“I don't know how that budget would have been worked out, but that was the initial idea. Obviously, we couldn't have had a show with nine expensive actors in it. It was very nice that they were even interested in doing that. But, I was so proud of what we'd done that I couldn't think of a compelling reason to do a lesser version of it.” ThinkingKnowsHas BeensIdeasReasonDoneShowsActorsKnow HowNiceProudNineVersionsBudgetsExpensiveCompellingInitialsVery NiceCompelling Reason Author:Mitchell Hurwitz
“I think middle-class people have the biggest trauma if they have nice imagey parents, all smiling and dolled up.” PeopleIfsThinkingParentClassNiceMiddleTraumaMiddle Class Author:John Lennon
“I still have my school friends who are actually friends. It's nice that they don't think much about my singing career. They think it is cool, and they are happy for me, but they don't really bother me about it. To them, I'm still just the schoolgirl from next door.” ThinkingStillsSchoolNextCareersNiceDoorsSingingBotherSchool FriendsSinging Career Author:Jackie Evancho
“The weird thing about having your birthday on a school day is that by the time you get to be ten, or eleven for sure, no one at school knows it's your birthday anymore. It's not like when you're little and your mom brings cupcakes for the whole class. But even though no one knows, you walk around like it's supposed to be a national holiday. You walk around thinking that people are supposed to be nice to you, like maybe on your birthday you're ten times more breakable than on any other day. Well, it doesn't work that way. It just doesn't.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayWellsLittlesWholeSchoolWalksClassNiceMomTenSupposed To BeHolidayBeing NiceElevenYour MomWeird ThingsCupcakesSchool Days Book:Jack Source: Jack
“[Amy Ray and I] both have this part of our brain that makes us think that everybody should and will be nice and friendly and forthcoming. And then we're completely disillusioned. We have all these grand plans. One of them is the Rolling Thunder Pussy Revue. There's all these women's festivals going on this summer, and we don't think they're as adventurous as they could be. Lilith Fair-right away, by the name, you know they aren't pushing the envelope hard enough.” ThinkingKnowsShouldHardEnoughNamesBrainNicePlansSummerFairsFriendlyPushingRaysBeing NiceRollingThunderFestivalsAdventurousAmyEnvelopesPussyDisillusionedLilithForthcomingPushing The Envelope Author:Ani DiFranco
“I think the way you can tell if a guy and girl are in a serious relationship is whether or not they have black and white pictures of themselves together. That's the real test. Because it takes effort to get nice black and white photos. If you've gone that far, there's no turning back.” IfsThinkingWayRealTogetherGuyGirlBlackWhiteEffortGoneNiceSeriousTestsBlack And WhiteNo Turning BackSerious Relationship Author:Aaron Karo
“People often say very, very nice, complimentary things. But I think it's better if you don't take that too much to heart.” PeopleIfsThinkingHeartToo MuchNiceVery Nice Author:Robin Trower
“I don't know what I think of George W. Bush when he first got in, but I've grown fond of the man, and maybe it's the times we live in. They say he's not an environmentalist. But every time I see his ranch on TV, it looks pretty nice. You know something, if we all took care of our own, we'd have a great environment.” IfsThinkingKnowsMenFirstsLooksCareEnvironmentNiceHe ManTvsEnvironmentalist Author:Dennis Miller
“I got myself a really nice nib pen, with like 15 kinds of India Ink, and tons of different nibs; I think I was just procrastinating, like, once I have the right nib, the book is just going to jump right out of my fingertips... but then it just ended up looking like the shitty drawings that I usually do.” ThinkingKindBookDifferentNiceIndiaDrawingPensInkReally NiceFingertipsProcrastinating Author:Demetri Martin
“I've been trying to get into the Royal Box in New York for years. They say I'm too dirty, my material is too blue. But I think Redd, the whites and blue can be a nice combination.” ThinkingTryingYearsNiceNew YorkMaterialsBlueBoxesCombinationDirtyRoyal Author:Redd Foxx
“Tom Jones is funny to me, man. I mean, he really tries to ape Ray Charles and Sammy Davis, you know. He's nice-looking; he looks good doing it. I mean, if I was him, I'd do the same thing. If I was only thinking about making money.” IfsThinkingKnowsMenTryingLooksMeanNiceMaking MoneyRaysTomsApesCommercialismSammy Davis Author:Miles Davis
