Famous Quotes & Sayings

A. J. Jacobs

I’d recommend learning to accept rejection. Become friends with rejection. Be nice to rejection, because it’s a huge part of being a writer, no matter where you are in your career.

A. J. Jacobs

My immune system has always been overly welcoming of germs. It's far too polite, the biological equivalent of a southern hostess inviting y'all nice microbes to stay awhile and have some artichoke dip.

A. J. Jacobs

Think of negative speech as verbal pollution. And that's what I've been doing: visualizing insults and gossip as a dark cloud, maybe one with some sulfur dioxide. Once you've belched it out, you can't take it back. As grandma said, if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. The interesting this is, the less often I vocalize my negative thoughts, the fewer negative thoughts I cook up in the first place.

A. J. McLean

My idea of the perfect bottom would be nice, bubbly, curvy, firm, maybe a little bit bouncy.

Aaron Ashmore

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.

Aaron Allston

No one pays me to be nice.

Agatha Christie

It is really a hard life. Men will not be nice to you if you are not good-looking, and women will not be nice to you if you are.

Adriana Trigiani

There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who want to know the facts, and those who want to make up a nice story to feel better. I wish I was the kind who made up stories.

Adrian Grenier

I enjoy pumping iron, but I do try and get the yoga, 'cause it's a nice balance to the weightlifting.

Adam Young

I tend to have to just get away from it all, so it is nice when touring to be able to come home for a week or two and close the door and not really see anybody.

Ada Leverson

To a woman--I mean, a nice woman--there is no such thing as men. There is a man; and either she is so fond of him that she can talk of nothing else, however unfavourably, or so much in love with him that she never mentions his name.

Abraham Cowley

It is a hard and nice subject for a man to speak of himself: it grates his own heart to say anything of disparagement, and the reader's ear to hear anything of praise from him.

Alex O'Loughlin

It's nice having your work recognized but having people follow you around is kinda weird.

Alex Rodriguez

We (Derek Jeter and I) want to kill each other. I think we both drive each other and motivate each other. But, when we're off the field, we're like family. I think the nice thing about it is we became good friends before we even mad it to the big leagues. That makes it more of a healthy relationship.

Alex Rodriguez

There is a difference between image and reputation. Image is nice. Reputation is developed over an entire career. Reputation is what I'm searching for.

We played well. It's nice to get a win before our tournament this weekend.

Those were nice wins for us, too. It's really been very encouraging.

Tim had a real nice race for us today. If we can do that at the big meets, we will do very well.

Sara Rue

Working on 'Malibu Country' with Reba McEntire is truly a gift. She is one of the nicest people that I have ever had a the pleasure to be around. She is so professional and always on time and has it together. It really is a joy to be around her.

I thought we had a pretty nice run in the fourth.

Terry Farrell

I thought they played well. It's nice to get that first win (in the playoffs.

I thought that was a real nice gesture. I'm going to write him a nice letter.

I think we put together a pretty nice piece.

Don King

I think we've done well this year. We've competed in some of the big tournaments and did a nice job.

Colm Meaney

As an actor, I like to get a bit of momentum going with a character and kind of work a bit quicker. I mean, not crazy-fast, but, you know, five or six pages a day is a nice pace.

Daniella Alonso

I can be a nice person, but if someone is messing with someone I care about, the tougher side comes out a little more.

Danielle Steel

Lust is temporary, romance can be nice, but love is the most important thing of all. Because without love, lust and romance will always be short-lived.

Daniel Okrent

If you really hate George Bush, you don't want to read about his hobbies or that he's nice to his friends or that he's good company at dinner.

Dan Marino

It's nice to feel the fans are behind you. You shouldn't concern yourself with things like that - but it does matter.

Dan Marino

It's real nice and exciting for me to break the records, but it's more exciting for me to be on a winning team.

Conan O'Brien

When reached for comment on the charges, Martha didn't say much, (only) that a subpoena should be served with a nice appetizer.

Conan O'Brien

I had an amazing experience in Cuba. People there are fantastic. But I do have to say it's very nice to be back home in front of all of you capitalist pigs.

Conan O'Brien

President Obama and Vladimir Putin are both in China attending the same economic summit. Obama saw Putin and said, 'After those midterms, it's nice to finally see a friendly face.'