Goodness quotes

“There aren't any good guys. You realize that, don't you? I mean: there aren't evil guys, and innocent guys. It's just a bunch of guys.”
Ben Stiller - Steve Arlo

“- Ygor: Whose brain?
- Ludwig Frankenstein: Kettering. A man of character and learning. The monster will cease to be an evil influence and become everything that is good.”

Béla Lugosi - Ygor
Cedrick Webster Hardwicke - Dr. Frankenstein

“- Sam: Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going. Because they were holding onto something.
- Frodo: What are we holding onto, Sam?
- Sam: That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo... and it's worth fighting for.”
Sean Astin - Sam
Elijah Wood - Frodo

“- Mr. Brocklehurst: And what is hell? Can you tell me that?
- Young Jane Eyre: A pit full of fire.
- Mr. Brocklehurst: And should you like to fall into that pit, and to be burning there forever?
- Young Jane Eyre: No sir.
- Mr. Brocklehurst: What must you do to avoid it?
- Young Jane Eyre: Keep well and not die, sir.”
John Wood - Mr. Brocklehurst
Anna Paquin - Young Jane Eyre

“The good people are the fat people.”
Anne Bancroft - Antoinette

“- Esperanza: Who are you?
- John McClane: A cop.
- Esperanza: A cop?
- John McClane: Yeah. One of the good guys. You see, you're one of the bad guys, and now that I got your sorry ass, I'm gonna trade it for my wife.”
Franco Nero - Esperanza
Bruce Willis - John McClane

“He could never fit in with our distorted viewpoint, because he's honest, and sincere, and good.”

Jean Arthur - Babe Bennett

“Tom's a good man. He's got a gift, I swear it's from Heaven above. But he's just a man.”
Dianne Wiest - Diane Booker

“The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.”
Anna Massey - Miss Prism

“You're too good for me, George. You're a hundred times too good. And I'd make you most unhappy, most. That is, I'd do my best to.”

Katharine Hepburn - Tracy Lord

“We can't go around measuring our goodness by what we don't do. By what we deny ourselves, what we resist, and who we exclude. I think we've got to measure goodness by what we embrace, what we create... and who we include.”
Hugh O'Conor - Father Henri

“You're a better man to him than our own father was. You're a good man.”

Ahney Her - Sue

“- Longbaugh: I never killed a man.
- Interviewer: I didn't ask if you had.
- Longbaugh: You asked why I thought I was qualified, I think of that as qualification.
- Interviewer: And I'm just wondering why that in particular strikes you as an important qualification for semen donation.”
Benicio del Toro - Harold Longbaugh
Neil Pollock - Interviewer

“- Pacha: Why did I risk my life for a selfish brat like you? I was always taught that there was some good in everyone, but, oh, you proved me wrong.
- Kuzco: Oh, boo-hoo. Now I feel really bad. Bad llama.
- Pacha: I could've let you die out there in that jungle, and then all my problems would be over.
- Kuzco: Well, that makes you ugly and...” (continue)(continue reading)
David Spade - Kuzco
John Goodman - Patcha

“I've had my share of bad times with men, okay? Some are assholes, Elliot is not. If we don't cultivate the good ones, there aren't going to be any.”
Rosie O'Donnell - Sheila

“I teach my kids to hunt down the goodness in life.”
Brad Sullivan - Jack Erickson

“That's Fintan Slattery. He's going to be a saint when he gets older. everyone knows he wears his sister's blouse at night, and curls his hair with hot iron tongs, so that he'll look gorgeous at mass on sundays. It's no wonder we played truant.”

Andrew Bennett - Narrator

“- Winston Smith: Look, I hate purity. Hate goodness. I don't want virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone corrupt.
- Julia: Well, I ought to suit you, then. I'm corrupt to the core.”
Sir John Hurt - Winston Smith
Suzanna Hamilton - Julia

- Bobby Garfield: Ted, "my father never bought a drunk a drink". What does that mean exactly?
- Ted Brautigan: It means he was a good man, he was honest, and he never added to the troubles of the world. Okay? Good night.
Anton Yelchin - Bobby Garfield
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Ted Brautigan

“You're goofy. But you're kind of a nice fella. Just like a big baby.”

Betty Field - Mae Jackson

God is a hateful god. Must be, because if God is good, then why is there evil in the world? Why is there pain and hate and greed and war? Doesn't make sense. But if God is a nasty bastard, then you can say: "Why is there good in the world? Why is there love and hope and joy?".

David Thewlis - Johnny

“I believe in the notion that people are innocent until proven guilty. I believe in that notion because I choose to believe in the basic goodness of people. I choose to believe that not all crimes are committed by bad people. And I try to understand that some very, very good people do some very bad things.”
Richard Tiffany Gere - Martin Vail

“- Charles Townsend: Don't do this! Deep down, there must still be some good in you.
- Madison Lee: I was never good. I was great!”

John Forsythe - Charles Townsend
Demi Moore - Madison Lee

“Any man who risks his neck to save a dog's life isn't going to kill someone for gold teeth.”
Andrew Stevens - Alvin

“Mrs. Rosemont shouldn't say anything bad about my mother! She's in heaven 'cuz she's good!... Jesus doesn't take bad people.”
Marc Marut - Johnny McFarley