Nick Cannon (Nicholas Scott Cannon) Quotes

Trying to save a hater is like trying to teach astrophysics to a wino!

Nick Cannon

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• Acting is trying to be absolutely truthful; to get audiences to believe that you are a dean, when, actually, not only are you not the dean, but if you walked into the building they'd probably throw you out. That's very hard.

  

  Wallace Shawn
  • Believe
  • Trying
  • Acting

• Back in the day, when the D.J. would be playing a record, I'd be on the mic trying to hype up the crowd. So once Public Enemy became a rap group, I decided that that's the role that I wanted to take on. I wanted to be the one that was hyping, because I've always been good at it. I can hype up any crowd.

  

  Flavor Flav
  • Up
  • Good
  • Trying

• On the streets, hanging out with the fellows, there are things you learn that no book can teach you.

  

  Ramon Rodriguez
  • Book
  • Learn
  • Teach

• Every day, you get up, and the world is changing; your customers are expecting more from you. Your competitors are putting pressure on you by doing more and trying to beat you here and beat you there.

  

  Abagail Johnson
  • Up
  • World
  • Trying

• It's one of the few regrets of my presidency - that the rancor and suspicion between the parties has gotten worse instead of better. There's no doubt a president with the gifts of Lincoln or Roosevelt might have better bridged the divide, and I guarantee I'll keep trying to be better so long as I hold this office.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Long
  • Trying
  • Doubt

• A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.

  

  B. F. Skinner
  • Real
  • Trying
  • May

• But I'm trying to play into this role as much as possible and be a nicer person in real life.

  

  Fisher Stevens
  • Life
  • Real
  • Trying

• Many critics, when trying to praise a short-story collection, will say that it has the heft and scope of a good novel. But for me, one of the highest compliments you can pay a novel is to say that it has the rich texture and eloquent detail of a good story collection.

  

  Gary Krist
  • Good
  • Trying
  • Detail

• I wasn't trying to fit into a thing... it was not like I was like, 'Right, I'm the Han; I'm the Leia; I'm the Luke.' I was just like, 'Okay, I'm Rey, just trying to do me, just trying to do this scene, trying to do the right thing,' and I think that was a huge advantage because I think if not, it would've been a very different thing.

  

  Daisy Ridley
  • Different
  • Trying
  • Do The Right Thing

• We're just trying to make 'The Darkside' its own brand. It's Fat Joe, but it's 'The Darkside.' We come with 'Vol. 2,' make it crazier than 'Vol. 1.' By the time 'Vol. 3' come, we got a problem on our hands.

  

  Fat Joe
  • Time
  • Trying
  • Problem

• I'm hoping they slow down a little bit with technology, because I'm just trying to keep up.

  

  Kate Upton
  • Up
  • Trying
  • Technology

• What I'm trying to do, in my own small way, is trying to bring African and Afro-Cuban rhythms into rock.

  

  Jack Bruce Cream
  • Trying
  • Small
  • Rock

• I rewrite my books many times before submitting them, and after my editor takes a look I wind up rewriting some more! It's a good thing I learned at an early age to keep on trying. Stick to it, and eventually you'll get there.

  

  Wendelin Van Draanen
  • Up
  • Good
  • Trying

• You have to train hard and be strong while staying flexible and limber, so I'm trying to find that balance.

  

  Colin Kaepernick
  • Trying
  • Strong
  • Balance

• When you try to teach children things, you're trying not necessarily to do it directly.

  

  James Bobin
  • Children
  • Trying

• I don't think anybody is wanting to put me back on the air. But I'm certainly out there trying.

  

  Jamie Farr
  • Trying
  • Air

• As late as 2007, Facebook was still trying to figure out what it wanted to be when it grew up. An advertising space seemed to be the obvious answer, but how that would tap into the massive value of the personal data uploaded to the company every day remained a puzzle.

  

  Kurt Eichenwald
  • Up
  • Trying
  • Space

• Learning to be your natural self in front of five cameras and a silent studio takes time. Trying to be funny under duress is probably a lot like trying to play golf relaxed under pressure.

  

  Colin Jost
  • Time
  • Trying
  • Funny

• My poems getting published in Russia doesn't make me feel in any fashion, to tell you the truth. I'm not trying to be coy, but it doesn't tickle my ego.

  

  Joseph Brodsky
  • Trying
  • Truth
  • Fashion

• Three and a half years in L.A. was enough for me. I would love to go back for short bursts if a film opportunity came up, but it's a unique place, and you can reach saturation point. For me it was a place where creative desire and ambition meets desperation. It's in the air; it's palpable - I just didn't want to be around that.

  

  Darren Boyd
  • Up
  • Opportunity
  • Desire

• In the eyes of empire builders men are not men but instruments.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Instruments
  • Empire
  • Builders

• It is universally appreciated, I think, that theorists are able to tweak their assumptions in order to reach any conclusion they wish. The believability of the conclusion depends not only on the fact that it was reached but on how hard the theorist had to tweak the model to get there.

  

  David M. Kreps
  • Model
  • Fact
  • Conclusion

• Trying to save a hater is like trying to teach astrophysics to a wino!

  

  Nick Cannon
  • Trying
  • Teach
  • Astrophysics