Partly, I like a bad reputation. But I also want a reputation of being a good person.
I'd much rather turn down a starring role in a bad picture and do a small role in a very good picture.
For all right judgment of any man or things it is useful, nay, essential, to see his good qualities before pronouncing on his bad.
I've always expected a lot out of myself, and it can be a good quality. But it can be bad at times, too.
If it's a good script I'll do it. And if it's a bad script, and they pay me enough, I'll do it.
Due process policies such as tenure are put in place to protect good teachers from being fired without cause. They aren't there to protect 'bad' teachers.
Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.
The history of jazz lets us know that this period in our history is not the only period we've come through together. If we truly understood the history of our national arts, we'd know that we have mutual aspirations, a shared history, in good times and bad.
Anybody can do bad work, but not everybody does good work.
Most of us want to have enough... good works to get into heaven, but enough bad works to be fun.
Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, more often than not, accomplish the opposite.
Writing stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and, even more terrifying, the difference between it and true art. And after that, the whip came down.
I think what's going on with gorillas is pretty bad. The fact is that you can buy gorilla meat in London any day you want it.
Climate change could produce a lot of misery and waste without necessarily leading to large-scale armed conflict, which depends more on ideology and bad governance than on resource scarcity.
Government workers often get a bad rap, but it's rare for them to receive much appreciation when government works.
Like most millennials, I have the bad, anxiety-inducing habit of grabbing my phone in the morning and scrolling through social media for 15, 20 minutes before I'm fully awake.
Any education that matters is liberal. All the saving truths, all the healing graces that distinguish a good education from a bad one or a full education from a half empty one are contained in that word.
Well, 20 Grammys is not bad.
That's the privilege of being a grandparent - they can indulge the children while parents have to be the bad guy. Grandparents can also be subversive and naughty with them.
