“It's pleasant to hear these nice words while I'm still alive. I'd rather have the taffy than the epitaphy.” StillsNiceAlivePleasantFlatteryTaffyNice Words Author:Chauncey Depew
“Banquets are always pleasant things, consisting mostly, as they do, of eating and drinking; but the specially nice thing about a banquet is, that it comes when something's over, and there's nothing more to worry about, and to-morrow seems a long way off.” WayLongSeemsWorryNiceEatingDrinkingPleasantLong WayNice ThingsMorrowBanquetsEating And DrinkingPleasant Things Book:The Reluctant Dragon Source: The Reluctant Dragon
“When you gossip about another person, listeners unconsciously associate you with the characteristics you are describing, ultimately leading to those characteristics' being “transferred” to you. So, say positive and pleasant things about friends and colleagues, and you are seen as a nice person. In contrast, constantly complain about their failings, and people will unconsciously apply the negative traits and incompetence to you.” PeoplePersonsNiceFailingNegativeComplainingCharacteristicsPleasantGossipContrastTraitsListenersColleaguesAssociatesDescribingIncompetenceNice PersonPleasant Things Book:59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot Source: 59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot
“I like the smell of toast. Coffee is okay, but I don't drink much coffee. But toast is a nice smell. You smell some toast coming from your kitchen in the morning, you know that you're involved in a domestic situation and the operation that's going on is pleasant.” KnowsSituationMorningNiceInvolvedDrinkOkaySmellCoffeeOperationsKitchenPleasantToasts Author:Robert Duvall
“Paris is particularly beautiful in the rain. It was just a nice experience for me, a pleasant experience, and I was able to present it to the world through my eyes, very subjectively - not realistically, but subjectively.” WorldEyeAbleBeautifulNiceRainParisPleasantThrough My Eyes Author:Woody Allen
“Bad restaurants find unique ways to be bad. Good ones are good in the same way: good food, nice staff, a pleasant room. The human capacity for finding unique ways to screw things up always amazes me.” WayHumansRoomsNiceFindingsUniqueCapacityPleasantRestaurantsStaffScrewsGood FoodHuman Capacity Author:Jay Rayner
“If you're in a band or think of yourself as a slightly creative person, you can get quite self-indulgent, so sometimes it's nice to have those people who bring you down to earth, but in a pleasant way.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayPersonsSelfSometimesEarthCreativeNiceBandPleasantThink Of YouDown To EarthCreative PersonSelf Indulgent Author:Jarvis Cocker
“Many of us regard ourselves as mildly liberal or centrist politically, voice fairly pleasant sentiments about our poor children, contribute money to send poor kids to summer camp, feel benevolent. We're not nazis; we're nice people. We read sophisticated books. We go to church. We go to synagogue. Meanwhile, we put other people's children into an economic and environmental death zone. We make it hard for them to get out. We strip the place bare of amenities. And we sit back and say to ourselves, "Well, I hope that they don't kill each other off. But if they do, it's not my fault.” PeopleIfsFeelsWellsChildrenBookHardKidsVoiceChurchPoorNiceEconomicSummerRegardFaultsEnvironmentalPleasantZoneSentimentsCampsSophisticatedNaziBenevolentNice PeopleSynagogueSummer CampAmenitiesPoor Children Author:Jonathan Kozol
“You do get some weirdos, but if there are any nice people out there who want to write to me pleasantly, then they'll get a pleasant reply back!” PeopleIfsWantWritingNicePleasantWeirdoNice People Author:Katie Price
“I like to shoot beautiful things. My two previous movies were one in the '60s, the other one in the '50s, and this one is in the '20s. This is a period that's very cinegenic. The cars, the props, the suits, the haircuts, the dresses, everything, and it gives you pleasure to compose frames with that material. The music, I really love jazz, so for me, when you have good materials and nice things, it's very pleasant.” GivingTwoBeautifulPleasureNiceCarMaterialsPeriodsDressesJazzSuitsPleasantBeautiful ThingsNice ThingsPropsHaircuts Author:Michel Hazanavicius
“(`Stairway to Heaven' is) a nice pleasant, well-meaning naive little song, very English. It's not the definitive Led Zeppelin song. `Kashmir' is.” WellsLittlesSongHeavenNicePleasantNaiveZeppelinsKashmirStairwaysStairway To Heaven Author:Robert Plant
“I enjoy darker sardonic wit more than knock-knock jokes. I spent the first healthy chunk of my career playing all-American, pleasant, average, nice people, so it's fun to have some complications there.” PeopleFirstsFunEnjoyCareersNiceHealthyJokesAverageWitPleasantComplicationChunksNice PeopleSardonic Author:Neil Patrick Harris
“Any hand that I’ve shaken, any person that I met when I was Joe Blow, now that I’m this guy Kevin Hart, has come back. That’s why I treat everybody with respect. I’m always a nice pleasant guy to meet because when they come back to you, they remember.” PersonsHandsRememberGuyNiceMetsTreatsBlowPleasantThis Guy Author:Kevin Hart