It always interested me that ‘Goodness Gracious Me’ and ‘The Kumars,’ when shown around the world, were referred to as British comedy. It was only here that they were referred to as Asian comedy, even though I always felt it was very British in its humour and structure.
It would be nice to feel that we are a better world, a world of more compassion and a world of more humanity, and to believe in the basic goodness of man.
Goodness and hard work are rewarded with respect.
I believe firmly that it was the Almighty’s goodness, to check my consummate vanity.
I think the wonderment of seeing my two sons developing makes me incredibly optimistic about human potential. It makes you think: ‘My goodness. It’s a miracle that’s going on here. What could the human race do together?’
No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of it away to imaginary beings.
Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness; our wickedness from thinking on wickedness. We too are the victims of our own contemplation.
I happen to be a Christian, but I know that there is one God. People worshipping goodness and love and kindness and truth are worshipping the same God.
I seem to have fallen for women with missing parents. Goodness knows what it signifies.
I’ve never had any desire to be good. I don’t like goodness particularly.
I wasn’t delusional at all when I signed on to do ‘Furious 7,’ that it wasn’t my creation. It’s the seventh movie in a series, for goodness sake!
America is the light, and her people are the goodness that grows from that. She’ll always be worth fighting for – it was my greatest honor to fight for her every day of my adult life.
I think it’s straight men who are oblivious to goodness or badness to dates. That’s probably unfair. Maybe they just don’t complain as much.
The lead guitar work is a bit repetitious, but when a song is under two minutes long, I don’t have much room anyway. Thank goodness. But I’ve always contributed guitar parts to every band I’ve ever been in, so I’ll always play the axe.
Thank goodness I’ve saved my money.
I have often felt a motion of love to leave some hints in writing of my experience of the goodness of God, and now, in the thirty-sixth year of my age, I begin this work.
Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or mental.
My mother had me when she was 16, and that was an issue that had to be dealt with. She grew up in a very religious background, and there was a lot of discussion of what they should do with this unborn child. But here I am, and thank goodness.
I went to a radio station on Long Island in 1982, and thank goodness for me, it was so new that there was no receptionist. So the DJ opened up his booth, and took my tape and listened to it and thought it was a hit song.
There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.
I know nothing worth the living for but usefulness and the service of my fellow-creatures. The only object I pursue is to increase, as far as lies in my power, the quantity of their knowledge and goodness and happiness.
There is a goodness about Yao that is unique, that never left him through all the pain and injuries and disappointments that accompanied his unprecedented accomplishments and successes.
Oh my goodness; the highlight of my career. I couldn’t pick a show or a moment because that would just be impossible.
There are, of course, always painters whom I admire and find fascinating. I’ve often thought, ‘Goodness, if I could paint like the Danish Golden Age painters, the early 19th century painters, the way they could paint a landscape – absolutely beautiful.’
Seek goodness and be goodness. Seek beauty and be beauty. Seek love and be love.
Buckminster Fuller – he never lost faith in the goodness of humanity.
True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power.
If kind parents love their children and delight in their happiness, then he who is perfect goodness in sending abroad mortal contagions doth assuredly direct their use.
In the middle of everything evil, in an evil place, you can find goodness. Goodness. I’d even call it godliness.
Oh my goodness – Zac Efron has great abs.
My goodness, my hair’s been talked about by a million people, you know? It sort of goes with the territory.
Certainly, when I was a boy, people liked to believe that lawyers were kind of pillars of goodness of the likes of Atticus Finch in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’
Be happy in what you do. Be respectful of yourself. Do good works for others, and the goodness will come back to you and make you a better person. I think that’s what happiness is all about.
The minute we stop learning, we begin death, the process of dying. We learn from each other with every action we perform. We are teaching goodness or evil every time we step out of the house and into the street.
Doing Good is a simple and universal vision. A vision to which each and every one of us can connect and contribute to its realisation. A vision based on the belief that by doing good deeds, positive thinking and affirmative choice of words, feelings and actions, we can enhance goodness in the world.
Everyone is equal. Everyone has a place. No one is written off, because there is worth and goodness in every life… That is the Republican ideal. And if we won’t defend it, who will?
Well, our concern has to do with the period prior to 9/11, up to and including the catastrophe that occurred. And thank goodness, we’re not obliged to make assessments of what’s going on now and deal with these current events.
How can you go wrong with two people in love? If a good boy loves a good girl, good. If a good boy loves another good boy, good. And if a good girl loves the goodness in good boys and good girls, then all you have is more goodness, and goodness has nothing to do with sexual orientation.
I’ve been fighting amidst a lot of opposition from both Hillary Clinton as well as some Republicans who wanted to send arms to the allies of ISIS. ISIS rides around in a billion dollars worth of U.S. Humvees. It’s a disgrace. We’ve got to stop – we shouldn’t fund our enemies, for goodness sakes.
Good character consists of recognizing the selfishness that inheres in each of us and trying to balance it against the altruism to which we should all aspire. It is a difficult balance to strike, but no definition of goodness can be complete without it.
I think some people would say that I do overwhelm the words with the music, and sometimes thank goodness I do.
I think when you don’t know where you stand with someone, they can surprise you in their goodness and their badness, and that makes them human.
God seeth different abilities and frailties of men, which may move His goodness to be merciful to their different improvements in virtue.
From this it follows that con-sideration for other persons or for other living beings is very vital for goodness and want of consideration for other people makes human beings selfish, regardless for other people’s good.
I always end up making friends at Pride and like, I see them throughout the year, but then you always have that nice, fond memory of, ‘Oh my goodness I saw that person at this march, or this event.’
I think goodness is very powerful, but often evil is made more attractive in films. It’s a challenge to make goodness appealing.
Parents learn the uses of power and its limits. They can insist on certain outward behavior but cannot change inner attitudes. They can require obedience but not goodness – and certainly not love.
Try to see the good in others. When you’re tempted to judge someone, make an effort to see their goodness. Your willingness to look for the best in people will subconsciously bring it forth.
I was so happy that Justin Bieber snuck in my room. I was like, ‘Oh my goodness.’ You couldn’t tell me anything. I was so happy.
I’ve never been particularly good at explaining or even understanding what this sort of rage is that is so accessible to me. I’m not an out-of-control person, but I can access in my work very easily a feeling of real fury. Thank goodness I’ve channeled it into my work, I guess.
I used to love wrestling Beth Phoenix, and I loved everything Beth Phoenix did in the ring because it was like, ‘Goodness. That beautiful woman is so strong.’
I believe a lot of players that start to think about money – ‘Oh my goodness; I’m up for a new contract’ – they don’t have a great season because they’re thinking about all these different things. Do your business on the field, and everything takes care of itself.
Oh my goodness, do I aspire to be like Gisele? I just turned 23, I’m enjoying being young and focusing on my career.
Goodness, that Simon Cowell is a sensitive soul.
Do you know how hard it is to play a character where you’re always in heels? Oh, my goodness!
I believe that we have to come together, and we have to rely on the goodness of each other.
People confuse goodness with weakness. It is weak people, not good people (goodness demands strength), who are taken advantage of.
Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone. This simple goodness shines straight from their hearts and only asks to be loved.
