“You have to have a bunch of dimensions [of yourself]. You have to be able to adapt in this world. You can't be a nice guy living in a world of savages.” WorldAbleGuyNiceThis WorldBunchDimensionsSavagesNice Guy Author:Mike Tyson
“I decided that I want to live the rest of my life happy with what I'm doing. So when I play tennis again, I have to play it for the right reason. I don't want to play to get my No. 1 ranking back. I don't want to play for the attention, or to earn more. I don't even want to play because the world wants to see me do it, even though it's nice to know that the world is interested. I only want to play because I love the game, which is the reason I began to play at age seven in the first place.” KnowsWorldWantFirstsReasonPlayAgeGamesAttentionNiceDecidedSevenTennisHappy LifeRanking Author:Monica Seles
“Each man's private conscience ought to be a nice little self-registering thermometer: he ought to carry his moral code incorruptibly and explicitly within himself, and not care what the world thinks. The mass of human beings, however, are not made that way; and many people have been saved from crime or sin by the simple dislike of doing things they would not like to confess.” PeopleThinkingMenWorldWayHumansLittlesHas BeensMadeSelfCareHuman BeingsSinSimpleMoralNiceCrimeOughtMoralityMassConscienceSavedCodeDislikeMoral CodeThermometers Book:Modes and Morals Source: Modes and Morals
“It would be a nice way to finish my career by remembering that I batted cleanup in the game in which my team won the World Series. But I now am convinced that I can still help, and if the right situation presented itself, I would have to think seriously about it.” IfsThinkingWorldWayStillsI CanHelpingWould BeRememberGamesSituationCareersNiceTeamSeriesConvincedWorld Series Author:Darren Daulton
“In the weeks prior to the war to liberate Afghanistan, a good friend of mine would ask me almost every day, “Why aren't we killing people yet?” And I never had a good answer for him. Because one of the most important and vital things the United States could do after 9/11 was to kill people. Call it a “forceful response,” “decisive action” ' whatever. Those are all nice euphemisms for killing people. And the world is a better place because America saw the necessity of putting steel beneath the velvet of those euphemisms.” PeopleWorldImportantWarStatesActionAmericaAsksAnswersUnitedUnited StatesSawsNiceWeekMinesResponseKillingAsk MeAfghanistanGood FriendSteelBetter PlaceVelvetEuphemismDecisive Action Author:Jonah Goldberg
“He's (George Steinbrenner) the one who gave me a chance to get to the World Series. This is where I wanted to be all along. We had a couple of nice offers from other teams, but I tied my agents' hands. I told them I wanted to be a Yankee.” WorldHandsWantedChanceNiceTeamCoupleOffersSeriesAgentsTiedYankeesWorld Series Author:Roger Clemens
“Whenever anything nice happens in the world I always expect something appalling to happen immediately afterwards.” WorldHappensNice Author:Charlie Brooker
“In every career, you are balancing or negotiating tricky waters. But, I think that's been something nice that comedy has been able to give me a little bit more. I have the ability to laugh at myself and hopefully not take all of this whole world too seriously.” ThinkingWorldGivingLittlesHas BeensWholeAbleBitsWaterAbilityCareersLaughingComedyNiceLittle BitGive MeWhole WorldHopefullyTrickyNegotiatingHopefully Not Author:Anna Faris
“When you have kids it's nice to have a place where they can always return to and some place where they will grow up in, but I never had that. I'm not attached to things and places. I like that we [the family] keep moving. It's a nomadic life, and I think that's a great life. I'm excited when we take our kids to a new country and they don't just immediately look for the comforts of home. They blend into that country. Send them to any place in the world and they won't be scared. They'll just feel like they can make friends there.” ThinkingWorldFeelsLooksCountryHomeKidsMovingGrowsGrowing UpNiceReturnComfortScaredExcitedKeep MovingPlaces In The WorldNomadicComfort Of Home Author:Angelina Jolie
“I'm not going to waste a second feeling sorry for myself because I'm not a bigger star than I am. I can walk down the street in most places in the world and I still drive really nice cars.” WorldStillsI CanFeelingsStarsWalksNiceStreetsCarWasteBiggerSorryReally NicePlaces In The WorldFeeling SorryNice Cars Author:Steve Earle
“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
