Not good. This is a collection of proverbs and quotes about bad and worse.
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A bad tree does not yield good apples.
A bad workman always blames his tools.Used when someone blames external factors for things they did wrong or poorly.
A bad workman blames his tools.Blaming the tools is an excuse for lack of skill.
A pessimist is one who feels bad when he feels good for fear he'll feel worse when he feels better.(unknown author)
A pessimist, confronted with two bad choices, chooses both.
All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.Oscar Wilde
Anyone who hates children and animals can't be all bad.W.C. Fields
As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.Bible
Source: Ecclesiastes 10:1
Bad men do what good men only dream.Gavin Ewart
Bad news travels fast.People like to gossip, so they tell bad news very quickly to others.
Bad news travels fast. Good news takes the scenic route.Doug Larson
Better be alone than in bad company.Don't mix with bad people.
Bureaucracy is more people doing less things, and taking more time to do them worse.Evan Esar
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.Socrates
English is the easiest language to speak badly.George Bernard Shaw
False friends are worse than open enemies.
Flowing water never goes bad; our door hubs never gather termites.
Good corn is not reaped from a bad field.
Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.Mae West
He who selects coconut with great care ends up getting a bad coconut.
I detest mosquitoes. One mosquito can keep me 'awaker' than a bad conscience.Lucy Maud Montgomery
Source: Anne of Windy Poplars
Quoted: Anne
I hate all those weathermen, too, who tell you that rain is bad weather. There's no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothing, so get yourself a sexy raincoat and live a little.Billy Connolly
I like the term 'misunderstood'. But I am a bit of a bad boy.Zayn Malik
If you are lonely when you are alone, you are in bad company.Jean-Paul Sartre
In a choice between bad company and loneliness, the second is preferable.
It is a bad game where nobody wins.(unknown author)
It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful.Anton LaVey
Life is too short to read a bad book.James Joyce
My ideal role would be a baddie in a James Bond film. I think the wheelchair and the computer voice would fit the part.Stephen Hawking
My memory is so bad: I never have to pretend that I forgot something.Minkukel
Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer.Dave Barry
Nothing isn't better or worse than anything. Nothing is just nothing.(unknown author)
Source: Game of Thrones
Quoted: Arya Stark
One bad apple spoils the bunch.
Reading stories is bad enough but writing them is worse.Lucy Maud Montgomery
Source: Anne of Green Gables
Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam.Terry Jones
Source: Monty Python
Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.Paulo Coelho
Source: The Alchemist
The bad news is that only the bad people reach the news because they are noisier.Javier Bardem
The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.Michael Altshuler
The cure may be worse than the disease.
The key to happiness is good health and a bad memoryIngrid Bergman
There are far, far worse things in the living world than dying.J.K. Rowling
Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Quoted: Dumbledore
There never was a good war or a bad peace.Benjamin Franklin
There's no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing.Alfred Wainwright
They kill good trees to put out bad newspapers.James G. Watt
Things can always get worse.
Things can be both bad and better.Hans Rosling
This is the essence of the Agricultural Revolution: the ability to keep more people alive under worse conditions.Yuval Noah Harari
Source: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Too much coffee is bad for my health. I don't know if it will kill me, but if it does I hope to come back as a coffee pot.(unknown author)
What is worse, tattoos or religion?Minkukel
When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that individual is crazy.Dave Barry
