84 Goodman Quotes
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Famous Goodman Quotes
Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished — Nelson Mandela
A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself. — Mencius
Goodness means the highest degree of popularity. — Heinrich Mann
The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better. — John Dewey
Good is a product of the ethical and spiritual artistry of individuals; it cannot be mass-produced. — Aldous Huxley
Good, bad, I'm the guy with the gun — Bruce Campbell
Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people. — Dennis Prager
The good man is the only excellent musician, because he gives forth a perfect harmony not with a lyre or other instrument but with the whole of his life. — Plato
Goodness is something that makes us serene and content; it is magnificent. Those who are not good are evil. — Bhumibol Adulyadej
The good man is the friend of all living things. — Mahatma Gandhi
Goodness is the only investment that never fails. — Henry David Thoreau
A bad man in Zion City is a good man in Chicago. — American Proverbs
So shines a good deed... in a weary world. — Gene Wilder
Does God want goodness or the choice of goodness? Is a man who chooses to be bad perhaps in some way better than a man who has the good imposed upon him? — Anthony Burgess
Man must behave like a lighthouse; he must shine day and night for the goodness of everyman. — Mehmet Murat Ildan
Short Goodman Quotes
- Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet. — Lee Konitz
- My idols are Richard Dreyfuss, Michael Keaton, John Goodman. Maybe that's what I want for me. — Breckin Meyer
- In journalism, there has always been a tension between getting it first and getting it right. — Ellen Goodman
- Some people are immune to good advice. — Saul
- John Goodman is more that just a big guy, he's a wonderful actor. — Gene Siskel
- John Goodman isn't fat. He's in a category beyond fat. What does one call it? Whalelike. — Sam Kinison
- Benny Goodman plays the clarinet. I play music. — Artie Shaw
- I went to the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago. — Harvey Korman
- Benny [Goodman] used to practice 15 times more than the whole band combined. — Harry James
- Paul Goodman was not ahead of his time but IN his time. — Grace Paley
Benny Goodman Quotes
When I first met Benny Goodman he wouldn't talk about anything but clarinets, mouthpieces, reeds, etc. When I tried to change the subject, he said 'But that's what we have in common. We both play clarinet.' I said, 'No, Benny, that's where we're different. You play clarinet, I play music.' — Artie Shaw
These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still filled with a river light, when you heard the Benny Goodman quartets from a radio in the corner stationery store, and when almost everybody wore a hat. — John Cheever
Listening to Benny [Goodman] talk about the clarinet was like listening to a surgeon get hung up on a scalpel. — Artie Shaw
Benny Goodman's band was integrated before baseball. Even before it was physically integrated, music was integrated. Everyone listened to Armstrong and Ellington. The 20s was called the Jazz Age. It's part of being American. — Wynton Marsalis
The distance between me and Benny [Goodman], was that I was trying to play a musical thing, and Benny was trying to swing. Benny had great fingers; I'd never deny that. But listen to our two versions of 'Star Dust.' I was playing; he was swinging. — Artie Shaw
I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records. — Alvin Lee
I had never heard anyone play like Benny Goodman and had never seen anyone like him on the stage. I realize now that what impressed me and stayed with me in memory was - the sounds he made. He played so purely. The music seemed to come from him, not just the instrument he played with such mastery. — Marian Seldes
The brilliant explosion known as Benny Goodman went off in 1935, and it hasn´t gone out yet. — Whitney Balliett
Since the advent of Benny Goodman, there have been too few clarinetists to fill the void that Goodman left. Ken Peplowski is most certainly one of those few. The man is magic. — Mel Torme
John Goodman Quotes
It’s fun to watch someone like John Goodman, and yet it takes work. People say ‘he’s not acting, he’s being himself.’ Well it’s hard to be yourself, it’s the hardest job there is. — Bill Murray
I was very excited to hone in on John Goodman. Casting John first really set the tone. He's very good at being terrifying and being hilarious, and I loved the idea of that character not being merely 'moustache-twirly'. I enjoyed being scared by him. — Dan Trachtenberg
Me, Billy Crystal and John Goodman hang out non-stop, and all we do is silly voices. We hang out in a little closet and do voices together. — Bobby Moynihan
John Goodman's pretty dark - I love John Goodman. — Todd Phillips
It’s funny, though, speaking of fathers and sons, because me and John Goodman played father and son, like, five or six years ago in the film Death Sentence [2007], and I got back with him again in Inside Llewyn Davis. — Sayings