“We don't trust anyone who does anything nice. That's just the sad world we live in.” WorldDoeNiceDon't TrustDon't Trust AnyoneSad World Author:Sandra Bullock
“A lot of people who work with wildlife work with wildlife to satisfy their own egos. And I don't really agree with that. What I do is get in nice and close to the animal to make the animal look good. My aim in this world is to make that brown snake, that crocodile, that koala, that red-backed spider, that black widow, look good. That's my job. I have absolutely no problem with my ego or my staff's ego.” PeopleWorldLooksProblemJobsBlackAnimalNiceThis WorldEgoRedAimAgreeBrownStaffSnakesNo ProblemSpidersWildlifeWidowsCrocodilesBlack WidowKoalas Author:Steve Irwin
“My first signing was at my hometown independent bookstore and everyone in the world came. It was so nice. My family was there, my parents, everybody I worked with, all my friends. So I had this great first reading with a like hundred people there.” PeopleWorldFirstsReadingParentNiceHundredMy FriendsMy FamilyIndependentBookstoresSigningHometownIndependent Bookstores Author:Sarah Dessen
“The forces that run the world always try to keep things under control. The population might be having a wonderful time, buying iPods and going to nice restaurants, but I still feel they're all kind of under control.” WorldFeelsTryingKindStillsMightRunningForceNiceWonderfulPopulationAll KindsRestaurantsBuyingIpodsWonderful Times Author:Terry Gilliam
“I was very inventive. I lived in my own world - my dad said I was a loner. Not lonely, just happy in my own company. It's the same now. I need time alone, which is maybe why I love to write. Having said that, I love the sociability of telly. It's a nice contrast.” WorldNeedsWritingSaidMy OwnCompanyNiceDadLonelyMy DadContrastMe AloneLonerTime Of NeedAlone TimeSociabilityMy Own WorldI Need Time Author:Alan Titchmarsh
“Talent matters. Systems matter. Strategies matter. We can't just bring nice people together and think we're going to solve the world's problems.” PeopleThinkingWorldMatterProblemChristianTogetherLeadershipNiceTalentStrategySolveNice People Author:Jeff Henderson
“Shiva danced the world into existence... that's a very nice thought.” WorldExistenceNiceHinduismVery NiceShiva Author:Michael Tippett
“You've got this world, these pathologists that are, day in and day out, taking apart bodies, coming up with theories about how they died and how to better serve the community. At the same time these people have lives outside and families and my character in particular, he has a fiance and things are going well for him, so you've got to show that nice warm compassionate side at the same time you've got to show the steely, icy cool of a doctor. Not only that, but a doctor who gets a bit of a God complex and starts killing people for sport.” PeopleWorldWellsCharacterShowsBodyBitsSportsSidesCommunityNiceThis WorldParticularTheoryDoctorsDiedComplexesKillingWarmCompassionateDoctor WhoIcyFianceGod Complex Author:Milo Ventimiglia
“It's really nice to be able to do something that you've never done. I think that's the gift of being an actor because I get to play a cop, a racist cop and I've never done that before. It's nice to inhabit these other worlds especially when you get to work with great actors.” ThinkingWorldDonePlayAbleActorsNiceRacistCopOther WorldsReally NiceGreat Actors Author:Matt Dillon
“It's like in politics: You can have great intentions for the world, but if you're not a good speaker and if you're not the sort of person that people can intimately link with, then it makes it very easy to say, "Well, they're not a nice person."” PeopleIfsWorldWellsPersonsEasyNiceIntentionLinksSpeakersNice Person Author:Tom Felton
“I mean I don't think it got me interested in acting. I think it might be what makes it so that I can have the idea of the variety of people in the world, different incomes. That helps. When you're going to play someone it's interesting and nice to see experiences that aren't like yours. But there's always the remarkable similarity of all people.” PeopleThinkingWorldMeanI CanIdeasDifferentPlayHelpingMightInterestingActingNiceLike YouIncomeVarietyRemarkableSimilarity Author:Peter Sarsgaard
“Tweeting is something you can do wherever you are, on your phone, on the computer, in an airport lounge. It's easy to do, and I do find it fun to communicate with people. It's quite nice that we can have almost direct contact with anyone in the world at any time. I don't know how important it is in terms of one's career. It seems to be pretty much superfluous in terms of that, but it's nice to communicate.” PeopleKnowsWorldImportantSeemsFunEasyTermCan DoCareersKnow HowNiceComputerDirectPhonesCommunicateContactAirportsSuperfluousWherever You Are Author:Boy George
