“As you get older, you realize just figuring out how to be nice to the people in your personal sphere is almost more challenging than trying to change the bigger culture.” PeopleTryingCultureRealizingChallengesNiceBiggerSpheresBeing NiceTrying To Change Author:Mike White
“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
“I realize that there's a thing called the bodhisattva ideal, and it's a very nice pinnacle of attention. It's a very egotistical thought, ultimately.” RealizingAttentionCompassionNiceIdealsVery NiceEgotisticalPinnacleBodhisattva Author:Frederick Lenz
“Real friends offer both hard truths and soft landings and realize that it's sometimes more important to be nice than to be honest.” ImportantRealSometimesHardRealizingFriendshipNiceHonestOffersBeing HonestBeing NiceReal FriendsLandingHard Truths Book:Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake: A Memoir of a Woman's Life Source: Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake: A Memoir of a Woman's Life
“If you start paying attention to Tom Hanks, you realize that he's not the Jimmy Stewart of our age. He's a very nice man. Everyone that I know that knows him says he's a great father. But, let's not pretend that he's something that he's not. He's just like George Clooney. He's a very radical leftist.” IfsKnowsMenAgeFatherRealizingAttentionNiceRadicalPay AttentionTomsJimmyVery NiceLeftistsGreat FatherNice ManJimmy Stewart Author:Bill O'Reilly
“For the first 10 minutes after you meet them, they have the wattage and charisma of movie stars. Then you have a coffee with them and you realize we're all the same, we're all just people. All of the actors in The Avengers are so nice. Marvel has these code names for projects and the code name for The Avengers was Group Hug. It felt very much like a group hug on set.” PeopleFirstsActorsNamesStarsFeltRealizingNiceGroupsMinutesProjectsCoffeeCodeHugMovie StarCharismaAvengers Author:Tom Hiddleston
“Meditation is helping me learn to sit still. Twenty minutes of meditation in the morning is a nice way to start my day. If you can actually sit still and really get to that place of silence, you realize what's important and what's not important. Little things don't usually get to me anymore.” IfsWayLittlesStillsImportantHelpingRealizingSilenceMorningNiceMeditationMinutesTwentiesLittle ThingsWhat's Important Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“Some of the longest home runs I've hit, I didn't actually realize they were going that far. Everyone says, 'What does it feel like to hit the ball that far?' Actually, there's no feeling at all. I know when the ball meets the bat whether or not it's left the park. It's a nice easy thing.” KnowsFeelsDoeFeelingsHomeRunningLeftEasyRealizingNiceBallsParksBatsHome RunEasy Things Author:Mark McGwire
“I realize that I want something more. Success is great, but then you also wake up in your hotel room at four in the morning and you're like, wouldn't it be nice to have someone here with me.” WantRealizingRoomsMorningFourNiceWake UpHotelBeing NiceWant SomethingHotel Rooms Author:Alicia Keys
“Clint Eastwood is so fair and consistent. It does not matter who he is talking to, he is always nice. It doesn't matter whether he is with a production assistant or Steven Spielberg, he is friendly and never seems superior. I think it is hard for people to realize that he is accessible because they are caught up in the image and can't talk to him because he is 'Clint Eastwood', so they get tongue-tied. They get terrified. It is funny watching people with him.” PeopleThinkingDoeMatterHardSeemsRealizingTalkingNiceFairsCaughtProductionsTongueSuperiorsConsistentFriendlyTiedTerrifiedCaught UpAssistantsTongue Tied Author:Paul Walker
“Sometimes I can't tell that someone is a selective asshole because they're so nice to me and the people around me that I don't realize it until someone else says, "You know, that person is an asshole." So I'll be fooled by selective assholes sometimes . . . lately.” PeopleKnowsPersonsI CanSometimesRealizingNiceFooledSelective Author:Emma Stone
“So I've been pushed farther and farther out into the mountains, but at the same time realizing that that experience is really nice and I'm glad I'm getting pushed out there farther.” RealizingNiceMountainGladReally Nice Author:Craig Kelly
“Watching 40 mile chunks of ice break off of Antarctica will change your life forever, but realizing that driving a car, or flying a plane, or having a nice steak, or drinking from a plastic bottle all contributed to the destruction of the environment - it's a bit complex, but music needs to pave the way for getting people to think about this kind of complexity. I'm just doing my share.” PeopleThinkingWayNeedsKindBitsRealizingBreakForeverEnvironmentNiceShareCarDestructionDrinkingComplexesDrivingMilesFlyingIcePlanesComplexityBottlesPlasticChanging Your LifeSteakChunksAntarcticaBreak OffPlastic Bottles Author:DJ Spooky
“For me, working in the fashion industry is about getting to meet the minds behind the brands. Sure, there are nice dinners, events and shows - even the occasional freebie - but the best part is getting to sit down with and talk to people that have done great things. You quickly realize that no matter who you're talking to, how famous, brilliant or wealthy they are, they are just "people."” PeopleMindMatterDoneShowsRealizingBehindsTalkingNiceFashionEventsIndustryDinnerBrilliantGreat ThingsBrandsWealthyOccasionalFashion Industry Author:Ben Clymer
“If you want to be a yogi, you must be free, and place yourself in circumstances where you are alone and free from all anxiety. One who desires a comfortable and nice life and at the same time wants to realize the Self is like the fool who, wanting to cross the river, caught hold of a crocodile, mistaking it for a log of wood.” IfsWantSelfDesireRealizingNiceFoolCircumstancesAnxietyComfortableRiversCrossesCaughtWoodsWhere You AreYogiCrocodilesNice Life Book:The Powers of The Mind Source: The Powers of The Mind
“The more I think about it, the more I realize that schools are just factories for turning out robots, that's all. They get you when your small and vulnerable and they take all the human parts away, bit by bit, until you're just a wind-up toy. Turn the key and set it running. And the toy goes to university, gets a job, settles down with someone nice.” ThinkingHumansRunningSchoolJobsTurnsBitsRealizingNiceWindKeysUniversityVulnerableSettlingFactoriesToysRobotsSettling Down Author:Grant Morrison