“I have a big, flamboyant, open personality, which I think is why people may be saying these nice things about me.” PeopleThinkingMayBigsNicePersonalityNice ThingsFlamboyant Author:Kate Hudson
“It's very nice to be a sort of normal person for once; I think it's about as normal as I'm going to get.” ThinkingPersonsNiceNormalVery Nice Author:Prince Harry
“It's the fantasy of first love. If you've been married for 400 years, as I have, it's nice to experience first love again and you can vicariously through a book. And it is such a fantasy. It takes you away from doing the dishes and the laundry. I think of this as a contemporary romance rather than erotic fiction.” IfsThinkingYearsFirstsBookRomanceFictionFantasyNiceMarriedContemporaryDishesFirst LoveEroticLaundryLove Again Author:E. L. James
“It's really nice when you can sit down with somebody and just talk to them, and talk about your ideas and what you think the character is, and they respond to it. It's a really nice way to do it, but it doesn't happen very often.” ThinkingWayIdeasCharacterHappensNiceReally Nice Author:Aaron Ashmore
“What I learned, in the two months that we shot, I don't think I could have learned in two to four years of drama school. It's invaluable to me, and that's been the most fun. It's been nice to let this be a learning experience in everything.” ThinkingYearsTwoSchoolFunFourNiceMonthsDramaShotsFour YearsTwo MonthsInvaluableLearning Experience Author:Steven Yeun
“I think a woman is sexy when she's in nice clothes, flattering clothes. I don't think that being half-dressed in little half-tops... I don't find that sexy.” ThinkingLittlesHalfNiceClothesSexyFlatteringNice Clothes Author:Angelina Jolie
“It doesn't matter if you're good at anything, just try your best. Then there's the idea that individually they're flawed but together they can do amazing things. I think that's a very nice message and it's not something you hit people over the head with. It just comes with The Muppets; it's what they're about. It's that kind of innocent try, try, try quality. And it also makes them underdogs. You can't help but support the underdog.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingKindIdeasMatterHelpingTogetherCan DoQualitySupportNiceMessagesInnocentFlawedVery NiceAmazing ThingsUnderdogTry Your BestMuppet Author:James Bobin
“My job is to provide the atmosphere and assistance to the contestants to get them to perform at their very best. And if I'm successful doing that, I will be perceived as a nice guy, and the audience will think of me as being a bit of a star.” IfsThinkingJobsGuyStarsBitsAudienceSuccessfulNiceAtmosphereAssistanceThink Of MeNice GuyContestants Author:Alex Trebek
“People found me ugly and weird looking. All those years of that whole insecurity thing just makes you feel horrible then really slowly you start to think if they can make me look nice in the picture then it's not that bad.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsYearsLooksWholeFoundNiceUglyHorribleInsecurity Author:Lara Stone
“Most people can be made to look beautiful - someone can do your hair nice and put some make-up on - but being sexy is something inside and not everybody has it. I don't think I ever really had it, a lot of it is to do with confidence.” PeopleThinkingLooksMadeBeautifulCan DoNiceHairSexyBeing Sexy Author:Lara Stone
“I think that sometimes I've been a little too nice. I think you have to have a balance. When you're too nice people take you for granted, they take you for a fool I think.” PeopleThinkingLittlesSometimesNiceFoolBalanceGrantedNice PeopleToo Nice Author:Godfrey
“A lot of the time, the British press make me ashamed and embarrassed to be British. They give others the impression that the British are selfish, envious and bitter people, which is simply not true in my opinion. I think that British people in general are really nice and friendly.” PeopleThinkingGivingOpinionNicePressesBritishSelfishImpressionBitterAshamedFriendlyEmbarrassedReally NiceEnviousBitter People Author:Melanie Chisholm
“I think that music is stale because of it. I think that we have the same artists from day to day. It's nice to see an artist dip out and come back in every once in awhile. There's a such thing as oversaturating the market. I mean look at Britney.” ThinkingLooksMeanArtistNiceMusic IsDay To DayStaleDip Author:Willa Ford
“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
