Oh, we're playing nice now? Shall we have tea first? Brew up a nice pot of kiss-my-ass? — Julie Kagawa
When you're nice to people, they want to be nice back to you. — Jack Canfield
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
Always be nice to people. Whatever how bad they are to you. To show them you are not like them. — Louis Tomlinson
It is nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. — John Templeton
I'm nice to everybody, I respect other people. If you respect me, I respect you. — Dana White
If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all. — Aesop
Sometimes being too nice is dangerous, you have to show your mean side once in a while to avoid getting hurt. — Ziad K. Abdelnour
I'm going to be kind, because then it all just kind of spreads, and the world is a little nicer out there. — Ellen DeGeneres
These are really terribly rough times, and we really should try to be as nice to each other as possible. — Lou Reed
Nice is a pallid virtue. Not like honesty or courage or perseverance. On the other hand, in a nation notably lacking in civility, there is much to be said for nice. — Molly Ivins
Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
'Play the right way' means play unselfishly, respect each other's achievements, play hard, fulfill your role — Gregg Popovich
Good sportsmanship means treating others with respect. I consider myself a pretty good sport. — Tommy Hilfiger
The world is full of nice people. If you cant find one, be one. — Nishan
Short Playing Nice Quotes
Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down. — Wilson Mizner
If you can't say anything nice, at least have the decency to be vague. — Susan Andersen
To make the world a friendly place, one must show it a friendly face. — James Whitcomb Riley
Be awfully nice to them going up, because you're gonna meet them all coming down. — Jimmy Durante
We try to be real nice and friendly to people, but sometimes they take advantage of that. — Layne Staley
Play it cool, that's the old school rule man. — Nas
Just be nice to other girls because as a force we are a whole lot stronger when we stick together. — Perrie Edwards
When you’re nice to me, I’m nice to you; but when you are not nice, I’m even worse. — Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Playing Nice Image Quotes
You only live once. You don't want your tombstone to read: Played it safe.
What Are Some Nice Quotes
And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is. — Kurt Vonnegut
Nuclear apocalypse - who do you need? Actors are probably not top of the list. What can I do for you? I can pretend to be somebody who can grow you some nice crops. — Christian Bale
What are friends? Some people are nice. Some people aren't. There are some I'm fairly close with... we talk. — Jack Kevorkian
The world is full of nice people. If you can't find one, be one.
It would be nice if you as journalists - there are some books that explain the painting [ of Guadalupe] what it is like, the significance, and that is how you can understand better this great and beautiful people. — Pope Francis
I have a nice little idea from some people I met there who are now in their seventies, and I want to tell their story about the revolution through the eyes of musicians, in fact. The '59 Revolution. And what has happened to them since. It's very much a Cuban story. They haven't fared too well. — John Gimlette
He seems like a nice charming guy. [Mike Huckabee] doesn't believe in evolution and has some nutty views about what it is we should do about ending violence in our inner city—we should make sure all of our young people are armed. Republicans scare me. — Elizabeth Edwards
Never allow the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.
I think most good music has got some kind of crossover-potential. It feels nice to know that there are more people than those into dance-music that are listening to what I've made. — Hans-Peter Lindstrøm
Nice To Be Nice Quotes
I live right in front of my daughter. I have a little house right in front of her because I can stay in touch. It's like a little commune, and it's very nice, because you can be close. I can see my granddaughter. I live very close to my brother, too, and my son. We're a very close family. — Debbie Reynolds
I don't care if you're black, white, straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, short, tall, fat, skinny, rich or poor. If you're nice to me, I'll be nice to you. Simple as that. — Eminem
Don't just show kindness in passing or to be courteous. Show it in depth, show it with passion, and expect nothing in return. Kindness is not just about being nice; it's about recognizing another human being who deserves care and respect. — Colin Powell
Never change your originality for the sake of others. Because no one can play your role better than you.
You have to enjoy life. Always be surrounded by people that you like, people who have a nice conversation. There are so many positive things to think about. — Sophia Loren
Being nice should never be perceived as being weak. It's not a sign of weakness, it's a sign of courtesy, manners, grace, a woman's ability to make everyone...feel at home, and it should never be construed as weakness. — Benazir Bhutto
You normally have to be bashed about a bit by life to see the point of daffodils, sunsets and uneventful nice days. — Alain de Botton
When you're not doing so well, vote for a better life for yourself. If you are doing quite nicely, vote for a better life for others.
