“People who know me would say they get a kick out of the fact that I'm always playing nice people, not that I'm not a nice person, but it's not a defining element.” PeopleKnowsPersonsFactsNiceElementsKicksKnow MeDefiningNice PeopleNice PersonPlaying Nice Author:Elizabeth Reaser
“Significant officials at publicly traded companies are casually and cavalierly engaged in insider trading. Because insider trading has as one of its elements communication, it doesn't take rocket science to realize it's nice to have the communication on tape.” RealizingCompanyNiceCommunicationElementsSignificantEngagedOfficialsTapeTradingRocketsInsidersRocket ScienceInsider Trading Author:Preet Bharara
“It seems strange that a butterfly's wing should be woven up so thin and gauzy in the monstrous loom of nature, and be so delicately tipped with fire from such a gross hand, and rainbowed all over in such a storm of thunderous elements. The marvel is that such great forces do such nice work.” ShouldHandsSeemsForceNatureFireNiceStrangeElementsWingsStormButterflyGrossMonstrousWovenNice Work Book:Centenary Edition [of the Writings of Theodore Parker] Source: Centenary Edition [of the Writings of Theodore Parker]
“Things involved with a computer fill me with a childlike terror. Now, if it were a nice ogre or some such I'd be more in my element.” IfsNiceInvolvedElementsComputerTerrorChildlikeSlayerBuffy The Vampire Slayer Author:Rupert Giles
“When I eat, I always pick out the best parts in the middle and leave everything else on the side. It becomes a big sculptural mess, but there are nice compositional elements about how it all sits on the table.” BigsSidesNiceMiddleElementsPicksTablesMess Author:Elizabeth Neel
“I was just burnt out. I didn't like the music business and I didn't like me. There's an element of falseness about the whole thing. Even things like doing an interview. It's not as though we just met in the pub and are having a chat - it's part of a process. If you do it all day, every day for years, you end up thinking: 'Who the hell am I?' I was lucky enough to make some money, enough to let me kick back. It was a great experience and it was nice to have a couple of No.1s but the best thing about it was that the money I made allowed me to have freedom and choice in my life.” IfsThinkingYearsMadeEndsEnoughWholeChoicesProcessHellNiceCoupleMetsLuckyElementsLet MeLike MeBest ThingsKicksInterviewsMusic BusinessPubsGreat ExperiencesBurnt OutFalseness Author:Rick Astley