A Quote by Mark Twain

All gentle cant and philosophizing to the contrary notwithstanding, no people in this world ever did achieve their freedom by goody-goody talk and moral suasion: it being immutable law that all revolutions that will succeed, must begin in blood.

Mark Twain

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Mark Twain
American - Writer
November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910

I am a bit of a goody-goody. Not that there aren't times when I think, I was kind of an (ass) today. I work in a world in which people are really catered to; someone will come up to me and say, "Is it OK if this person's makeup is done before yours for the premiere?"

Jennifer Garner

So you met someone who set you back on your heels - goody, goodyYou met someone and now you know how it feels - goody, goody

Johnny Mercer

People seem to think of me as a goody-goody who never curses, but I can be very nasty if I'm pushed. Cross me too many times, and I'll never talk to you again.

Neil Sedaka

A lot of people want to see this idealized version of heroism, all pretty and perfect, and I'm not interested in playing the goody-goody hero at all.

Matthew Fox

I had a rough spot about being a goody-goody Mormon, and not drinking or smoking. But I'm kind of grateful I've got this image now. There are no skeletons in my closet. What you see is what you get.

Donny Osmond

But you were a goody-goody, you said.' 'Even goody-goodies think about such things. In fact, I would say that's what defines us. We're always thinking about the things we don't dare do, figuring out where the lines are drawn, so we can go right up to the edge of things, then plead innocence on the ground of a technicality.

Laura Lippman

I can't do only goody-goody roles. I can't be complacent, I have to play characters in different genres.

Gautam Rode

When my sister and I were growing up, she was made out to be the goody-goody one.

Princess Margaret

I'm kind of in between a goody-goody and a rebel. I'm not bad, but I'm not good either. I'm a little crazy.

Michelle Wie

I was rather a goody-goody as a child... It was only later on I discovered that you could be naughty and get away with it.

Alan Hollinghurst

I'm the most scaredy-cat, goody-goody. Not much of a partier.

Beanie Feldstein

I don't consider myself a goody-goody, but I like to be perceived as classy.

Kristen Johnston

I'm loyal to my thoughts, to my friends. This is what I really like the best. Loyalty. Sounds goody-goody. Maybe that's not the one you wanted.

Manolo Blahnik

I'm a goody-goody. I'm the person who sits in the back row, makes fun of the teacher, and secretly does the extra-credit work.

Patricia Marx

I want to be evil! I did play Lady Macbeth on stage to Alec Baldwin's Macbeth back in New York in 1998. But I've played a lot of characters who are so righteous and understanding. I don't want to be a goody-goody two-shoes all the time.