Being Nice Quotes - Page 23

• People who try to be nice are false. They're liars. You should never force your behavior to be a certain way. You should just be. Maybe it's not going to be nice, but at least it'll be honest.

  Veronica Rossi

  Liars, Nice, People

  Veronica Rossi (2013). “Brooke”, p.5, Harper Collins

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• Just as being nice to the arrogant is no better than being arrogant toward the nice, being accommodating toward anyone committing a nefarious action condones it.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Nice, Arrogant, Action

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2012). “Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder”, p.15, Random House

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• No. I can quite happily say someone is handsome, good-looking, and I can see why someone would want to f**k them, but I've never felt that way about a man myself. There is that moment in your late teens when you ask yourself the question, 'Am I?' but I wasn'tWell, this year I have a talent crush on Ryan Gosling. I think he's fantastic and(ahem) you know he'd be nice afterwards. He seems smart. If I was gay, I would go for a smart man.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Crush, Smart, Nice

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• People are the custodians of the world's wealth; if you want them to hand some over to you, you have to be nice to people!

  Stuart Wilde

  Inspirational, Nice, Hands

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• Everyone in this world is somehow connected. So why not just be nice to everybody.

  Richard Simmons

  Travel, Nice, World

  Twitter post from Dec 21, 2014

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• Unless you got a really good reason, you should be nice.

  Mary-Louise Parker

  Women, Nice, Reason

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• Selfless giving is being nice and there are times we don't want to be.

  Frederick Lenz

  Karma, Nice, Yoga

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• Eating any of these things, goat testicles or what have you, isn't going to be nice, but you get into that zone, you become focussed and you do what you need to do. It's all about one thing: coming home in one piece.

  Bear Grylls

  Nice, Home, Needs

  "​I Went Camping With Bear Grylls, And Survived". Interview with Wes Siler, gizmodo.com. November 20, 2014.

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• I don't mind being stereotyped in some way and playing certain kinds of guys, but if I can find something to occasionally get a break from that, that would be nice. And I feel like I manage to.

  Paul Giamatti

  Nice, Guy, Mind

  Interview with Scott Tobias, film.avclub.com. August 05, 2009.

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• I have always envied people who believe strongly in religion, people who could face a tragedy by praying and know that it would be all right. As unscientific as it seems, well, it would be nice to lay the responsibilities and pain on someone else's larger shoulders.

  Jodi Picoult

  Pain, Nice, Believe

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• When I was a kid, I had this idea that I would have a beard when I got older. I thought it'd be nice to rub my chin.

  Rosario Dawson

  Nice, Kids, Ideas

  "Breaking Commandments with Rosario Dawson" by A.J. Jacobs, www.esquire.com. April 1, 2006.

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• Nonviolent action does not have to get others to be nice. It can in effect force them to consult their consciences.

  Barbara Deming

  Nice, Doe, Action

  Barbara Deming (1984). “We Are All Part of One Another: A Barbara Deming Reader”

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• Most of the people I know who were raised to be accommodating or were raised to just be nice and put everybody's needs ahead of theirs, there comes a moment when the pressure builds and they can't do it anymore. They have needs and they feel neglected and they usually explode.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Nice, People, Needs

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It'd be nice to make lots of money but it's quite difficult, because every time I make lots of money I make a bigger piece that costs lots of money.

  Damien Hirst

  Money, Nice, Cost

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• Keep your private life private. Be open to suggestions from different people. And just be nice. I have heard stories about people who are just plain rude to the press or fans.

  Michelle Trachtenberg

  Life, Nice, People

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• I would love to explore film seeing as I have prominently been on television. It would be nice to change it up and focus on film a little bit.

  Yvonne Strahovski

  Nice, Focus, Would Be

  "Exclusive: Yvonne Strahovski Talks KILLER ELITE, the Final Season of CHUCK & Working With Streisand and Rogen in MY MOTHER’S CURSE". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. September 19, 2011.

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• I've got one Aussie flag on my car. It would be nice to have two.

  Tom Lehman

  Nice, Two, Car

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• Share your enthusiasm with the collector's enthusiasm for the work, and discover things together. Be nice and appreciative and at the same time give them the hint that you're a winner so they believe they've made a good investment. It's simple common sense.

  Mark Kostabi

  Nice, Believe, Simple

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• It would be nice once during my life to go over [to Europe] and study the original paintings of the Masters.

  E. J. Hughes

  Nice, Europe, Would Be

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• It would be nice to do a movie where I didn't have to choke the girl to get her.

  Ray Liotta

  Girl, Nice, Would Be

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Gerard Houllier's thoughts on the matter international football echo mine. He thinks that what the national coaches are doing is like taking the car from his garage without even asking permission. They will then use the car for ten days and abandon it in a field without any petrol left in the tank. We then have to recover it, but it is broken down. Then a month later they will come to take your car again, and for good measure you're expected to be nice about it.

  Arsene Wenger

  Football, Nice, Thinking

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• I don’t feel like a gay icon. I don’t feel like an icon at all. Every single interview was always, ‘What’s it like to play a gay character?’ It would be nice if I was never asked that again. Why isn’t anyone asking the other girls what it’s like to kiss a boy?

  Shay Mitchell

  Girl, Nice, Character

  "9 Quotes From The 'Pretty Little Liars' Cast That Will Inspire You To Be Your Best Self" by Crystal Bell, www.mtv.com. April 15, 2015.

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• I have two Golden Boot awards at home. It would be nice to win another, but I wouldn't mind it if I didn't.

  Cristiano Ronaldo

  Inspirational, Nice, Home

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It is not enough to be nice; you have to be good. We are attracted by nice people; but only on the assumption that their niceness is a sign of goodness.

  Roger Scruton

  Nice, People, Assumption

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• I no longer think she's just being nice. She's being kind. Which is much more a sign of character than mere niceness. Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen.

  David Levithan

  Kindness, Nice, Character

  David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.38, Egmont UK

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