Too Nice Quotes

• I don't even listen to rap. My apartment is too nice to listen to rap in.

  Kanye West

  Nice, Rap, American West

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

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• Sometimes being too nice is dangerous, you have to show your mean side once in a while to avoid getting hurt.

  Ziad K. Abdelnour

  Hurt, Nice, Mean

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• It is nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

  John Templeton

  Inspiring, Thank You, Kindness

  John Templeton (1994). “Discovering Laws Of Life: Tfp”, p.287, Templeton Foundation Press

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• You could either ignore this advice, or take it from me:
  Be too nice, and people take you for a dummy.

  Daniel Dumile

  Nice, Rap, People

  Song: Deep Fried Frenz, 2004

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• Be nice wont you?" "I am nice, I'm always nice." "But not too nice. I mean don't make a religion out of it, niceness.

  David Nicholls

  Nice, Mean, Being Nice

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• The difference is too nice - Where ends the virtue or begins the vice.

  Alexander Pope

  Nice, Differences, Vices

  Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles, William Warburton, Joseph Warton (1806). “The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Essay on man. Moral essays. An essay on satire”, p.87

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• A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.

  Alexander Pope

  Business, Nice, Often Is

  Alexander Pope, Alexander Chalmers (1807). “A Supplementary Volume to the Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Containing Pieces of Poetry, Not Inserted in Warburton's and Warton's Editions : and a Collection of Letters, Now First Published”, p.122

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• I think that sometimes I've been a little too nice. I think you have to have a balance. When you're too nice people take you for granted, they take you for a fool I think.

  Godfrey

  Nice, Thinking, People

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• Too nice, and yet too true!

  William Shakespeare

  Nice

  William Shakespeare (1803). “The Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.245

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• I think today the players are too nice to one another, but that might change with the unbalanced schedule, with teams playing each other more and more. When you face each other that much, with that much at stake, something's bound to happen.

  Dennis Eckersley

  Sports, Nice, Team

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• Lindsay Doran goes round the table and introduces everyone - making it clear that I am present in the capacity of writer rather than actress, therefore no one has to be too nice to me.

  Emma Thompson

  Nice, Writing, Tables

  Emma Thompson (2007). “Sense and Sensibility: The Screenplay & Diaries”, Newmarket Press

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• I'm just one woman away, my mother, from being the same as Mike Tyson. I would've ended up like him if my mama had not been so tough and strong. A lot of people, including Mike, don't know I came from the ghetto. They think I'm too nice and proper. But that's the way my mama raised me - to look people in the eye and respect them.

  Evander Holyfield

  Mother, Strong, Nice

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• It's always a fine line. If you overdo (aggression) it's 'ugly Australians', but if you have a smile on your face it's Australia being too nice.

  Brett Lee

  Nice, Australia, Ugly

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• Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind; Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote. Who too deep for his hearers still went on refining, And thought of convincing while they thought of dining: Though equal to all things, for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Nice, Party, Learning

  'Retaliation' (1774) l. 29 (on Edmund Burke)

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• I remember being in high school and my mother would say, "What about such-and-such boy?" I'm like, "Oh mom, he's too nice," we don't like the nice boys when we're 16. I'd say, "He's not attractive," and she'd say "All young people are attractive." And they are, and I get that.

  Rosemarie DeWitt

  Mom, Mother, Nice

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• A real turnoff for guys is any girl who is way too into them. Like, you`re being way too nice. Guys, as well as girls, like that sense of badness. I want a good girl, who can be a little bad.

  Kellan Lutz

  Girl, Real, Nice

  "Exclusive Twilight Interview: Rob, Kellan, and Jackson". Slide 17, www.seventeen.com. June 09, 2009.

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• Dimitri: "Don't look at me like that." Rose: "Like what?" Dimitri: "You've got this look on your face that says you think I'm delusional, but you're too nice to say anything.

  Richelle Mead

  Nice, Thinking, Rose

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• And you're too nice," he added, above the lap-lap of the water and the patter of sand on the water-lily leaves. "I was relying on you being too jealous to let that demon near the place.

  Diana Wynne Jones

  Nice, Jealous, Water Lily

  Diana Wynne Jones (2002). “Wizard's Castle”

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• Justine," Zoe said, "I don't want to curse anyone." "Of course you don't, you're much too nice. But I don't have that problem.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Nice, Want, Problem

  Lisa Kleypas (2012). “Dream Lake”, p.329, Macmillan

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• There was nothing mean about his voice. In fact it was almost too nice. Like she was too dim to grasp whatever was so obvious to him. Which made her absolutely furious.

  Lauren Kate

  Nice, Mean, Voice

  Lauren Kate (2013). “The Fallen Series: 4-Book Collection”, p.236, Delacorte Press

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• Somebody broke into my house once, this is a good time to call the police, but mm mm, nope. The house was too nice. It was a real nice house, but they'd never believe i lived in it. They'd be like 'He's still here!

  Dave Chappelle

  Funny, Real, Nice

  "Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly". Documentary, Comedy, www.imdb.com. 2000.

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• No 'rules.' What are you, British or something? I guess I'm too nice... No wonder people take advantage of me.

  Alfonso Cuaron

  Nice, People, Wonder

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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• Killing a guy and stealing his wife and child isn't too nice a thing to do.

  Billy Connolly

  Children, Nice, Wife

  "Billy Connolly Is Fido!". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. June 17, 2007.

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• Sometimes the fans are too nice.

  Chris Paul

  Nice, Fans, Sometimes

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• Haply a woman's voice may do some good
  When articles too nicely urged be stood on.

  William Shakespeare

  Women, Agreement, Voice

  William Shakespeare (2015). “Henry V”, p.152, Booklassic

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