--- title: "17 Good thing Quotes By Stephen King" description: "17 Good thing quotes by Stephen King. Plus more from Stephen King and more Good thing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bc/stephen-king-13_good-thing_the-good-thing-about-being-old-is-that-y_1888904.jpg" --- > [“the good thing about being old is that you don’t have to worry about dying young.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-good-thing-about-being-old-is-that-you-don-t-have-to-worry-about/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bc/stephen-king-13_good-thing_the-good-thing-about-being-old-is-that-y_1888904.jpg) > [“hope is a good thing, and good things never die!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/hope-is-a-good-thing-and-good-things-never-die/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f24/stephen-king-13_good_hope-is-a-good-thing-and-good-things-nev_2922485.jpg) > [The good thing about being old, is you don’t have to worry about dying young.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-good-thing-about-being-old-is-you-don-t-have-to-worry-about-dying/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/058/stephen-king-13_dying_the-good-thing-about-being-old-is-you-do_1277014.jpg) > [“Remember that hope is a good thing, Red, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/remember-that-hope-is-a-good-thing-red-maybe-the-best-of-things-and/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/039/stephen-king-13_good-thing_remember-that-hope-is-a-good-thing-red-m_3026051.jpg) > [Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/remember-hope-is-a-good-thing-maybe-the-best-of-things-and-no-good/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56d/stephen-king-13_good-thing_remember-hope-is-a-good-thing-maybe-the_2250770.jpg) > [It's hard to make strangers care about the good things in your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/it-s-hard-to-make-strangers-care-about-the-good-things-in-your-life/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cf/stephen-king-13_care_it-s-hard-to-make-strangers-care-about-t_253602.jpg) > [Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/hope-is-a-good-thing-maybe-the-best-of-things-and-no-good-thing-ever/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c08/stephen-king-13_good_hope-is-a-good-thing-maybe-the-best-of-t_188691.jpg) > [“Boredom can be a very good thing for someone in a creative jam.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/boredom-can-be-a-very-good-thing-for-someone-in-a-creative-jam/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/stephen-king-13_boredom_boredom-can-be-a-very-good-thing-for-som_3203801.jpg) > [A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/a-little-talent-is-a-good-thing-to-have-if-you-want-to-be-a-writer/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/395/stephen-king-13_ability_a-little-talent-is-a-good-thing-to-have_2474612.jpg) > [“Later on in life, you might wish that the good things which all befall in your one special year had spread themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/later-on-in-life-you-might-wish-that-the-good-things-which-all-befall/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0c/stephen-king-13_good-thing_later-on-in-life-you-might-wish-that-the_1562795.jpg) > [“you wondered why in the hell the world had been created in the first place. Good things were in short supply, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/you-wondered-why-in-the-hell-the-world-had-been-created-in-the-first/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b5/stephen-king-13_first-place_you-wondered-why-in-the-hell-the-world-h_422563.jpg) > [“You just couldn't get hold of the things you had done and turn them right again. Such power might be given to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/you-just-couldn-t-get-hold-of-the-things-you-had-done-and-turn-them/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdf/stephen-king-13_good-thing_you-just-couldn-t-get-hold-of-the-things_740456.jpg) > [“Her support was a constant, one of the few good things I could take as a given. And whenever I see a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/her-support-was-a-constant-one-of-the-few-good-things-i-could-take-as/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ef/stephen-king-13_believing_her-support-was-a-constant-one-of-the-fe_2777659.jpg) > [I think we'd all like to believe that after we shuffle off this mortal coil, that there's going to be something on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-think-we-d-all-like-to-believe-that-after-we-shuffle-off-this/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b41/stephen-king-13_believe_i-think-we-d-all-like-to-believe-that-af_106897.jpg) > [“time past was time past. You just couldn’t get hold of the things you had done and turn them right again. Such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/time-past-was-time-past-you-just-couldn-t-get-hold-of-the-things-you/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e0/stephen-king-13_good-thing_time-past-was-time-past-you-just-couldn_562239.jpg) > [You couldn't get hold of the things you'd done and turn them right again. Such a power might be given to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/you-couldn-t-get-hold-of-the-things-you-d-done-and-turn-them-right/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/193/stephen-king-13_age_you-couldn-t-get-hold-of-the-things-you_3176042.jpg) > [“You just couldn't get hold of the things you had done and turn them right again. Such power might be given to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/you-just-couldn-t-get-hold-of-the-things-you-had-done-and-turn-them-2/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fec/stephen-king-13_forgive_you-just-couldn-t-get-hold-of-the-things_2465992.jpg) ## Other authors on Good thing ## More by Stephen King > [Shall there be truth between us, as two men? Not as friends, but as enemies and equals?