Alan Arkin Quotes

Nothing is gained by not being kind and courteous.

I think one can achieve a very pleasant lifestyle by treating human beings, fellow human beings, very well.

I'm always nice.

Although it sounds very trite, I wish people were nice.

Everyone can be rude, and everyone can be kind.

Be nice to each other. You can make a whole day a different day for everybody.

It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.

He who doesn't consider himself is seldom considerate of others.

How someone treats a waiter or doorman can tell you so much about a person.

Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove unavailing if you or your employees treat your patrons abruptly. The truth is, the more kind and liberal a man is, the more generous will be the patronage bestowed upon him.

You don't want to be nasty for the sake of being nasty.

Kindness is always fashionable, and always welcome.

My dad was a big believer in treating people well, oftentimes even when he himself wasn't well.

Many men fail because they do not see the importance of being kind and courteous to the men under them. Kindness to everybody always pays for itself. And, besides, it is a pleasure to be kind.

'Be nice' is my family's basic rule but one that often goes unfollowed in Hollywood. There's always a moment when you can choose between being snarky and being kind. I opt for the latter - it's much less exhausting!

Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused.

The wonderful thing is that it's so incredibly easy to be kind.

As youngsters, my mother taught her children that while we might not be the smartest people around, we could be courteous, polite and considerate of others.

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.

There was one thing my daddy wouldn't tolerate in any shape, form or fashion, and that was being unkind or rude to somebody. That was just very important to my folks. And as it turns out, that was a legacy that he left me that money can't buy, is how to be able to treat people.

People think of me as a nice person because, I think, I have grown into a nice person.

What I'm looking for in people now is kindness.

Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but to everyone all the time.

For one thing, there is absolutely nothing wrong with being nice. There is nothing uncool about it; there's nothing wrong with being kind.

The '80s have not been a gracious decade, and people are seeking ways to be nice to each other.