Nick Cummins (Nicholas Mark Cummins) Quotes

Got a couple of knocks and a whack on the schnoz.

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• While we somehow understand revenge on an intuitive level between individuals, I do suspect that companies, assuming that people are rational, completely miss and underestimate the motivation people have for revenge.

  

  Dan Ariely
  • People
  • motivation
  • Revenge

• Soldiers are not policemen, and it's very unfair, even for those soldiers who have some police training, to burden them with police duties. It's not what they're trained for, or equipped for.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Training
  • Police
  • Soldiers

• Blip.tv is growing its audience by forming partnerships with traditional TV manufacturers and a new breed of company in the set-top box market that lets consumers connect to the Internet via their televisions.

  

  Adam Ostrow
  • Growing
  • Internet
  • Partnerships

• In college, I was a huge fan of 'Les Miserables.' I seem to remember that people who were into French literature preferred Hugo's poetry.

  

  Garth Risk Hallberg
  • People
  • Remember
  • College

• The U.S. along with China, Japan, South Korea and Russia has an important role to play in containing North Korea's nuclear ambitions and exerting all the influence we can possibly exert.

  

  Zach Wamp
  • Important
  • Influence
  • China

• I like cars. I know some things. I can change my own car and battery and change my own oil.

  

  Natalie Martinez
  • Change
  • Car
  • Oil

• Today, the biggest bottleneck to the growth of a corporation is availability of good talent.

  

  N. R. Narayana Murthy
  • Good
  • Today
  • Growth

• What goes on between the actor and director is sacred.

  

  Jack Kilmer
  • Actor
  • Director
  • Goes

• I will never have a problem working with anybody. I will even work with a man if he dresses up like a woman, because it's my job. I am here to act.

  

  Ranbir Kapoor
  • Up
  • Work
  • Job

• I don't go to clubs and throw money and pop bottles. That's not my thing, no disrespect.

  

  Yelawolf
  • Money
  • Disrespect
  • Throw

• I grew up, obviously, watching tons of animation; Saturday morning cartoons or anything that we could get our hands on. And then when 'The Simpsons' premiered, that just kind of changed the landscape of everything. We hadn't had prime time animations since 'The Flintstones.'

  

  Rachael MacFarlane
  • Up
  • Time
  • Morning

• It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.

  

  Isaac Asimov
  • Friend

• Because of this, originality consists in returning to the origin.

  

  Antoni Gaudi
  • Originality
  • Origin
  • Returning

• In addition, the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act provides protection for those in the firearms industry from lawsuits arising out of the criminal or unlawful acts of people who misuse their products.

  

  Bob Ney
  • People

• People tell me being a perfectionist is a fault, but I find that's what drives me.

  

  Paula Garces
  • People

• I'm the luckiest broad on two feet, I'll tell you that. They say once a woman passes 40 she doesn't get any good parts, so I'm blessed.

  

  Betty White
  • Good
  • She
  • Blessed

• When I listen to Radio 1 and hear five different tracks in a row using old disco samples, well that's plagiarism, that's taking other people's music.

  

  Jay Kay Jamiroquai
  • People
  • Music
  • Different

• Especially when it comes to something like the awards, I find it kind of baffling that 'True Blood' has been snubbed so many times given the incredible range of acting they have on there; I mean, incredible storytelling and the incredible production values.

  

  Denis O'Hare
  • True

• Words are really powerful. I don't believe that axiom at all - words can absolutely hurt you. Words can wound. They can do a lot of damage. I think they can do way more damage than sticks and stones. I'll take sticks and stones.

  

  Mary-Louise Parker
  • Believe
  • Words
  • Powerful

• Vikings were pretty brutal, but also very educated people. They were salesmen, businessmen who started raiding when business wasn't good. That's why they had such great boats.

  

  Baltasar Kormakur
  • People
  • Good
  • Great

• I like to play physical, and I'm a big guy, and I think sometimes - maybe sometimes I am pushing somebody, and I don't realize how hard I'm pushing them. And then they do it back, and it's kind of like, 'Jeez!'

  

  Blake Griffin
  • Guy

• I can do lightning mathematics quicker than somebody can do them on a calculator.

  

  Keith Barry

• Indeed, the attempt to live according to the notion that the fragments are really separate is, in essence, what has led to the growing series of extremely urgent crises that is confronting us today.

  

  David Bohm
  • Live
  • Today
  • Growing

• Got a couple of knocks and a whack on the schnoz.

  

  Nick Cummins
  • Couple
  • Knocks
  • Whack