You know what scares me? When you have to be nice to some paranoid schizophrenic, just because she lives in your head. — Steven Wright
Planning is an unnatural process; it is much more fun to do something. The nicest thing about not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise, rather than being preceded by a period of worry and depression. — John Harvey-Jones
A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person. — Dave Barry
I wanted to be a pharmacist. I liked the way our local pharmacist was always dressed in a nice white coat; he looked very calm, you'd give him money, and he'd give you something that you wanted to buy. — Walter Matthau
Nice Quotes
It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership. — Nelson Mandela
You can do nice things for people all of the time and it's never noticed but as soon as you make one mistake it's never forgotten. — Tyga
There is nothing wrong with having a good job, there is nothing wrong with having a nice house, there is nothing wrong with that. There is something wrong when that is your goal. — Nouman Ali Khan
We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand ~Randy Pausch
When a woman didn't enjoy it, she leaves early in the morning. Those who had a nice time will wait until the sun comes out, requests breakfast and taxi money. — Julius Malema
Now here's a funky introduction of how nice I am
Tell your mother, tell your father, send a telegram. — Phife Dawg
Sometimes I am two people. Johnny is the nice one. Cash causes all the trouble. They fight. — Johnny Cash
Treat everyone with politeness and kindness, not because they are nice, but because you are.
We think sometimes we're only drawn to the good, but we're actually drawn to the authentic. We like people who are real more than those who hide their true selves under layers of artificial niceties — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
She is pure Alice in Wonderland, and her appearance and demeanor are a nicely judged mix of the Red Queen and a Flamingo. — Truman Capote
I positively think that ladies who are always enceinte quite disgusting; it is more like a rabbit or guinea-pig than anything else and really it is not very nice. — Queen Victoria
I don't believe that jazz will ever really die. It's a nice way to express yourself. — Chet Baker
Being Nice Quotes
If I had five million pounds I'd start a radio station because something needs to be done. It would be nice to turn on the radio and hear something that didn't make you feel like smashing up the kitchen and strangling the cat. — Joe Strummer
Like so many nice people who seek power, I wanted to force everyone else to be nice. It’s called totalitarianism. — Maajid Nawaz
As far as we’re concerned, if an ASI comes to being, there is now an omnipotent God on Earth—and the all-important question for us is: Will it be a nice God? — Tim Urban
Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes difference.
After 4 years on NYPD Blue it has been nice to have the summer off and spend time with family and friends. There are a few projects I am interested in and plan to be working this fall. — Mark-Paul Gosselaar
Be nice to everyone, always smile & appreciate things because it could all be gone tomorrow. — Cory Monteith
I don't think of work as work and play as play. It's all living.
Being away from home is nice but home is best. — Swedish Proverbs
My childhood was really nice. My parents never forced me to do anything; it was always, "If you want to do that, fine." When I told my father I was going to be an actor, he said, "Fine, but study welding just in case." — Robin Williams
I’m constantly criticised for being too skinny. I’m trying to gain weight but my body won’t let it happen. What people don’t understand is that calling someone too skinny is the same as calling someone too fat, it’s not a nice feeling. — Kendall Jenner
I can speak at length and use my brain. It's nice to be able to show that side of me. — Logan Paul
After all my years of doing instrumental music I still like just a simple instrumental song with a nice catchy melody and an opportunity to play a solo over a harmonic structure. — Stanley Clarke
I bought a piano once because I had the dream of playing As Time Goes By as some girl's leaning on it drinking a martini. Great image. But none of it worked out. I can't even play Chopsticks. But I've got a nice piano at my house! — George Clooney
I like the bad-boy types. Generally the guy I'm attracted to is the guy in the club with all the tattoos and nail polish. He's usually the lead singer in a punk band and plays guitar. But my serious boyfriends are relatively clean-cut, nice guys. So it's strange. — Megan Fox
It's better to be a pirate than to join the Navy.
Everybody likes to say that Roger Federer is the Greatest Player of all time because its so nice to watch him play...but you have got to throw in Nadal's Mind as well...and That's the GREATEST OF ALL TIME!!! — Rafael Nadal
Saying a camera takes nice pictures is like saying a guitar plays nice melodies. — Darren Rowse
I'm at the age where i don't have to kiss arse or play nice! — Sharon Osbourne
We are all searching for someone whose demons play well with ours
My health is wonderful. I work out. I'm working. Playing music. I have a beautiful wife, a nice home, a nice car, I got money in the bank. I got three beautiful dogs that love me. Like I said, I'm blessed. I survived. — Steven Adler
You know, there's nothing damnable about being a strong woman. The world needs strong women. There are a lot of strong women you do not see who are guiding, helping, mothering strong men. They want to remain unseen. It's kind of nice to be able to play a strong woman who is seen. — Ginger Rogers
Work hard...have fun...be nice...play fair...dream big. We only get one chance at this life. If you're going to play this game, play it to win. — Robert Herjavec
I've got a nice little crafty deal with the people in Barbados; 10 days out there teaching the locals how to play darts for an hour a day. Get paid for that as well. — Eric Bristow
You want to play house, you got to have a job. You want to play very nice house, very sweet house, then you got to have a job you don't like. Great. This is the way ninety-eight-point-nine per cent of the people work things out, so believe me, buddy, you've got nothing to apologize for. — Richard Yates