“I think Elvis Presley is a crooner. Even people like Eddie Vedder, I hear him sing some things and I go "wow". Seal, that kind of nice voice, too.” PeopleThinkingKindVoiceNiceWowSeals Author:Michael Buble
“I've never had the Lord say, 'Jesse, I think that car is a little bit too nice.' I've had vehicles and the Lord said, 'Would you please go park that at your house. Don't put that in front of my house. I don't want people to think that I'm a poor God.'” PeopleThinkingWantLittlesSaidHouseBitsPoorLordNiceCarFrontsPleaseLittle BitParksVehicleToo Nice Author:Jesse Duplantis
“I'm trying to learn how to listen to people and how not to think that this is all I am. It's not going to change the fact that at home I'm going to put away the clean dishes, and I'm going to have to be nice to my siblings. It encourages me, but it doesn't define me.” PeopleThinkingTryingFactsHomeNiceCleanDishesBeing NiceSiblingMy Siblings Author:Bethany Dillon
“I think we filmed a lot of the recording and it would be nice to do something with it but you know, videos are tricky because we know how to make albums but I'm not very good at video editing .” ThinkingKnowsWould BeKnow HowNiceVery GoodAlbumsVideoBeing NiceEditingTrickyVideo Editing Author:Jess Margera
“I was raised a nice Jewish boy in a Conservative household. Went to Camp Ramah. It's funny actually. I think I enacted my queerness there unconsciously. I was kind of one of the weirdos. I was on staff and definitely interested in alternatives to what that social structure was supposed to be.” ThinkingKindSocialBoysNiceStructureRaisedConservativeAlternativesSupposed To BeCampsHouseholdStaffWeirdoSocial Structure Author:Jay Michaelson
“I think it's very sad that CNN leads Jeb Bush, down a road by starting off virtually all the questions, "Mr. Trump this, Mister" - I think it's very sad. I watched the first debate, and the first long number of questions were, "Mr. Trump said this, Mr. Trump said that. Mr. Trump" - these poor guys - although, I must tell you, [Rick] Santorum, good guy. Governor [Mike] Huckabee, good guy. They were very nice, and I respect them greatly. But I thought it was very unfair that virtually the entire early portion of the debate was Trump this, Trump that, in order to get ratings, I guess.” ThinkingFirstsLongSaidGuyOrderPoorNumbersNiceTrumpStartingDebatePortionsGovernorsUnfairMikeVery NiceGood GuyRatingCnnVery Sad Author:Jeb Bush
“I would describe my style for those who haven't listened to my music as definitely..up-tempo. I try to have something nice, something people could dance to. It's kind of hard though to describe my sound in one record because I think when I approach music I try to do something different every day. Do a different vibe.” PeopleThinkingTryingKindDifferentHardSoundRecordsNiceStyleHavensApproachTempo Author:Kid Ink
“Akon is a very talented songwriter to work with. His melodies, they're just insane. It's funny, I think about him a lot when I'm doing my melodies because he's so simple, and he's just been great. He keeps me on my feet, very grounded, but he also puts me on a silver platter, which is always very nice. So it's been an incredible influence. It's like every time you work with somebody that's better that you are, you become greater.” ThinkingSimpleGreaterNiceFeetInfluenceIncrediblesInsaneSilverMelodySongwritersGroundedVery NiceSilver Platter Author:Lady Gaga
“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
“I'm not much of a correspondent. My letters are not only uninteresting but sparse. I'm glad I don?t have to write for a living. It?s arduous work and the money is very uncertain. On those rare occasions when I wander into a bookstore it amazes me to see the avalanche of literature and semi-literature that is turned out weekly in this country. The people who write these things are either desperate for money or love starved. Why should anyone on a nice balmy day lock oneself in an office and hit a typewriter for hours on end. I think one of the greatest pleasures in the world is not writing.” PeopleThinkingWorldShouldWritingEndsCountryLiteratureHoursPleasureNiceOfficeLettersOneselfGladWanderOccasionsDesperateLocksUncertainBookstoresTypewritersGreatest PleasuresAvalanchesRare Occasion Author:Groucho Marx
