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Top 25 John Goodman Quotes (2025 Update)

John Goodman Quote: “Relax. Just relax and have fun doing what you’re doing. Don’t worry so much about being results oriented. Just commit yourself to the moment.”

1. “Relax. Just relax and have fun doing what you’re doing. Don’t worry so much about being results oriented. Just commit yourself to the moment.”

— John Goodman

John Goodman Quote: “When I was young, we couldn’t afford much. But, my library card was my key to the world.”

2. “When I was young, we couldn’t afford much. But, my library card was my key to the world.”

— John Goodman

John Goodman Quote: “I’m just a lazy boy. I’d rather sit in my recliner and act.”

3. “I’m just a lazy boy. I’d rather sit in my recliner and act.”

— John Goodman

John Goodman Quote: “You’re entering a world of pain.”

4. “You’re entering a world of pain.”

— John Goodman

John Goodman Quote: “George Washington Bridge? You throw yourself off the Brooklyn Bridge, traditionally. George Washington Bridge, who does that?”

5. “George Washington Bridge? You throw yourself off the Brooklyn Bridge, traditionally. George Washington Bridge, who does that?”

— John Goodman

John Goodman Quote: “Lady, I got buddies who died face down in the muck so that you and I could enjoy this family restaurant!”

6. “Lady, I got buddies who died face down in the muck so that you and I could enjoy this family restaurant!”

— John Goodman

John Goodman Quote: “I’m really getting to appreciate traditional jazz now – the New Orleans stuff – a lot more than I did before.”

7. “I’m really getting to appreciate traditional jazz now – the New Orleans stuff – a lot more than I did before.”

— John Goodman

John Goodman Quote: “People just do the strangest things when they believe they’re entitled. But they do even stranger things when they just plain believe.”

8. “People just do the strangest things when they believe they’re entitled. But they do even stranger things when they just plain believe.”

— John Goodman

John Goodman Quote: “Kids are at my level. I like goofing around with them.”

9. “Kids are at my level. I like goofing around with them.”

— John Goodman

John Goodman Quote: “I don’t trust myself enough. When I write, I overwrite. Gingerbread. Too much gingerbread. Writing is probably the only hobby I have. But I wish I had another one. If I was just a little better at golf.”

10. “I don’t trust myself enough. When I write, I overwrite. Gingerbread. Too much gingerbread. Writing is probably the only hobby I have. But I wish I had another one. If I was just a little better at golf.”

— John Goodman

John Goodman Quote: “Sometimes I overtinker, which is something wrong with my brain chemistry. But in figuring out why I do that, maybe I’ll make myself a better person. I doubt it.”

11. “Sometimes I overtinker, which is something wrong with my brain chemistry. But in figuring out why I do that, maybe I’ll make myself a better person. I doubt it.”

— John Goodman

John Goodman Quote: “Read, read, read, read, read. Read everything. You can’t work unless you know the world, and outside of living in the world the best way to learn about the world is to read about it.”

12. “Read, read, read, read, read. Read everything. You can’t work unless you know the world, and outside of living in the world the best way to learn about the world is to read about it.”

— John Goodman

John Goodman Quote: “TV is the best babysitter.”

13. “TV is the best babysitter.”

— John Goodman

John Goodman Quote: “This happens to be that the power of laughter and love would beat out the power of fear every time. You know, I hate to sound corny about it but it’s true, and I think that’s what this movie is about.”

14. “This happens to be that the power of laughter and love would beat out the power of fear every time. You know, I hate to sound corny about it but it’s true, and I think that’s what this movie is about.”

— John Goodman

John Goodman Quote: “I hated Woody Woodpecker and Scooby-Doo, but I was a cartoon freak.”

15. “I hated Woody Woodpecker and Scooby-Doo, but I was a cartoon freak.”

— John Goodman

John Goodman Quote: “Giving up a lot of yourself isn’t really that hard when you realize that you get more than you give up.”

16. “Giving up a lot of yourself isn’t really that hard when you realize that you get more than you give up.”

— John Goodman

John Goodman Quote: “But I’m not as bad as Al Pacino – he doesn’t even know what month it is half the time when he’s working.”

17. “But I’m not as bad as Al Pacino – he doesn’t even know what month it is half the time when he’s working.”

— John Goodman

John Goodman Quote: “When I was a kid, I loved Popeye, but the old ones, the real old ones.”

18. “When I was a kid, I loved Popeye, but the old ones, the real old ones.”

— John Goodman

John Goodman Quote: “As far as I know, the guys at Pixar are opposed to a Monsters, Inc. sequel.”

19. “As far as I know, the guys at Pixar are opposed to a Monsters, Inc. sequel.”

— John Goodman

John Goodman Quote: “I’d like to come back because I really miss doing situation comedy.”

20. “I’d like to come back because I really miss doing situation comedy.”

— John Goodman

John Goodman Quote: “Pardon me for loitering in front of an orchestra.”

21. “Pardon me for loitering in front of an orchestra.”

— John Goodman

John Goodman Quote: “Believe me, nobody likes to loaf more than me.”

22. “Believe me, nobody likes to loaf more than me.”

— John Goodman

John Goodman Quote: “Basically, though, I’m just lucky to love what I do for a living.”

23. “Basically, though, I’m just lucky to love what I do for a living.”

— John Goodman

John Goodman Quote: “If you want to direct, you’ve got to work.”

24. “If you want to direct, you’ve got to work.”

— John Goodman

John Goodman Quote: “People in Medicaid ought to have access to the same insurance as the rest of the population. If they are segregated, it will be a poor plan for poor people.”

25. “People in Medicaid ought to have access to the same insurance as the rest of the population. If they are segregated, it will be a poor plan for poor people.”

— John Goodman

John Goodman Quote: “Social Security’s future has gotten worse, and each year we delay reform adds to the cost we are pushing off onto our children.”

26. “Social Security’s future has gotten worse, and each year we delay reform adds to the cost we are pushing off onto our children.”

— John Goodman

John Goodman Quote: “I’d bowled a lot, but I never really had proper lessons.”

27. “I’d bowled a lot, but I never really had proper lessons.”

— John Goodman

John Goodman Quote: “I don’t need the bread, but it’s nice to do something creative.”

28. “I don’t need the bread, but it’s nice to do something creative.”

— John Goodman

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