Niceness Quotes
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“I'd be more willing to accept religion, even if I didn't believe it, if I thought it made people nicer to each other but I don't think it does.”
― Sincerely, Andy Rooney
― Sincerely, Andy Rooney

“Those East Coast rich kids are a different breed, on a fast track to nowhere. Your friends in Seattle are downright Canadian in their niceness. None of you has a cell phone. The girls wear hoodies and big cotton underpants and walk around with tangled hair and smiling, adorned backpacks. Do you know how absolutely exotic it is that you haven鈥檛 been corrupted by fashion and pop culture? A month ago I mentioned Ben Stiller, and do you remember how you responded? 鈥榃ho鈥檚 that?鈥� I loved you all over again.”
― Where'd You Go, Bernadette
― Where'd You Go, Bernadette

“Kindness is a magical spell鈥攑erformed by enlightened beings鈥攎eant to enchant hearts and lift weary souls that they might fly.”
― Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
― Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year

“Someone will always pop up to say, "You would be more effective if you were nicer." "You would have a more receptive audience if you adjusted your tone." "You catch more flies with honey." Well, I don't want flies. The most likable woman in the world is crawling with fucking flies.”
― The Witches Are Coming
― The Witches Are Coming

“Was I kind to others? It was hard to nail down an answer. I worried that if I did turn out to have a personality, it would be one the unkind ones.”
― Conversations with Friends
― Conversations with Friends

“I felt so damn happy all of sudden, the way old Phoebe kept going around and around. I was damn near bawling, I felt so damn happy, if you want to know the truth. I don't know why. It was just that she looked so damn nice, the way she kept going around and around, in her blue coat and all. God, I wish you could've been there.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
“Feminism has to fight 'the tyranny of niceness'. It is, and has always been, one of the most potent forces holding women back.”
― Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights
― Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights
“In order to be good, one needs to be virtuous, not "nice". In order to be true, one needs to be honest, not "authentic". In order to be wise, one needs to be discriminating, not "open-minded". And in order to be civilized, one needs to be principled, not "sophisticated".”
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“Niceness is magic, but no one thinks of it that way since it's quiet and constant.”
― Love Charms and Other Catastrophes
― Love Charms and Other Catastrophes

“Holden... One short, faintly stuffy, pedagogical question. Don't you think there's a time and place for everything? Don't you think if someone starts out to tell you about his father's farm, he should stick to his guns, then get around to telling you about his uncle's brace? Or, if his uncle's brace is such a provocative subject, shouldn't he have selected it in the first place as his subject鈥攏ot the farm?'
I didn't feel much like thinking and answering and all. I had a headache and I felt lousy. I even had sort of a stomach-ache, if you want to know the truth.
'Yes鈥擨 don't know. I guess he should. I mean I guess he should've picked his uncle as a subject, instead of the farm, if that interested him most. But what I mean is, lots of time you don't know what interests you most till you start talking about something that doesn't interest you most. I mean you can't help it sometimes. What I think is, you're supposed to leave somebody alone if he's at least being interesting and he's getting all excited about something. I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It's nice. You just didn't know this teacher, Mr. Vinson. He could drive you crazy sometimes, him and the goddam class. I mean he'd keep telling you to unify and simplify all the time. Some things you just can't do that to. I mean you can't hardly ever simplify and unify something just because somebody wants you to.”
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I didn't feel much like thinking and answering and all. I had a headache and I felt lousy. I even had sort of a stomach-ache, if you want to know the truth.
'Yes鈥擨 don't know. I guess he should. I mean I guess he should've picked his uncle as a subject, instead of the farm, if that interested him most. But what I mean is, lots of time you don't know what interests you most till you start talking about something that doesn't interest you most. I mean you can't help it sometimes. What I think is, you're supposed to leave somebody alone if he's at least being interesting and he's getting all excited about something. I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It's nice. You just didn't know this teacher, Mr. Vinson. He could drive you crazy sometimes, him and the goddam class. I mean he'd keep telling you to unify and simplify all the time. Some things you just can't do that to. I mean you can't hardly ever simplify and unify something just because somebody wants you to.”
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“It鈥檚 easy to be nice to people who don鈥檛 mean that much to us. But if something matters to us, we will fight to make it work in our favour. Do we even know what is in our favour?”
― Together
― Together

“Being nice is often about avoiding conflict, letting inappropriate actions slide, or bottling up words and actions that ought to be spoken and enacted to prevent creating an uncomfortable scene. At its worst, being nice reinforces actions and attitudes that strip away human dignity.”
― In Defense of Kindness: Why It Matters, How It Changes Our Lives, and How It Can Save the World
― In Defense of Kindness: Why It Matters, How It Changes Our Lives, and How It Can Save the World

“There is a deeper reason as to why some nice guys are frequently deemed the weaker, and that is because niceness is weaker than love.”
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“*Nice* was a word that I'd not been able to say in such a long time, and it encompassed so much in that moment. It truly did. *Nice* is a throwaway word until it's not.”
― The Last Year of the War
― The Last Year of the War

“The hard-noses, in their softness, were able to be convinced that kindness is actually wrong, but that is wrong. It is just that kindness is sometimes not enough.”
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“Right. A nice guy with something going for him and not any of these knuckleheads running around here with drama and what not”
― His Dirty Secret: Kim's Story
― His Dirty Secret: Kim's Story

“I don't pretend to know much about people . . . but one thing I've noticed over the years is that some people are nice and some people are kind. Lillian sounds like she's more nice than she is kind. Does that make sense? Niceness is good manners, and stopping to give someone directions, and smiling at the overworked cashier at the supermarket. These are all good things, but they have nothing to do with what's underneath. Niceness is all about what we do when other people are looking. Kindness, on the other hand, runs deep. Kindness is what happens when no one's looking.”
― The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
― The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
“Being nice doesn't stop people from hating you and the hate shouldn't stop you from being nice. Don't listen to the loudest of the hurtful words instead pay attention on the lives you can impact positively.”
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“Love is when you shed a tear and still want him, it's when he ignores you and you still love him, it's when he loves another girl but you still smile and say I'm happy for you, when all you really do is cry.”
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“You're the only person I know who says the word nice like it's a bad thing.'
'It's not a bad thing at all, except when it's all there is. A lot of nice people stop being nice when they don't get exactly what they want.”
― The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
'It's not a bad thing at all, except when it's all there is. A lot of nice people stop being nice when they don't get exactly what they want.”
― The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

“Anything taken to the extreme is bad and being too nice is no different. It is only going to lead you to becoming a doormat who will be stomped upon as per the other person鈥檚 wishes. Decide to change ways and don鈥檛 be afraid of people鈥檚 opinions. People are always going to have an opinion anyway. Even when you would say yes to everything, they probably made fun of you behind your back for being gullible. Let them complain about your changed attitude if they want, at least this time you are leading life on your terms, not theirs.”
― UnLearn: A Practical Guide to Business and Life
― UnLearn: A Practical Guide to Business and Life

“You know, which nation has the nicest people? You cannot guess in a million years. The nation with the nicest people is, Earth, for no nation has exclusive franchise over niceness - goodness is a human quality, not a national one.”
― Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience
― Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience
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― Wn62( Memoires a Omaha Beach Normandie 6 Juin 1944)[FRE-WN62][French Edition][Paperback]
― Wn62( Memoires a Omaha Beach Normandie 6 Juin 1944)[FRE-WN62][French Edition][Paperback]
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