If You Can'T Say Anything Nice Don'T Say. If you can't say something nice about somebody, don't say anything at all. so many of us were given that advice by parents, teachers, or other grownups when we. The phrase if you don't have anything nice to say is often attributed to thumper, a character from the disney movie bambi. this quote is generally used to.

It sounds nice, but people get confused about what it really means. Given the four reasons the quote “if you have nothing nice to say, say nothing at all” is limiting, i offer you this alternative versions of the quote: