The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.

I think one of the basic reasons men make good friends is that they can make up their minds quickly.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

I like a man who's good, but not too good - for the good die young, and I hate a dead one.

When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad I'm better.

It is essential that in entering a new province you should have the good will of its inhabitants.

Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.

Things are going to get unimaginably worse, and they are never, ever, going to get better

There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of the mafia.

During most of my freelancing, I made what I would have made in charge of the cafeteria at a pretty good junior-high school.

Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not supposed to meet, namely, a dull ending.

I talked to the players and tried to make them aware of what was good and bad, but I didn't try to run their lives.

You can't whine and bellyache because somebody else got a good break and you didn't.

Real art is basic emotion. If a scene is handled with simplicity - and I don't mean simple - it'll be good, and the public will know it.

I've got a good mind to go out and join a club and beat you over the head with it.

I've got a good mind to go out and join a club and beat you over the head with it.