“I love this life, because I am a human being and it sure would be nice, I think, to preserve it. But I don't even know if that's true, because God's mind is huge, and I don't really know what he's thinking.I can only do what I do with a spirit of humor, and faith and give the controls over to something else.” IfsThinkingKnowsGivingMindHumansI CanWould BeSpiritHuman BeingsNiceHugeThis LifePreservesBeing Nice Author:Elizabeth Lesser
“... the transaction between a writer and the spirit of the age is one of infinite delicacy, and upon a nice arrangement between the two the whole fortune of his works depend.” TwoWholeAgeSpiritNiceDependsInfiniteFortuneArrangementsTransactionsDelicacy Book:Orlando: A Biography Source: Orlando: A Biography
“Infatuation is one of those slightly comic illnesses which are at once so undignified and so painful that a nice-minded world does its best to ignore their existence altogether, referring to them only under provocation and then with apology, but, like its more material brother, this boil on the neck of the spirit can hardly be forgotten either by the sufferer or anyone else in his vicinity. The malady is ludicrous, sad, excruciating and, above all, instantly diagnosable.” WorldDoeSpiritExistenceNiceBrotherMaterialsForgottenPainfulIllnessComicNecksApologyInfatuationReferringSufferersProvocationMaladyVicinity Book:Three Cases for Mr. Campion Source: Three Cases for Mr. Campion
“I believe that parts of people like John Garfield and Moms Mabley, the parts of them that I needed to be able to do what I'm doing, came into me. There's a very nice feeling that there are many, many spirits inside of me looking after me . . .” PeopleBelieveFeelingsAbleSpiritI BelieveNiceMomNeededVery NiceNice FeelingGarfield Author:Whoopi Goldberg
“The further we travel down the path of enlightenment, the more humble we become. We shouldn't seek to impress others—or allow ourselves to be taken—with mere outer trappings. If we do our inner work, our spirit will be our calling card. Nice to meet you.” IfsSpiritWorkPathTakenNiceCallingTravelEnlightenmentMereHumbleCardsImpressNice To Meet You Author:Philip Toshio Sudo
“I just can't ever be a free spirit and just relax. When it comes to work, this is good. I'm very disciplined, which with writing is often half the battle, or more. But it also means that if I want to, say, play hooky and chocolate and watch Bravo all afternoon, I feel horribly guilty. I wish I could find a nice balance.” IfsWantFeelsWritingMeanPlaySpiritWishHalfWatchesNiceBalanceBattleGuiltyRelaxChocolateAfternoonFree SpiritBravo Author:Sarah Dessen
“I don't really get philosophical, but I believe that nice people are strong and usually in my horror stories, I don't like to write about the old standard where some rotten guy gets chased by a mean spirit that gets him in the end.I'd rather write about nice people that are menaced from outside by some sort of evil power and who sort of slug it out.” PeopleWritingBelieveMeanEndsStoriesSpiritGuyEvilStrongI BelieveNiceHorrorStandardsPhilosophicalRottenNice PeopleHorror StoriesSlugs Author:Stephen King
“I like to work on New Year's Eve. It has a nice spirit; a nice feel about it. If you are all about the 'year-end' thing at all, then laughing with fellow human beings is a great way to start the new year.” IfsWayFeelsYearsHumansEndsSpiritHuman BeingsLaughingNiceFellowsNew YearNew Years EveYear End Author:Paula Poundstone