Nice Quotes

• When you're young, you're always wondering when you're actually going to feel like a grownup. And I think you probably fear it, in a sense, too. There's a danger to feeling like an adult... like this whimsical kid in you is going to die or something. And then all of a sudden, one day you kind of feel like an adult and it's really nice.

  

  Drew Barrymore
  • Feeling
  • Fear
  • Die

• Temeraire said, 'It is very nice how many books there are, indeed. And on so many subjects!

  

  Naomi Novik
  • Book
  • Said
  • Subjects

• Living in the West, you see how there's only two versions of how Asian men are supposed to be. Either they're very nice, yuppie husbands with children in ads, or they're IT geeks.

  

  Kevin Kwan
  • Men
  • Children
  • Nice

• Many people think in terms of either/or: either you're nice or you're tough. Win-win requires that you be both. It is a balancing act between courage and consideration. To go for win-win, you not only have to be empathic, but you also have to be confident. You not only have to be considerate and sensitive, you also have to be brave. To do that-to achieve that balance between courage and consideration-is the essence of real maturity and is fundamental to win-win.

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Real
  • Balance
  • Brave

• Being rejected is not nice, and it never gets any easier no matter where you are in your career.

  

  Rupert Penry-Jones
  • Matter
  • Careers
  • Easier

• I feel like, sometimes, characters that are just good and nice can seem boring or uninteresting.

  

  Lily James
  • Good
  • Nice

• As far as luxury goes, about the only thing I do is... I go first class all the way. I live on the road, so when I'm out there, I'm getting the nice hotel suite, I'm getting the luxury car, I'm eating the good food, and I make sure I take care of myself on the road.

  

  Trish Stratus
  • Food
  • Car
  • Care

• It may sound square, but my whole philosophy of running a company can be put in two words: Be nice.

  

  Doug Morris
  • Philosophy
  • Company
  • To Be

• I was a very lucky child because at the age of 16, 17 years old, my parents would buy me clothes from Yves Saint Laurent, which was an incredible luxury at the time, but I was attracted to that whole world. I had a pretty nice little wardrobe by the age of 17.

  

  Francois Nars
  • Time
  • World
  • Age

• Even in comedy, I'm always the straight guy, which is okay because that's a skill. But it would be nice to get out of that box.

  

  Maura Tierney
  • Guy
  • Nice
  • Comedy

• I've been singing for a really long time and I love a lot of genres, but country just seemed like the best fit. The people in that genre are just so nice and welcoming. And that seemed so appealing. Also my voice fit it and seemed like the way to go.

  

  Sasha Pieterse
  • People
  • Long
  • Country

• When you start a memoir, you think, 'I'm going to blast all the people who were mean to me.' And then you start writing, and you go, actually, it's so much more fun to say nice things about people who were kind and generous to you.

  

  Nell Scovell
  • People
  • Writing
  • Fun

• The nice thing about student drama is that you're allowed to get things wrong, because it doesn't mean no one will ever hire you again.

  

  Anna Popplewell
  • Nice
  • Drama

• I was a big fan of how Johnny Carson hosted awards shows. Dick Cavett, as well, I think did a really great job of providing a nice blend of comedy, wit and class.

  

  Neil Patrick Harris
  • Great
  • Job
  • Comedy

• 'Harry Potter' is very nice because it's very easy to make children happy. All you have to do is have your photograph taken with them.

  

  David Thewlis
  • Children
  • Happy
  • Taken

• I guess historically, drag queens were imitating movie stars and luminaries. It's kind of nice to have a movie star imitating a drag queen.

  

  John Cameron Mitchell
  • Movie
  • Nice
  • Star

• It's always nice to be thought of.

  

  Martina McBride
  • Nice

• The only thing it would be nice to have more of would be M & M's.

  

  Shannon Lucid
  • Nice
  • Space
  • Would Be

• As an actor, my attitude towards using of film versus digital is, if you have film, filmmakers have to cut eventually so you don't have to learn all that dialogue. With digital, they can just go on forever and it's a nightmare. So, I like film - nice short takes.

  

  Michael Caine
  • Forever
  • Film
  • Attitude

• One of the consequences of such notions as ‘entitlements’ is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel that society owes them something, apparently just for being nice enough to grace us with their presence.

  

  Thomas Sowell
  • Enough
  • Grace
  • Economic

• The CEO era gave rise to the CFO (not certified flying object, as you might imagine, but chief financial officer) and, most recently, the CIO, chief investment officer, a nice boost for the bookkeeper you can't afford to give a raise . . .

  

  William Lewis Safir
  • Giving
  • Financial
  • Imagine

• I believe that parts of people like John Garfield and Moms Mabley, the parts of them that I needed to be able to do what I'm doing, came into me. There's a very nice feeling that there are many, many spirits inside of me looking after me . . .

  

  Whoopi Goldberg
  • Believe
  • Nice
  • Mom

• There haven't been fundamental structural changes in America. There's been a very important symbolic change and that is the election of Barack Obama. But the only black people who truly live in a post-racial world in America all live in a very nice house on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

  

  Henry Louis Gates
  • People
  • World
  • Important

• Yelp is in a very nice spot: local data, and especially review data, is one of the killer apps on mobile phones.

  

  Jeremy Stoppelman
  • Nice

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