I think that rather being overly-friendly at first, having a cold first impression and slowly making them realize that I'm not that cold is better.
Comming from your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man
Imagination must first be filled to the point of saturation with life of every kind before the moment arrives when the friction of free sociability electrifies it to such an extent that the most gentle stimulus of friendly or hostile contact elicits from it lightning sparks, luminous flashes, or shattering blows.
During my tenure at the Endowment, I often found that those who did us the most damage did so under the justification of helping us by 'preventing worse language. ' In the military it would be called friendly fire. One ends up just as dead.
We have eco-friendly shrimp. We can make them; we have that technology. But we can never have an eco-friendly all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet. It doesn't work.
Cold and hunger seem more friendly to my nature than those methods which men have adopted and advise to ward them off.
You can push your local communities to adopt more sustainable sources of energy and environmentally-friendly practices.
We stay in U2's hotel. They bought a hotel, The Clarence, a nice place and it's in an area where everything's happening, so many fantastic restaurants and bars and the people are so friendly.
I had come in time to learn that it was a mistake to smile a friendly smile when somebody made a fool of me.
I want to try and wear as many Australian designers as I can because I'd like to support my Australian colleagues in the industry as well as find things that are eco-friendly. I love the green concept of wearing more sustainable garments at events.
I've worked with 10 presidents. It's a record. I worked with Republicans and Democrats. All of them when it came to Israel were, movingly, friendly. From Truman, who was the first to recognize Israel 11 minutes after the U. N. resolution, to Obama. When it comes to the major issues of security and strategy, we are together, completely.
On the surface it seems that the present moment is only one of many, many moments. Each day of your life appears to consist of thousands of moments where different things happen. Yet if you look more deeply, is there not only one moment, ever? Is life ever not this moment? This one moment, now, is the only thing you can never escape from. The one constant factor in your life. No matter what happens. No matter how much your life changes. One thing is certain. Its always now. Since there is no escape from the now, why not welcome it, become friendly with it.
You know, in a way, 'Dear Santa Claus' is rather stuffy. . . Perhaps something a little more intimate would be better. . . Something just a shade more friendly. . . " "How about 'Dear Fatty'?
The experience of the United States is a happy disproof of the error so long rooted in the unenlightened minds of well meaning Christians, as well as in the corrupt hearts of persecuting Usurpers, that without a legal incorporation of religious and civil polity, neither could be supported. A mutual independence is found most friendly to practical Religion, to social harmony, and to political prosperity.
I like feeling at home and knowing people. I like talking about ideas and being friendly.
Under crowded conditions the friendly social interactions between members of a group become reduced, and the destructive and aggressive patterns show a marked rise in frequency and intensity.
On the whole, the world was friendly. It chiefly depended on whether one were good or not.
Be good, kind, and friendly to the receptionist. She's had a hard day.
It would be a mistake to export western management to a friendly country.
Our laws can be friendly to those who obey them, and too often useful to those who don't.