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title: "11 Best Bad Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 11 Best Bad quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Best Bad sayings and thoughts."
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> [The best of a bad bargain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-pepys/the-best-of-a-bad-bargain/)

[Samuel Pepys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-pepys/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39d/samuel-pepys-13758_bargain_the-best-of-a-bad-bargain-2853125_2853125.jpg)

> [“This is the best bad plan we have, sir.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-terrio/this-is-the-best-bad-plan-we-have-sir/)

[chris terrio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-terrio/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/356/chris-terrio-41855_argo_this-is-the-best-bad-plan-we-have-sir-60_60280.jpg)

> [Make the best of every bad situation and don't let the bad that's in the good ruin it all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/make-the-best-of-every-bad-situation-and-don-t-let-the-bad-that-s-in/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a91/anonymous-1_bad-situation_make-the-best-of-every-bad-situation-and_3164527.jpg)

> [“It seemed like a good plan, or at least, like the best of several bad ones. But”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-e-schwab/it-seemed-like-a-good-plan-or-at-least-like-the-best-of-several-bad/)

[V.E. Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-e-schwab/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3c/v-e-schwab-4952_plan_it-seemed-like-a-good-plan-or-at-least-l_2513049.jpg)

> [“Do not be bad to job but make the best of a bad job.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anyaele-sam-chiyson/do-not-be-bad-to-job-but-make-the-best-of-a-bad-job/)

[Anyaele Sam Chiyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anyaele-sam-chiyson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58c/anyaele-sam-chiyson-481_quote_do-not-be-bad-to-job-but-make-the-best-o_1258237.jpg)

> [When better cherries are not to be had, We needs must take the seeming best of bad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-daniel/when-better-cherries-are-not-to-be-had-we-needs-must-take-the-seeming/)

[Samuel Daniel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-daniel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac1/samuel-daniel-20334_cherries_when-better-cherries-are-not-to-be-had-w_245907.png)

> [“Fabulous. This night had shifted from the best to bad to Saw in record time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-mcgarry/fabulous-this-night-had-shifted-from-the-best-to-bad-to-saw-in-record/)

[Katie McGarry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-mcgarry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/113/katie-mcgarry-456_time_fabulous-this-night-had-shifted-from-the_129084.jpg)

> [What I want to be is the best bad guy you've ever seen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/curtis-jackson/what-i-want-to-be-is-the-best-bad-guy-you-ve-ever-seen/)

[Curtis Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/curtis-jackson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3d/curtis-jackson-1957_bad-guy_what-i-want-to-be-is-the-best-bad-guy-yo_2309558.jpg)

> [The eternal conflict of good and the best with bad and the worst is on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melvil-dewey/the-eternal-conflict-of-good-and-the-best-with-bad-and-the-worst-is-on/)

[Melvil Dewey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melvil-dewey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67b/melvil-dewey-46046_conflict_the-eternal-conflict-of-good-and-the-bes_25605.jpg)

> [If you are good to me, I am best to you if you are bad to me, I am worst to you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-you-are-good-to-me-i-am-best-to-you-if-you-are-bad-to-me-i-am/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8e/anonymous-1_good_if-you-are-good-to-me-i-am-best-to-you-i_429957.jpg)

> [I think the best bad movies are not really genre movies like, let's say, 'Troll 2,' because those are easy to mess…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-sestero/i-think-the-best-bad-movies-are-not-really-genre-movies-like-let-s/)

[Greg Sestero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-sestero/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd9/greg-sestero-8487_bad_i-think-the-best-bad-movies-are-not-real_2789929.jpg)

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