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Quotes About Friendliness

Calcutta's the only city I know where you are actively encouraged to stop strangers at random for a quick chat.
~ Tahir Shah
In the South, everyone speaks, if you know each other or not. I'm raising my daughter more Southern, like how her father and I were raised.
~ Shanola Hampton
When Rufus and Cody got off they said, "Hi, Mrs. Watson," and gave her their big smiles.
~ Christopher Paul Curtis
Was she always that friendly? I joke. She saw Robert. At least I got that out of her. Maybe she buried him in the backyard. Stop. Did you smell it in there? Yes. That wasn't a normal smell. That wasn't the sort of something's-gone-bad-in-the-garbage smell. That was the sort of Dahmer-next-door smell. Stop it. I'm serious, I say. It's probably just some dead animal. Oh, well, in that case, it's fine.
~ Travis Thrasher
They were so...larger than life, these Yanks, with their ready smiles and booming voices. And their gratitude. Not at all like the Brits, who thanked her with clipped words and cool voices and firm handshakes. She'd lost track of the times an American had hugged her so tightly she'd come off her feet.
~ Kristin Hannah
Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is what always upsets the foreigner, who deals with them, they are so friendly how can they be so suspicious they are so suspicious how can they be so friendly but they just are.
~ Gertrude Stein
His eyes were curiously deep, and a warm, gray color. His mouth was thin-lipped, but a little wide and altogether friendly. His light, straight brown hair was already receding at the temples. He wore it clipped short, and he would be nearly bald before his thirties were out, but since he was not the sort of man to whom good looks are necessary, this would make little difference.
~ Gordon R. Dickson
She was responding to him with parts of herself that had been buried so long she had forgotten they existed. In his office that morning, when he shook her hand, she had suddenly felt a warmth of affection, of nostalgia, of gratitude even—and again in the lobby—he had somehow made her feel safe. It was his friendliness that was so unsettling. She had grown used to unfriendly people.
~ James Baldwin
In his office that morning, when he shook her hand, she had suddenly felt a warmth of affection, of nostalgia, of gratitude even—and again in the lobby—he had somehow made her feel safe. It was his friendliness that was so unsettling. She had grown used to unfriendly people.
~ James Baldwin
Computers have become more friendly, understandable, and lots of years and thought have been put into developing software to convince people that they want and need a computer.
~ Roberta Williams
The measure of wisdom is in simplicity, humility, and in friendliness.
~ Debasish Mridha M.D.
The tearoom lady called me love. All the shop ladies called me love and most of the men called me mate. I hadn't been here twelve hours and already they loved me.
~ Bill Bryson
Only friendliness produces friendship. And we must look far deeper into the soul of man for the thing that produces friendliness.
~ Gilbert K. Chesterton
Therein lies the problem with most churches. Churches perceive they are a friendly church because the members are friendly to one another. But they don't think about walking in the shoes of first-time guests. They don't look at their facilities, their parking, their website, or their friendliness from a guest perspective.
~ Thom S. Rainer
I'm from the Midwest. We like to know who our neighbors are.
~ Jami Attenberg
I've played golf everywhere in New Jersey. People are nice to me. It's great.
~ Martin Brodeur
I'm cool with everybody. The fans have been nothing but nice to me.
~ Ryan Howard
I just try to be as nice as possible and make fun of myself and laugh at the jokes.
~ Mikaela Shiffrin
I really don't have that many run-ins. People by and large are very nice to me.
~ Peggy Lee
Lots of luck to Paige VanZant. I met her a few times. She's very nice girl.
~ Joanna Jedrzejczyk
I find nice people kind of boring.
~ Jason Reitman
I pride myself on being the nicest person in the room or being the nicest person to people.
~ Charlamagne tha God
Sigourney Weaver was one of the nicest lady actors I have ever met. So friendly about everything.
~ Jeremy Howard
We travel all over the world, and it seems like the South is the place where the people are nicest and they think of the fellow man more.
~ Gary Rossington