#good

There is an ancient saying among men that you cannot thoroughly understand the life of mortals before the man has died, then only can you call it good or bad. ↗

— Sophocles

#ancient #bad #before #call #cannot

War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always. ↗

— Sophocles

#chance #good #good man #man #never

Our surest protection against assault from abroad has been not all our guards, gates and guns, or even our two oceans, but our essential goodness as a people. Our richest asset has been not our material wealth but our values. ↗

— Theodore C. Sorensen

#against #assault #asset #been #essential

The good news, to relieve all this gloom, is that a democracy is inherently self-correcting. Here, the people are sovereign. Inept political leaders can be replaced. Foolish policies can be changed. Disastrous mistakes can be reversed. ↗

— Theodore C. Sorensen

#democracy #disastrous #foolish #gloom #good

It's important to remember that, first and foremost, if not only, this is entertainment. "The West Wing" isn't meant to be good for you. ↗

— Aaron Sorkin

#first #foremost #good #important #meant

Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright. ↗

— Aaron Sorkin

#good #great #other #outright #steal

I'm not doing my philanthropic work, out of any kind of guilt, or any need to create good public relations. I'm doing it because I can afford to do it, and I believe in it. ↗

— George Soros

#any #because #believe #create #doing

It's the relationships between people that are more important than the sort of far away fantasies of what the good life is, the world of supermodels and Bud ads. ↗

— Mira Sorvino

#away #between #bud #fantasies #far

Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless. ↗

— Milton Friedman

#combination #cover #good #government #ink

Hollywood sold its stars on good looks and personality buildups. We weren't really actresses in a true sense, we were just big names - the products of a good publicity department. ↗

— Ann Sothern

#department #good #good looks #hollywood #just