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Bad Quotes (page 116)

Robert James Waller quote: "The reality is not exactly what the song started out to be,..."
The reality is not exactly what the song started out to be, but it's not a bad song. Robert James Waller
But the worst of it was, all the third-rate poets emerged unscathed; being third-rate, they didn't know good poetry from bad and consequently had no inkling of their crushing defeat. Stanislaw Lem
Thomas Huxley quote: "There is no greater mistake than the hasty conclusion that..."
There is no greater mistake than the hasty conclusion that opinions are worthless because they are badly argued. Thomas Huxley
Robert Penn Warren quote: "Goodness . . . You got to make it out of badness . . . Because..."
Goodness . . . You got to make it out of badness . . . Because there isn't anything else to make it out of. Robert Penn Warren
For although she had been, and still was, very much admired, she had got into the way of preferring unsatisfactory love affairs to any others, so that it was becoming almost a bad habit. Barbara Pym
Stephenie Meyer quote: "One of the many hazards of socializing with vampires. It makes..."
One of the many hazards of socializing with vampires. It makes you smell bad. A minor hazard, comparatively. Stephenie Meyer
Judith Viorst quote: "alexander and the terrible horrible no good very bad day"
alexander and the terrible horrible no good very bad day Judith Viorst
Seems to me it ain't the world that's so bad but what we're doing to it, and all I'm saying is: see what a wonderful world it would be if only we'd give it a chance. Love, baby - love. That's the secret. Louis Armstrong
Philip Roth quote: "Nothing bad can happen to a writer. Everything is material."
Nothing bad can happen to a writer. Everything is material. Philip Roth
There's something really the matter with most people who wear tattoos. There's at least some terrible story. I know from experience that there's always something terribly flawed about people who are tattooed, above some little something that Johnny had done in the Navy, even though that's a bad sign...It's terrible. Psychologically it's crazy. Most people who are tattooed, it's the sign of some feeling of inferiority, they're trying to establish some macho identification for themselves. Truman Capote
Mr. Shepherd, ye cannot stop a bad thought from coming into your head. But ye need not pull up a chair and bide it sit down." - Mrs. Brown Barbara Kingsolver
When you want something bad, you'll tell yourself a thousand lies. Like: The fifth time's the charms. Like: Things between Zoe and me will be better once the baby's born. Like: One sip isn't going to kill me. Jodi Picoult
Intelligence is so damn rare and the people who have it often have such a bad time with it that they get bitter or propagandistic and then it's not much use. Ernest Hemingway
I don't believe in god, so I don't have to make elaborately sounded structures. ... Pain always produces logic, which is very bad for you. ... As for measure and other technical apparatus, that's just common sense: if you're going to buy a pair of pants you want them to be tight enough so everyone will want to go to bed with you. There's nothing metaphysical about it. Frank O'Hara
Each person is made of five different elements, she told me. Too much fire and you had a bad temper. That was like my father, whom my mother always critized for his cigarette habit and who always shouted back that she should feel guilty that he didn't let my mother speak her mind. Too little wood and you bent too quickly to listen to other people's ideas, unable to stand on your own. This was like my Auntie An-mei. Too much water and you flowed in too many different directions. like myself. Amy Tan

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