People Writing About Goodman
| Name | Quotes | Likes |
|---|---|---|
 Nelson Mandela |
666 | 15746 |
 Mencius |
98 | 1463 |
 John Dewey |
421 | 4699 |
 Aldous Huxley |
656 | 9462 |
 Bruce Campbell |
73 | 315 |
 Dennis Prager |
338 | 1537 |
More Goodman Quotes
My real name's McGill. The Jew thing I just do for the homeboys. They all want a pipe-hitting member of the tribe, so to speak. — Saul
We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness. — Ellen Goodman
The first funeral for Andrew Goodman was at night and it was a lot of work. To begin with they had to kill him. — Jimmy Breslin
Men and women in my lifetime have died fighting for the right to vote: people like James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, who were murdered while registering black voters in Mississippi in 1964, and Viola Liuzzo, who was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan in 1965 during the Selma march for voting rights. — Jeff Greenfield
I got my training here in Chicago at the Goodman School Of Drama, and a lot of my personal work is usually internal work and stuff. Everything else that goes on is icing on the cake - your wardrobe, your makeup, whatever else you have to do. — Michael Rooker
If you're committed enough, you can make any story work. I once told a woman I was Kevin Costner, and it worked because I believed it. — Bob Odenkirk
I could turn on my radio in the morning when I was getting dressed for school and hear Frank Sinatra and Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman and think this is the music. Now that music is art. Ellington is art. At that time it was just what you heard on the radio. Cole Porter was just a guy who wrote pretty songs and Billie Holliday would sing them. — Woody Allen
I went to Bergdorf Goodman as an assistant in the fashion office and that was really my first exposure into the world of retail. Dawn Mello was president at the time and she had just left Gucci where she found Tom Ford. — Roopal Patel
I started getting orders from some of the leading stores Fred Segal, Bergdorf Goodman. I realized then that my bags were being noticed by the fashion world. — Kate Spade
I was once asked to do my Tarzan yell at Bergdorf Goodman, and a guard burst in with a gun! Now I only do it under controlled circumstances. — Carol Burnett
Everybody in Germany was for the -German cause. But then, after the war ended, when I heard the first Glenn Miller sound on the radio and these fantastic American music makers, I turned into a jazz fanatic. They called me Benny, after Benny Goodman. So, all of a sudden, the eyes of young Germans were opened to America - everything American was absolutely at the top of the list. — Luigi Colani
Like Lucas [Goodman] has said, between the people we've met, and the experiences we've had, it's just our growth. It's just something that represents all of what Lion Babe started as and where we're going. — Jillian Hervey
I think also, obviously, having someone like Lucas [Goodman], and the people around me are very, not gender-driven or any of that, so when we come in as thing, that's what it is. You can work with us or not work with us and I think that has been helpful. I don't try to put myself in a vulnerable position in that way. I won't just sit quietly. — Jillian Hervey
We had spent a lot of time in London [with Lucas Goodman], which has been amazing, but also it was kind of a homecoming and we felt so surrounded by a specific community of people who are just so New York, so unapologetically themselves and so creative. — Jillian Hervey
There's been so many, I think [Lucas Goodman and I] share this, but for us, Afropunk was a really big moment just because it was in New York. — Jillian Hervey
I think my life dramatically shifted when I met Lucas [Goodman] and it wasn't even planned. I had a very clear vision of what I was going to do. — Jillian Hervey
I'm a Gemini and Lucas Goodman is a Leo, so we definitely wanted some duality. We definitely balance each other out in a lot of ways, but we're also very different. — Jillian Hervey
I am now of all humors that have showed themselves humors since the old days of goodman Adam to the pupil age of this present twelve o'clock at midnight. — William Shakespeare
I was in love with Tina Goodman since I was three and her parents came popping out of the trash cans. I think it made a big impression on me. — Val Kilmer
It was by listening to Goodman's band, that I began to notice the guitarist Charlie Christian, who was one of the first musicians to play solos in a big band set-up. — Alvin Lee
[Goodman] became famous (or notorious) for staring at a player he didn't like. It was called 'the ray' by his men. — Teddy Wilson
Any page by Paul Goodman will give you not only originality and brilliance but wisdom, that is, something to think about. He is our peculiar, urban, twentieth-century Thoreau, the quintessential American mind of our time. — Hayden Carruth
Obviously you can't please everyone. I'm sure some people say, 'Bloody old Len Goodman gets on my nerves. — Len Goodman
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