And when the sun goes down and the mood comes upon me, I'll watch the play of the colors on the water, yield to the fleetly dissolving images, and turn into pure feeling, all soft and nice. — Gunter Grass
When you're growing up, you play dress-up - it's a game, it's a pastime. And then as you get older, getting ready and looking nice becomes this constant stress. I want to make it fun again. — Lauren Conrad
It's always really cool when you get to play with someone who you like and they go out of their way to be nice to you; it's not just a 'oh I played with them but I didn't meet them' sort of situation, so shout out to those guys for being awesome. — Hoodie Allen
We were just a gaggle of kids, and everybody played together and had a good time. You know how kids can be completely horrible; abusive but fun. But anyway, it was a nice childhood. — Peter Jurasik
You've got to play with that killer instinct, man. You've got to hate that guy across from you. Then after the game is over, tell him what a nice guy he is. Shake his hand. Especially if you win. — Chuck Bednarik
When I played in Holland, I always tried to lob the goalkeeper. People used to say, 'Oh, you're always only trying to make a nice goal'. But I said, 'Listen, if the goalie is a little bit off his line, how much space do you have on his left or right?' It's not a lot. 'And how much space do you have above him? — Dennis Bergkamp
He's a nice guy, but he played too much football with his helmet off. — Lyndon B. Johnson
That singular uncompromising nature I think is always quite attractive, not just for an actor to play, we're attracted to uncompromising people whether they're nice or not, because they're 3D, they're solid, you can define them, it's not wishy washy. — James McAvoy
I like to do nice things for my grandchildren - like buy them those toys I've always wanted to play with. — Gene Perret
I'll watch the kids play, have a big steak with my friends, stay in a nice hotel, sign a lot of autographs, then go back to Vegas and tell my alumni how tough recruiting is. — Jerry Tarkanian
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
I appreciate my true fans for enjoying me in what I do every day, whether interviews or playing heel. They are smart and nice people. — Alberto Del Rio
I played the cello from when I was ten, and then I bought a guitar from the father of some friends of mine and played that for a while. And then when I was fourteen or so, I bought a guitar - a real nice one - in Durham, North Carolina, that I worked with up until I was about twenty-five. — James Taylor
Play the Reverse gossip game. See how many nice things you can say behind someones back. — Bob Burg
Golf is a nice game, but that's all. It's never going to be an exciting game to watch on TV. It's not a circus and never will be one. The audience for golf is not going to change significantly. It's always going to be people who play it, understand it, and love it. — Jack Nicklaus
Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance? — Edgar Bergen
Like most people I can be lazy, so it's nice to have a goal or deadline or reason to work out. I feel better when I get to exercise, or when I'm outdoors. I like to hike, swim and run, and I love to play soccer. — Viggo Mortensen
The Argentine tango isn't here to play nicely with the other children. The Argentine tango is here to seduce your women, spill things on your rug, and sneak out your bedroom window in the middle of the night. — Mira Grant
Every role I've played, that could've happened. It's nice, it happens, but it is rather disconcerting when a young child comes up to at the airport and starts doing your lines, it happens. — Michael York
Having to be nice all the time is exhausting and boring, but to play someone who just has that under layer of unhappiness, you know that it comes from someplace. — Sandra Bullock
[Sometimes] I sit in front of my [gaming] console with my headphones on and I play. I love that. It's a nice form of escapism. — Idris Elba
Directing is a nice job. It's the best job for me. If I had to pay money to do it, I would do it... Directing is playing. Acting. — William Friedkin
Jerry Ford is so dumb he can't walk and chew gum at the same time.... He's a nice fellow, but he spent too much time playing football without a helmet. — Lyndon B. Johnson
I am the good girl and I always play the good girl. It's nice to do that. — Jessica Alba
It's such a nice change to get to play a wretched, shallow, mergers-and-acquisitions woman. My true colors come out. — Sayings
That’s what she was, Joanna felt suddenly. That’s what they all were, all the Stepford wives: actresses in commercials, pleased with detergents and floor wax, with cleansers, shampoos, and deodorants. Pretty actresses, big in the bosom but small in the talent, playing housewives unconvincingly, too nicey-nice to be real. — Ira Levin
I was always playing the Hammond Organ back to front even during the days of the Nice, going back to 1968. Really what I was doing there, was choosing notes at random and trying to make some sense of them, improvising back to front. — Keith Emerson
We called [my son] Gary "Little Herschel" when he was in middle school - but then he didn't grow any taller. He ended up playing golf and being a really nice golfer. — Jack Nicklaus
I think if you were known for playing something other than being a nice guy then people might be a little less likely to take liberties with you. If you are Ray Winstone, and people have seen you kick a few people to death, then they are a little less likely to approach you or whatever. — Martin Freeman
Playing in this nice weather really makes me remember all the times I got stung by a bee. — John Madden
What I got out of baseball is what I have today, and I've got to look at that. I still see some of my friends that never made it past Triple-A. I made that last big step. I was lucky. I'm in love with my land. I got it all from playing ball. It gives me prestige. Someone says, 'What you got?' I say, 'One hundred and twenty-one acres of nice land.' — Mark Fidrych
It's nice to play a character that has a soulful, dependent, close relationship. It must mean my character is interesting in some way. — Jeff Goldblum
I have a lot of offers to play for appearance fees. It's nice gravy, but it's not a big motivating factor for me, to go here and there just for money. — Mike Weir
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