
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  • Carine Roitfeld Sometimes pressure can be good, and it gives you a lot of energy to do something.
    Carine Roitfeld
    French fashion editor (1954 - )
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  • Henry Rollins Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good.
    Henry Rollins
    American musician, actor and writer (1961 - )
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  • Mme de Stael Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.
    Mme de Stael
    French-Swiss novelist and essayist (1766 - 1817)
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