“The most dangerous thing that can happen to us, I think, is to permit a feeling to develop that any client is a problem. I have always taken the attitude that no account is a 'problem account' but that all accounts have important problems attached to them - that you can waste more time and burn up more nervous energy by fighting a problem than by taking a positive attitude and solving it. It sure gives you a nice, warm glow when you do.” ThinkingGivingImportantFeelingsProblemHappensFightingEnergyAttitudeTakenNiceDangerousWasteAccountsWarmNervousPositive AttitudeMore TimePermitClientsDangerous Things Author:Leo Burnett
“I think there's a danger that we're moving towards a state where the people we are expected to admire are almost not human anymore, and I don't like that. I prefer it when someone looks like a nice person, and you think, 'I could have a laugh with them in the pub.'” PeopleThinkingHumansLooksPersonsStatesMovingLaughingNiceDangerExpectedAdmirePubsNice PersonHave A Laugh Author:Jo Brand
“Some people mistakenly think nature is very nice and benevolent and never betrays.” PeopleThinkingNiceBetrayVery NiceBenevolent Author:Margaret Atwood
“If you can't think of anything nice to say, come sit here beside me.” IfsThinkingNice Author:Alice Roosevelt Longworth
“In fact almost everyone in my yearbook wrote the same thing to me: "To weird girl, you're nice." I didn't think it was bad. When I showed my mother she said, "Everyone is different." Being weird became my tool. I'm weird; that's who I am. It was my coping badge.” ThinkingSaidDifferentFactsMotherGirlNiceToolsWho I AmCopingBadgesYearbookBeing WeirdEveryone Is Different Author:Jenny Lawson
“I think the nice thing about showing work in New York is that other artists come to see it. When you show work in Switzerland or somewhere else, everywhere else seems to be the provinces in a certain way. You wonder what your paintings are doing on the walls and you wonder who's looking at them.” ThinkingWayShowsSeemsArtistCertainWonderNiceNew YorkPaintingWallSomewhere ElseNice ThingsProvincesSwitzerland Author:Julian Schnabel
“I think when something becomes a comfortable genre, it's against what street art stood for in the beginning - breaking out of genres and taking art out of galleries. Now street art is in the gallery, and it's all made up into a nice, packaged concept.” ThinkingArtMadeNiceStreetsComfortableArt IsConceptsGenreGalleryStreet Art Author:M.I.A.
“It's nice to think people might be talking about it after they've seen it. With some comedies it's a bit 'wham bam thank you ma'am', and then you just go for a pizza.” PeopleThinkingMightBitsTalkingComedyNicePizza Author:Alice Lowe
“I think most of us, as writers, have had experiences where you get edited and it doesn't feel like your voice at all. And so it's been nice to go through the experience of having a lot wind up on the cutting-room floor, and yet still feel that your voice is being - not purified, but made more yourself. I think that's a very rare thing.” ThinkingFeelsMadeStillsVoiceRoomsNiceCuttingWindLike YouEditedRare Things Author:Sarah Stillman
“The one nice thing about doing a character for a long time is, you begin to feel more comfortable, and you are thinking less and behaving more.” ThinkingFeelsLongCharacterNiceComfortableLong TimeNice ThingsThinking Less Author:Gary Cole
“I love New Zealand. Every time I'm in New Zealand someone makes a joke about it being mostly sheep, which I think is unfair, because it's mostly nice people. It's mostly nice people and really wonderful scenery.” PeopleThinkingNiceWonderfulJokesSheepUnfairSceneryNew ZealandNice People Author:Patrick Stump
“If you go out with someone and decide you don't want to see them again, do them the courtesy of saying, "Hey, I had a nice time, but I don't think things are going to work out between us." Only you can help fight ghosting.” IfsThinkingWantHelpingFightingNiceWork OutHeyGoing To WorkCourtesyNice Time Author:Mallory Ortberg
“I usually always think of characters and sometimes the characters are a little bit invented, so it's nice to give these invented, blurry, personas an actually name. It makes me get closer to them or something like that. But they're not all real, they're weird amalgamations of reality.” ThinkingGivingLittlesRealSometimesCharacterRealityNamesBitsNiceLittle BitPersonaBlurryAmalgamation Author:Matt Berninger
“I don't really like over-explaining the songs. Everyone constantly asks what the songs are about, and I think the thing is that the songs definitely all have stories in them; it's just nice to let people decide what they are. I think it's important that people hear it themselves rather than having me annotate it.” PeopleThinkingImportantStoriesSongAsksNiceExplaining Author:Tom Odell