“The wheel [migration] has been spinning and spinning and spinning. Wouldn't it be nice to imagine a world where that circle stops spinning in that crazy way? Because that's a huge wheel that's crushing people's lives, real people's lives, families.” PeopleWorldWayHas BeensRealNiceImagineCrazyHugeCirclesCrushWheelsBeing NiceFamily LifeSpinningMigration Author:Ruben Martinez
“Prada makes really nice bags and then somebody in China makes knockoffs. This is the knockoff version of the mutant world. You have Weapon X. you have government spending millions of dollars to make it, and then you have these guys who are making thugs out of people that they pull off the street, or who are damaged, or who have found themselves in terrible positions for some reason.” PeopleWorldReasonGovernmentGuyFoundMillionsNiceStreetsPositionTerribleWeaponsDollarsChinaSpendingVersionsBagsReally NiceThugGovernment SpendingMutantsPradaKnockoffs Author:Timothy Miller
“I don't believe in art like I used to. I believe in something beyond it, something that contains art and everything else. But I just don't quite have the nerve to chuck drawing and painting. Part of it is that I enjoy it too much, and part is that I don't have the courage to renounce the world. I don't want to move out of this nice neighborhood so that I can live in a shed and devote myself to meditating and touching something I can't feel. I'm addicted to the fun of playing in the world.” WorldWantFeelsBelieveArtI CanMovingUsedFunI BelieveEnjoyToo MuchNicePaintingArt IsDon't BelieveI Believe InDrawingNeighborhoodNervesTouchingShedMeditatingRenounceChuckDrawing And Painting Author:Jim Woodring
“I come from an environment where the men actually say, "Is it OK if I take off my jacket?" in a meeting. Everyone wears suits; it is a very dressed-up world. Even if I wear jeans, I still wear a blazer and jewelry. I think there is something nice about coming to work and dressing nicely.” IfsThinkingMenWorldStillsEnvironmentNiceHe ManMeetingsSuitsJeansDressingsJacketsJewelryDressed UpBlazers Author:Aerin Lauder
“I am the rightful heir to the flaming global throne of evil. I WILL TAKE THIS WORLD AS MINE, so if you people could just cooperate it would be very nice.” PeopleIfsWorldWould BeEvilNiceThis WorldMinesThronesVery NiceHeirs Author:Jhonen Vasquez
“Anybody who notices unpleasant facts in the have-a-nice-day world we live in is going to be designated a curmudgeon.” WorldFactsNiceNice DayCurmudgeonHave A Nice Day Author:Paul Fussell
“It's nice to be happy. But the meaning of life is meaning - what's the impact you're having on the world. Suffering to accomplish that is a perfectly fine thing.” WorldLife IsSufferingNiceFineImpactAccomplishMeaning Of LifeFine ThingsWorld Suffering Author:Reid Hoffman
“I'm an expert at killing time on planes now. I do a lot of reading. My secret sort of nerdy side is I'm quite into history so I read a lot of history books. Now I write for a few things and I've had a few history things published, which is cool. I indulge my nerdy side and it's kind of as far away as you can get from the acting world so that's nice as well.” WorldWritingWellsKindBookReadingSidesActingSecretNiceKillingPlanesExpertsFar AwayIndulgeHistory BooksNerdyTime To Kill Author:Jeremy Irvine
“It's nice to be able to be whoever you want to be. I moved to New York for that reason. I think I am a very good example of how you really can do whatever you want to do without having any kind of prerequisite experience of any of kind of connection. None of my family members came from this world.” ThinkingWorldWantKindReasonAbleCan DoNiceNew YorkExampleThis WorldMembersMy FamilyConnectionsMovedVery GoodFamily MembersGood ExamplesPrerequisitesDo Whatever You Want Author:Jason Wu
“Comic-Con is a bizarre world. It's wonderful. It's nice, feeling the love. Everywhere you walk, you feel the love.” WorldFeelsFeelingsWalksNiceWonderfulComicBizarreComic ConNice Feeling Author:Anthony Head
“Anybody doesn't like these pitchers don't like potry, see? Anybody don't like potry go home see television shots of big hatted cowboys being tolerated by kind horses. Robert Frank, Swiss, unobtrusive, nice, with that little camera that he raises and snaps with one hand he sucked a sad poem right out of America onto film, taking rank among the poets of the world. To Robert Frank I now give this message: You got eyes.” WorldGivingKindLittlesHomeHandsBigsEyeAmericaFilmNiceTelevisionPoetMessagesShotsHorseCamerasRaisesFrankCowboyPitcherSnapsSwiss Author:Jack Kerouac
