“Nice people don't necessarily fall in love with nice people.”

“People whose wishes get granted often don't turn out to be very nice people.”

Terry Pratchett book Witches Abroad

“You try to be good, to be good and loving and nice and not hard, not tough, a sweet nice girl, not ugly, not full of ugliness, but people make it impossible.”

Michelle Tea (1971) American writer

“Love can make even nice people do awful things.”

Jude Deveraux (1947) American writer

“It is not enough to be nice; you have to be good. We are attracted by nice people; but only on the assumption that their niceness is a sign of goodness.”

Roger Scruton (1944–2020) English philosopher

“I don't have to be nice to people who are causing great damage to the nation … I refuse to be nice to people who want to overthrow what the military and the security forces have been doing to maintain law and order in this country in the past five years since the illegal overthrow of the Labour Government … I refuse to be nice to people like Jioji Kotobalavu and Qoriniasi Bale. I don't have to be nice to anyone trying to destabilise what the army has built.”

Frank Bainimarama (1954) Prime Minister of Fiji

“Sure, some people are nice. Real nice. Nice like carpets so you can walk all over them.”

David Sedaris (1956) American author

“I do not write about nice people. I am not nice people. Neither is anyone I have ever cared deeply about.”

Dorothy Allison (1949) poet, novelist, critic

“I like nice, honest, talented people.”

Vincent Gallo (1961) American film director, writer, model, actor and musician

“Be nice to people, because nobody likes an asshole. ”

Darren Criss (1987) American actor and singer