“Knapsack of the Metaphysicians.- Those who boast so mightily of the scientificality of their metaphysics should receive no answer; it is enough to pluck at the bundle which, with a certain degree of embarrassment, they keep concealed behind their back; if one succeeds in opening it, the products of that scientificality come to light, attended by their blushes: a dear little Lord God, a nice little immortality, perhaps a certain quantity of spiritualism, and in any event a whole tangled heap of 'wretched poor sinner' and Pharisee arrogance.” IfsShouldLittlesEnoughPhilosophyWholeLightCertainAnswersPoorBehindsLordNiceEventsProductsSucceedDegreesDearOpeningImmortalityArroganceSinnerQuantityMetaphysicsBoastWretchedEmbarrassmentConcealedTangledPluckBundlesSpiritualismLord GodPharisees Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“[Steven Spielberg's films] are comforting, they always give you answers and I don't think they're very clever answers. The success of most Hollywood films these days is down to fact that they're comforting. They tie things up in nice little bows and give you answers, even if the answers are stupid, you go home and you don't have to think about it. The great filmmakers make you go home and think about it.” IfsThinkingGivingLittlesFactsHomeFilmAnswersNiceStupidHollywoodCleverThese DaysTiesFilmmakerBowsComfortingGreat FilmVery CleverHollywood Films Author:Terry Gilliam
“One of the nice things about math and science is it’s obvious, you get the answer or you don’t get the answer.” AnswersNiceObviousMathNice ThingsMath And Science Author:Lisa Randall
“I always say people would rather be nice than right. I like to be nice too, but come on. People frequently ask me, what is my definition of politically correct. My answer is always the same: the elevation of sensitivity over truth. People would rather be nice than right, rather be sensitive than true. Well, being nice and sensitive are important, but they're not more important than being right; they're not more important than the truth.” PeopleWellsImportantAsksAnswersNiceDefinitionsWell BeingAsk MeSensitiveBeing NiceSensitivityPolitically CorrectElevation Author:Bill Maher
“In the weeks prior to the war to liberate Afghanistan, a good friend of mine would ask me almost every day, “Why aren't we killing people yet?” And I never had a good answer for him. Because one of the most important and vital things the United States could do after 9/11 was to kill people. Call it a “forceful response,” “decisive action” ' whatever. Those are all nice euphemisms for killing people. And the world is a better place because America saw the necessity of putting steel beneath the velvet of those euphemisms.” PeopleWorldImportantWarStatesActionAmericaAsksAnswersUnitedUnited StatesSawsNiceWeekMinesResponseKillingAsk MeAfghanistanGood FriendSteelBetter PlaceVelvetEuphemismDecisive Action Author:Jonah Goldberg
“Tobey's a mellow, cool guy. He's just a good guy. I know that's not the answer you want, and I don't mean that as the political thing to say, but he's a nice guy.” KnowsWantMeanPoliticalGuyAnswersNiceGood GuyNice GuyMellowCool Guy Author:Neil Patrick Harris
“I am the nice adversary, the guy that's going to ask the tough questions and is not going to be happy with the quick answer.” GuyAsksAnswersNiceToughAdversariesTough Questions Author:Guillermo del Toro
“A man is hit by a car while crossing a Beverly Hills street. A woman rushes to him and cradles his head in her lap, asking, Are you comfortable? The man answers, I make a nice living.” MenAnswersNiceStreetsCarHe ManComfortableAskingHillsLapCradleCrossingsBeverly Hills Author:Milton Berle