“It's nice to represent to other people in the world that Americans actually do know what's happening in the world, can speak other languages and are conscientious. The perception quite often is that we don't know what's beyond our county line.” PeopleKnowsWorldSpeakLanguageLinesNicePerceptionHappeningsCountyOften Is Author:Cary Fukunaga
“The towers fell, and the first thing that went through my head was my dad's voice: 'Well, you brought a new life into the world, and the world's over. Nice timing, numbnuts!” WorldFirstsWellsVoiceNiceDadMy DadTimingTowersNew Life Author:Christopher Titus
“I eat like a kid. I like Chief Boyardee. Their Ravioli, but they have some stuff I've never seen in the real Italian food world. You ever been in a nice Italian restaurant? Hi how are you? Ummm id like to start with a nice bottle of Chanti and a couple of Caesar Salads and umm I'm going to have the Beef a'ronni. And some Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the lady.” WorldRealKidsStuffNiceCoupleChiefsRestaurantsBottlesItalianTeenageSaladBeefTurtlesNinjaMutantsItalian FoodCaesar SaladNinja TurtleTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Author:Brian Regan
“I flew out here on Southwest Airlines. Southwest has a plane that's painted like Shamu the whale from Sea World. Yeah, that'll be easy to find if that went down in the ocean. That'll be nice, when you're trying to get out and a real whale's humping your window.” IfsWorldTryingRealEasyNiceSeaOceanWindowYeahPlanesBeing NiceFlewAirlineWhalesSouthwest Airlines Author:Robert Schimmel
“I don't want to date someone who the whole world knows. Obviously, there are guys you look at and are like, 'Aww yeah, nice,' but I definitely have an anti-celebrity dating thing.” KnowsWorldWantLooksWholeGuyNiceDatingYeahWhole World Author:Stacie Orrico
“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
“In elementary school, we all say, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all.' In high school, we should say, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, shut your mouth.' So that's what I'm telling high schools all around the world.” IfsWorldShouldSchoolNiceMouthsHigh SchoolAround The WorldSay AnythingElementary School Author:Nick Vujicic
“I could do nice, but it's just not as much fun. Being nice isn't my biggest goal in life. I'm trying to be honest about who I am, and that's not always nice. I'm not always the world's cheerleader.” WorldTryingFunGoalNiceHonestWho I AmBeing HonestBeing NiceLife GoalCheerleader Author:Sharon Stone
“Poor Hollywood! These things happen all over the world but what a great backdrop to have Hollywood in our movie. No, but I know people who divorce a lot....and have really nice houses. But I didn't model the character on anyone in particular. And if I did, I would never tell the name.” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldCharacterHappensHouseNamesPoorNiceParticularModelsHollywoodDivorceThings HappenReally NiceBackdropNice House Author:Catherine Zeta-Jones
“I just want to say that um, I'm just really, really shocked at like how nice our world is because it's just so nice. Like oh my God! Like, the other day, like I was sitting there and I saw these magazines and they said I was pregnant, and like, it's so true. Like America, believe everything you read. Because, like, you're smart and I'm stupid. Like for real. Come on y'all.” WorldWantBelieveSaidRealAmericaSawsNiceStupidLike YouSmartSittingMagazinesOur WorldPregnantThey SaidShockedWere Pregnant Author:Britney Spears
“There's such an energy created when the world is turned upside down, and when things are good again it's nice to take note. Then it goes away. Change. Change means friction. Friction happens where things aren't quite right, when everything is separating, when nothing is the same. Later you piece it back together.” WorldMeanHappensTogetherEnergyPiecesNiceDown AndNotesUpside DownBack TogetherSeparatingFriction Author:Laurel Nakadate
“I can stand at the back of the theater and watch an audience laugh, cry, and be moved by what I do. I can entertain people around the world. It's nice when you can give someone that gift.” PeopleWorldGivingI CanWatchesAudienceLaughingNiceCryTheaterMovedAround The World Author:Jerry Bruckheimer
“And to not blink against the greatest player in the world, I think she's going - she said it really nicely. She [Serena Williams] said now, I can call myself a grand slam champion, and that sounds really, really nice. So I'm very happy for her.” ThinkingWorldSaidI CanSoundNicePlayerChampionVery HappyReally NiceBlinkSlam Author:Howard Bryant