History Quotes / BewareTheNiceOnes

--> '''Digby:''' Listen, okay, here's the thing, you always gotta be kind, you always gotta try your best, and there is no sense in being a [[PrecisionFStrike fuckin']] ''[[ExtremeDoormat pushover]]''. ''[[[DramaticGunCock cocks gun]]]'' You understand? We might be small, and we're real nice, we try to be kind to everybody, but if you come to the tree, you better be ready to never fuckin' leave, you understand me?

''WebOriginal/{{Dimension20}}''

-->-- '''Gohan''', ''Franchise/DragonBall''

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->''The important thing about this ideal is the double demand it makes on human nature. The knight is a man of blood and iron, a man familiar with the sight of smashed faces and the ragged stumps of lopped off limbs; he is also a demure, almost maiden-like, guest in hall, a gentle, modest, unobtrusive man. He is not a compromise or happy mean between ferocity and meekness; he is fierce to the Nth and meek to the Nth...''
-->-- '''Creator/CSLewis''', ''The Necessity of Chivalry''

->''Ang mabait, pag magalit, malupit''.\\
("When the good ones go angry, they're brutal.")
-->-- Old Filipino saying

->''Pisica blandă zgarie cel rău.''\\
("The gentlest cat scratches the worst.")
-->-- Old Romanian saying

->''"Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I am kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me."''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/AlCapone'''

->''"Beware the fury of a patient man."''
-->-- '''John Dryden'''

->''And Bush, President Bush? Complete surprise. He turned into a demon, man. When he was first President, they called him the "wimp President". I mean, this was the cover of Newsweek: "WIMP. PRESIDENT." Apparently, it stuck in this guy's craw a little bit... Guy turned into a fucking demon, man. "We surrender!" "Not good enough." "We run away!" "Too little, too late. We're havin' WAY too much fun!"''
-->-- '''Creator/BillHicks''', on the Gulf War

->''"Our wonderful city of Brotherly Love is always happy to show some Brotherly Love, unless you've offended us. Then, be prepared to pay the price."''
-->-- '''Erin Dunne''', NBC Sports Philadelphia writer, in an article [[https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/76ers/sixers-fans-greet-jared-dudley-loud-boos-game-5-philadelphia about Brooklyn Nets player Jared Dudley being booed]] by Philadelphia 76ers fans.

->''"Simply put because no one expects it of them. No one even KNOWS that this side of theirs even exists in them. They are always seen as so kind and helpful and gentle that it's simply impossible to even imagine them in that kind of state."''
-->-- A [[https://www.quora.com/Why-are-kind-people-scary-when-they-get-angry poster]] answering the question, "Why are kind people scary when they get angry?"

->''"Boss, you are the kindest and quietest man I know. And in my experience when a man like you gets that angry even the devil himself would piss his pants to get away."''
-->-- '''The rangemaster''', after his boss dealt with a violent police officer in [[https://www.reddit.com/r/ProRevenge/comments/mtbmgu/officer_gets_a_taste_of_his_own_medicine_and_then/ this]] reddit [=ProRevenge=] post

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->"Parker": They are fast, they are ruthless. They will put you down politely, and they will put you down forever.
-->--- "Series/LeverageRedemption", talking about the Canadian Mounties.

-->-- '''Harry Dresden''', ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles: Blood Rites''

-->-- '''The Son''', ''Series/DoctorWho'', "Family Of Blood"

-->-- '''Tiernan''' to Kes, ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Warlord"

-->-- '''Moe Szyslak''' [[ItMakesSenseInContext watching Lenny choking Carl on a restaurant table in Iceland,]] ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "The Saga of Carl"

-->--'''Philip J. Fry''' after Zoidberg accidentally mutilates the entire Planet Express crew, ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', "The Tip of the Zoidberg"

-->'''WesternAnimation/BlackDynamite''', on '''[[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood Fred Rogers]]'''

->''When Valaya goes to war, it's as a protector. A defender. A champion of hearth and home, and everything that's truly valuable in life. It's not a big or a showy vocation, but it's one to be admired nonetheless. If you ever find yourself on the receiving end of Valaya's axe, you'll only ever have yourself to blame, because you crossed a line no one ever should.''

-->-- '''Namie Yagiri''', ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}''

-->-- '''Anos Voldigoad''', ''LightNovel/TheMisfitOfDemonKingAcademy''