Nice People Quotes
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“Be the girl you want your daughter to be. Be the girl you want your son to date. Be classy, be smart, be real, but most importantly be nice.”
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“One of the nicest things you can do is to speak kind words about someone behind his or her back.”
― The Book of Simple Human Truths
― The Book of Simple Human Truths
“You did listen." He sat back, nodding his head. "Okay, then. Now tell me what you really thought."
"I told you. It was interesting."
"Interesting," he said, "is not a word."
"Since when?"
"It's a placeholder. Something you use when you don't want to say something else." He leaned a little closer to me. "Look, if you're worried about my feelings, don't be. You can say whatever you want. I won't be offended."
"I did. I liked it."
"Tell the truth. Say something. Anything. Just spit it out."
"I—" I began, then stopped myself. Maybe it was the fact that he was so clearly on to me. Or my sudden awareness of how rarely I was honest. Either way, I broke. "I… I didn't like it," I said.
He slapped his leg. "I knew it! You know, for someone who lies a lot, you're not very good at it."
This was a good thing. Or not? I wasn't sure. "I'm not a liar," I said.
"Right. You're nice," he said.
"What's wrong with nice?"
"Nothing. Except it usually involves not telling the truth," he replied. "Now. Tell me what you really thought.”
― Just Listen
"I told you. It was interesting."
"Interesting," he said, "is not a word."
"Since when?"
"It's a placeholder. Something you use when you don't want to say something else." He leaned a little closer to me. "Look, if you're worried about my feelings, don't be. You can say whatever you want. I won't be offended."
"I did. I liked it."
"Tell the truth. Say something. Anything. Just spit it out."
"I—" I began, then stopped myself. Maybe it was the fact that he was so clearly on to me. Or my sudden awareness of how rarely I was honest. Either way, I broke. "I… I didn't like it," I said.
He slapped his leg. "I knew it! You know, for someone who lies a lot, you're not very good at it."
This was a good thing. Or not? I wasn't sure. "I'm not a liar," I said.
"Right. You're nice," he said.
"What's wrong with nice?"
"Nothing. Except it usually involves not telling the truth," he replied. "Now. Tell me what you really thought.”
― Just Listen
“Aunt Fanny tells me you made great friends with Mr. Mottram. I'm sure he can't be very nice.'
'I don't think he is,' said Julia. 'I don't know that I like nice people”
― Brideshead Revisited
'I don't think he is,' said Julia. 'I don't know that I like nice people”
― Brideshead Revisited
“Public life is debased because it's only the nice people who are worried about imposing their views on others.”
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“I realized then that it is still possible for people who are successful to be genuinely nice people.”
― Reham Khan
― Reham Khan
“The essence of nice people is that they hate life as manifested in tendencies to co-operation, in the boisterousness of children, and above all in sex, with the thought of which they are obsessed. In a word, nice people are those who have nasty minds.”
― Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects
― Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects
“But he's nice," Barby objected.
Tom Bishop smiled without humor. "Most pleasant and interesting man I ever knew was a burglar.”
― The Phantom Shark
Tom Bishop smiled without humor. "Most pleasant and interesting man I ever knew was a burglar.”
― The Phantom Shark
“He trusted that I would have a very pleasant stay: it was so peaceful, and the meals were delicious. As he said it, I realized that he was expressing not just a belief, but a hope, because he was one of those people, and you don't see them every day, who take an instinctive pleasure in the happiness of their fellow men – that he was, in other words, a nice guy.”
― Soumission
― Soumission
“As impactful as the sun when it comes as when it leaves." - On the value of those exceptional people we were privileged to meet and now have to say goodbye to”
― Aether
― Aether
“MAKING OTHERS HAPPY IS THE SADDEST THING IN THE WORLD;
HOWEVER,
MAKING OTHERS SAD IS THE HAPPIEST THING IN THE WORLD ...
MAKING OTHERS SMILE IS THE CHEAPEST THING IN THE WORLD;
HOWEVER,
MAKING OTHERS CHEAP IS THE SMILEST THING IN THE WORLD ...
MAKING OTHERS LAUGH IS THE FUNNIEST THING IN THE WORLD;
HOWEVER,
MAKING OTHERS FUN IS THE LAUGHEST THING IN THE WORLD ...
MAKING OTHERS GREAT IS THE STRONGEST THING IN THE WORLD;
HOWEVER,
MAKING OTHERS STRONG IS THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD ...
TREAT EVERYONE WITH LOVE AND AFFECTION, NOT BECAUSE YOU'RE NICE BECAUSE THEY'RE NICE”
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HOWEVER,
MAKING OTHERS SAD IS THE HAPPIEST THING IN THE WORLD ...
MAKING OTHERS SMILE IS THE CHEAPEST THING IN THE WORLD;
HOWEVER,
MAKING OTHERS CHEAP IS THE SMILEST THING IN THE WORLD ...
MAKING OTHERS LAUGH IS THE FUNNIEST THING IN THE WORLD;
HOWEVER,
MAKING OTHERS FUN IS THE LAUGHEST THING IN THE WORLD ...
MAKING OTHERS GREAT IS THE STRONGEST THING IN THE WORLD;
HOWEVER,
MAKING OTHERS STRONG IS THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD ...
TREAT EVERYONE WITH LOVE AND AFFECTION, NOT BECAUSE YOU'RE NICE BECAUSE THEY'RE NICE”
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