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/shall-there-be-truth-between-us-as-two-men-not-as-friends-but-as/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [The worst advice? 'Don't listen to the critics.' I think that you really ought to listen to the critics, because sometimes they're telling you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-worst-advice-don-t-listen-to-the-critics-i-think-that-you-really/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“October 3, 2017 The clown, Hagarty said, looked like a cross between Ronald McDonald and that old TV clown, Bozo—or so he thought at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/october-3-2017-the-clown-hagarty-said-looked-like-a-cross-between/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“Eddie saw great things and near misses. Albert Einstein as a child, not quite struck by a run-away milk-wagon as he crossed a street.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/eddie-saw-great-things-and-near-misses-albert-einstein-as-a-child-not/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [It hurt, of course, but more often than not the best things do, I've found.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/it-hurt-of-course-but-more-often-than-not-the-best-things-do-i-ve/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“The idea that creative endeavor and mind-altering substances are entwined is one of the great pop-intellectual myths of our time... Creative people probably do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-idea-that-creative-endeavor-and-mind-altering-substances-are/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“The sun had burned through and the day had gone from dull to dazzling, yet in the west blask-satin thunderheads continued to stack up.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-sun-had-burned-through-and-the-day-had-gone-from-dull-to-dazzling/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“God, you had enough time to have been through it three times. You've been through my stuff. I bet you over and let one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/god-you-had-enough-time-to-have-been-through-it-three-times-you-ve/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“Flakes of snow swirled and danced across the porch. The Overlook faced it as it had for nearly three-quarters of a century, its darkened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/flakes-of-snow-swirled-and-danced-across-the-porch-the-overlook-faced/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“In that instant it all seemed to come clear to him- it came in a grisly flash of light, and he realized that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/in-that-instant-it-all-seemed-to-come-clear-to-him-it-came-in-a/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [Who gets to be best-liked in any community? Who is the most trusted? Why, the man who does the dirty job, of course, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/who-gets-to-be-best-liked-in-any-community-who-is-the-most-trusted/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“¿Lo ves, tonto? Volvió a regañarse. Tú lo inventaste todo, gato asustado. No fue más que tu imaginación, gato asustado, gato asustado... No te…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/lo-ves-tonto-volvi-a-rega-arse-t-lo-inventaste-todo-gato-asustado-no/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“Death . . . but not for you. That was what Walter, clever as Satan even at the end, had said. A lawyer’s answer . . . so close to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/death-but-not-for-you-that-was-what-walter-clever-as-satan-even-at/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [The ghost story movie that scared me the most was The Changeling with George C. Scott. I think that's sometimes overlooked, but it's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-ghost-story-movie-that-scared-me-the-most-was-the-changeling-with/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“Climb aboard, Jonesy. I'm going to send you up where the air is rare and the view is much more than fair.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/climb-aboard-jonesy-i-m-going-to-send-you-up-where-the-air-is-rare/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-thing/stephen-king/#itemlist", "name": "17 Good thing Quotes By Stephen King", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“the good thing about being old is that you don’t have to worry about dying young.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen King" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-good-thing-about-being-old-is-that-you-don-t-have-to-worry-about/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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