A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.

A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

Anybody amuses me for once. A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.

By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that's printed about him.

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.

Good laws lead to the making of better ones; bad ones bring about worse.

Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

I live in a neighbourhood so bad that you can get shot while getting shot.

I love rock-n-roll. I think it's an exciting art form. It's revolutionary. Still revolutionary and it changed people. It changed their hearts. But yeah, even rock-n-roll has a lot of rubbish, really bad music.

If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.

If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words.

If you're really spiritual, then you should be totally independent of the good and the bad opinions of the world... you should have faith in yourself.

It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won't go.

It is better to be alone than in bad company.

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.

It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.

Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

No good friends. No bad friends. Only people you want, need to be with; people who build their houses in your heart.

Not only will we have to repent for the sins of bad people; but we also will have to repent for the appalling silence of good people.

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good thing for the first time.

There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.

There was never a bad peace or a good war.

They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.

To go too far is as bad as to fall short.

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

When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.

You can have anything in this world you want, if you want it badly enough and you're willing to pay the price.

You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.