Famous Quotes & Sayings

Noam Chomsky

Stock ownership in the US is very highly concentrated. [Shareholder actions are] something, but it's like the old Communist Party in the USSR, it would be nice to see more protest inside the Communist Party but it's not democracy. It's not going to happen. [Shareholder actions] are a good step, but they're mostly symbolic.

Mike Nichols

I was just trying to make a nice little movie... It wasn't until I saw it all put together that I realized this was something remarkable.

Mike Myers

While it is nice to be discovered, it's much better to discover yourself.

Joey Logano

Some of the fans look at me as a villain or not a nice guy for some reason. I don't feel like that's the case, personally.

Joey Ramone

I think it's a nice payback. There aren't many people that kind of give back to artists that were their inspiration. Most people think they're . . . they're very self bloated.

Joe Swanberg

There's something really nice about missing the person you're with. To have someone be apart enough to force independence and to also look forward to seeing that person.

Joe Strummer

If I had five million pounds I'd start a radio station because something needs to be done. It would be nice to turn on the radio and hear something that didn't make you feel like smashing up the kitchen and strangling the cat.

Joe Montana

Yeah, it's nice to look up to people, but the more you try to be somebody else, the less you are of yourself.

Joe Cocker

It's nice to get a response from the artists that I cover.

Joe DiMaggio

The absolute worst thing a person can say about your pictures is, '"That's nice." It's the kiss of death.

Jodi Picoult

there's something nice about knowing that i'm not the only one who doesn't quite fit the part.

Jodi Picoult

It was nice not having to be the one in control, for a little while. It was nice to be the one who was protected, instead of the one who'd been protecting eveyone else.

John Gray

always thought of myself as a loving person. But she was right. I had been a fair-weather friend. As long as she was happy and nice, I loved back. But if she was unhappy or upset, I would feel blamed and then argue or distance myself

John Green

It was nice - in the dark and the quiet... and her eyes looking back, like there was something in me worth seeing.

John Green

I'm not saying it was your fault. I'm saying it wasn't nice.

John Green

To be fair to Monica," I said, "what you did to her wasn't very nice either." "What'd I do to her?" he asked, defensive. "You know, going blind and everything." "But that's not my fault," Isaac said. "I'm not saying it was your fault. I'm saying it wasn't nice.

John Green

I like to know the places I write about. I feel like it helps me ground the novel. My novels are 'realistic novels,' but they can also be fantastical, so it's nice to have a setting that grounds them a little bit.

John Green

AHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!' he screamed. 'So that's Sara,' I said. 'Yes.' 'She seems nice.

John Green

...It was nice to spend time with someone so interesting.

John Green

It's nice to have people who will feel guilty for you.

Patanjali

Sloth is the great enemy -- the inspirer of cowardice, irresolution, self-pitying grief, and trivial, hairsplitting doubts. Sloth may also be a psychological cause of sickness. It is tempting to relax from our duties, take refuge in ill-health and hide under a nice warm blanket.

Pat Robertson

I can love the people who hold false opinions but I don't have to be nice to them.

P.M. Forni

Civility means a great deal more than just being nice to one another. It is complex and encompasses learning how to connect successfully and live well with others, developing thoughtfulness, and fostering effective self-expression and communication. Civility includes courtesy, politeness, mutual respect, fairness, good manners, as well as a matter of good health. Taking an active interest in the well-being of our community and concern for the health of our society is also involved in civility.

P. J. O'Rourke

Good manners can replace morals. It may be years before anyone knows if what you are doing is right. But if what you are doing is nice, it will be immediately evident.

Mary Roach

I walk up and down the rows. The heads look like rubber halloween masks. They also look like human heads, but my brain has no precedent for human heads on tables or in roasting pans or anywhere other than on top of a human bodies, and so I think it has chosen to interpret the sight in a more comforting manner. - Here we are at the rubber mask factory. Look at the nice men and woman working on the masks.

Martin Freeman

I think if you were known for playing something other than being a nice guy then people might be a little less likely to take liberties with you. If you are Ray Winstone, and people have seen you kick a few people to death, then they are a little less likely to approach you or whatever.

Martin Freeman

I like bootcut jeans in a plain style with a nice line.

Mark Millar

When that character and the X-Force appeared, they took the comic world by storm. You have to look at those numbers. And you see that that isn't Rob Liefeld's only creation. There's all these other things, like Cable and Domino. There's so many things that actually could be fascinating onscreen and unlike anything you've ever seen before onscreen. So I think Fox is in a really nice position where they've got something that feels as wide and different as the Marvel Universe.

Marilyn Monroe

Wouldnt it be nice to be like men and get notches in your belt... and not get emotionally involved?

Nikki Cox

When all of a sudden, people say, 'Wow, you look nice,' and carry on, it's shocking. Really awkward.

Nikki Sanderson

People are mostly very nice, and I always say hello. I'm laid back, so I don't mind. I think if people watch the show and want to say hi, you've got to be nice.

Nikki Sixx

UNUSED LYRIC I’ve never been to Eden But it’s nice I hear tell When I die I’ll go to heaven ’Cause I’ve done my time in hell

Nikki Giovanni

I just think she was a wonderful woman. What I think of when I think of Nina [Simone] is someone that I could relate to, who didn't want anything from me, that could relate to me because I didn't want anything from her. It was nice.