“Being tame is what we're taught: ... put the crayons back, stay in line, don't talk too loud, keep your knees together, nice girls don't... As you might know, nice girls DO, and they like to feel wild and alive. Being tame feels safe, being wild, unsafe. Yet safety is an illusion anyway. We are not in control. No matter how dry and tame and nice we live, we will die. And we will suffer along the way. Living wild is its own reward.” KnowsWayFeelsMatterMightTogetherSufferingDiesGirlLinesNiceAliveTaughtSafeIllusionSafetyRewardsLoudKneesDryUnsafeCrayonNice Girl Author:Sark
“Drama's not safe and it's not pretty and it's not kind. People expect the basic template of television drama where there might be naughty villains, but everyone ends up having a nice cup of tea. You've got to do big moral choices and show the terrible things people do in terrible situations. Drama is failing if it doesn't do that.” PeopleIfsKindEndsShowsBigsMightChoicesSituationMoralNiceFailingTelevisionTerribleDramaSafeCupsTeaVillainTerrible ThingsNaughtyCups Of TeaNot PrettyKind PeopleMoral ChoicesTelevision Drama Author:Russell T Davies
“Naming is nice. It took me days before I was able to speak a name for my first child (what if people did not like it?), and I suspect we gave her a secret, second name as well, to keep her safe.” PeopleIfsFirstsWellsChildrenAbleNamesSpeakSecretNiceSafeWhat IfSuspects Author:Anne Enright
“I do believe that nice religious people make the world safe for extremists by teaching us [...] that faith is a virtue, teaching us that there's something good about holding beliefs without any substantiating evidence. Once you buy into that, [...] then the door is opened to extremists who defend their extremism by saying, 'Oh well, it's my faith, you can't touch it, you can't criticise my faith, I don't even need to defend it because faith is faith.'” PeopleWorldNeedsBelieveWellsBeliefReligiousVirtueNiceDoorsTeachingSafeEvidenceExtremismExtremistOh WellCriticise Author:Richard Dawkins
“Moderation assures mediocrity -- nice, safe. Mediocrity is for the mediocre -- simple, okay. The intense rule; the mediocre follow.” SimpleNiceSafeOkayIntenseMediocrityMediocreModeration Author:Dave Draper
“I could stay making nice safe BBC movies for the rest of my life, so I decided to risk it. It was a challenge, to work with Oliver Stone.” ChallengesNiceRiskSafeStonesDecidedRisk It Author:Anthony Hopkins
“The story we hear over and over again is: Boy in science class, very nice to the girl, says, "Please come to our party on Saturday night." She, of course, shows up. He hands her two, three, four, five drinks. She becomes so inebriated he says, "You can sleep it off in my room. It'll be safe." Or, "I'll walk you home." It's all premeditated with the intention of having sex with that woman without her consent when she's passed out. It's a huge issue.” TwoStoriesShowsHomeHandsNightGirlThreeCoursesSexSleepWalksRoomsPartyClassBoysIssuesFiveFourNiceHugeDrinkPleaseSafeIntentionConsentSaturdayVery NiceSaturday NightHaving SexScience Class Author:Kirsten Gillibrand