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One of the problems with fame ... is they try to pigeonhole you ... like I'm stuck with The Greening of America for the rest of my life. — Charles A. Reich

Talking with this girl is like trying to catch fleas, you never know which way she was going to jump. — Ruth Downie

Stand-up is every man for himself; you learn from hanging out at these clubs and watching other guys, and then trying not to be like them. — Harold Ramis

I may not agree with everything, but our President, just like President [George W.] Bush did, is trying to do his best under difficult circumstances. — Condoleezza Rice

Going back into the negative past to find happiness is like trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear — Sydney Banks

Talking to that fool is like trying to put socks on an octopus! — James Agee

To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread. — Barbara Mertz

Teaching is like trying to hold 35 corks underwater at once. — Mark Twain

Trying to conceal a crime is like burying a seed in the ground. — Franz Grillparzer

I'm trying to interpret the film through the director's head, but it all comes out through me. So, a composer is kind of like a psychic medium. — Danny Elfman

Trying to change the outer is like seeing your unclean or unshaven face in the mirror and trying to shave or clean the mirror. — Joe Vitale

I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull. — Oprah Winfrey

Real philosophy is like trying to read an alarm system installation manual in Korean. — Chris Hardwick

Trying to sneak a fastball past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster. — Joe Adcock

Explaining the moment of connection between a reader and book to someone who's never experienced it is like trying to describe sex to a virgin. — Sara Nelson

Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space. — Bodhidharma

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

It just seems like the whole, overall animation world is trying to go where maybe animation doesn't belong. — Don Bluth

What is it with girls and vampires?" charlie asked, trying to smile.
"They're pretty and they sparkle in the sun, just like unicorns."
Scout — Tammy Blackwell

Writing is like trying to escape quicksand. The harder you try the faster you sink. — Alane Adams

I try to improvise like Les Young, Louis Armstrong or someone else I admire. What comes out is what I feel. — Billie Holiday

I'm not even fifty yet, but I still feel like Instagram and Spotify - I'm trying to stay with it! It's not easy. The world is going so fast. — Fisher Stevens

Pornography is rather like trying to find out about a Beethoven symphony by having somebody tell you about it and perhaps hum a few bars. — Robertson Davies

Maybe the future is like rowing for shore. Your only choice is to try or give up. — Kristen Chandler

Weakness ineffectually seeks to disguise itself,
like a drunken man trying to show how sober he is. — Christian Nestell Bovee

I always see guys get all, like, flexed on other people, trying to show off that they are tough, and it is just, like, no girl really likes that. — Kreayshawn

A life lived outside of the will of the Lord is like trying to climb a waterfall. — Nicole Baart

Immortality is like trying to carve your initials in a block of ice in the middle of July. — Arthur Miller

God is God, He is not tame and domesticated like we sometimes (try to) make Him. — Edward T. Welch

When the German propaganda tries to be winsome it is like a clown with homicidal mania - ludicrous and terrifying both at once. — Sylvia Townsend Warner

You are who you are, there's nobody like you, and to try and be like someone else is just a lie. — Amy Lee

Trying to change old habits is like fighting a war in your head - a draining and exhausting skirmish that makes you wonder at your chance of survival. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Trying to figure out a person that you don't know is like foreplay
with no consummation. — Jacqueline Simon Gunn

Problem is, finding a killer in the woods is a lot like trying to find a needle in a haystack. — Iain Rob Wright

There is so much to say. It is like shoving all the sand of the world into an hourglass. Or trying to get it out. — Gayle Forman

The thing about hipsters is that they take very seriously trying to make themselves look like they don't take themselves seriously. — Chris Hardwick

A human being trying to attract more love is like a fish trying to attract more water. — Eric Micha'el Leventhal

I like the assumption that everyone is trying his best, and we should all just be kind to each other. — Christina Baker Kline

You little subs make me nervous. Being around you is too much like walking into a room filled with tiny kittens and trying not to step on one. — Cherise Sinclair

Young people want to look like peas in a pod, and there is no use trying to make them different. — Ilka Chase

I like to tell myself that truth is in the irregularity and the unexpected, and I try to look for both. — Catherine Taylor

It is futile to talk too much about the past ... like trying to make birth control retroactive. — Charles Erwin Wilson

Passing out while you try to kill yourself is like failing at failing. — Maddox

Getting anything out of my husband is like trying to squeeze water out when you're stoned. — Zadie Smith

Anger is like hands over your eyes when another person is trying to show you. — Roland Merullo

Driving most supercars is like trying to manhandle a cow up a back staircase, but this is like smearing honey onto Keira Knightley. — Jeremy Clarkson

Trying to make things work in government is sometimes like trying to sew a button on a custard pie. — Hyman Rickover

Trying to win a power struggle is like trying to win a nuclear war. You may achieve your goal, but not without catastrophic casualties on both sides. — Jamie Raser

Playing polo is like trying to play golf during an earthquake. — Sylvester Stallone

We can not escape tragic roads. It is like grasping at the sun & trying to catch air. We must take one step at-a-time. Keep going. — Ace Antonio Hall

Trying to make the presidency work these days is like trying to sew buttons on a custard pie. — James David Barber

He that tries to seize an opportunity after it has passed him by is like one who sees it approach but will not go to meet it. — Khalil Gibran

Life is like a maze in which you try to avoid the exit. — Roger Von Oech

A handicap is like trying to race and you have a ten pound weight stuck to your waist. That is a handicap. — Malcolm Gladwell

Trying to attack Hegel's ideas from the inside is like trying to loosen the hangman's rope by tugging at the noose. — Nigel Hems

Happiness is like water,' she says. 'We're always trying to grab onto it, but it's always slipping between our fingers. — Chinelo Okparanta

TRYING TO BE POPULAR IN HIGH SCHOOL IS LIKE TRYING TO BE MAYOR OF A CITY THAT WON'T EXIST IN FOUR YEARS. — Jenny Holzer

Trying to build the brotherhood of man without the fatherhood of God is like trying to make a wheel without a hub. — Irene Dunne

For an artist to think in terms of success is like a priest trying to think in terms of success. — Graham Greene

The best way to avoid a bad action is by doing a good one, for there is no difficulty in the world like that of trying to do nothing. — John Clare

To try to make men equal by altering social arrangements is like trying to make the cards of equal value by shuffling the pack. — James Fitzjames Stephen

Trying to figure out God is like trying to catch a fish in the Pacific Ocean with an inch of dental floss. — Matt Chandler

Trying to achieve an error-free manuscript is almost like trying to fly to the moon on a paper airplane. — Jon Michael Riley

Working with a bunch of actors is like trying to tune each violin. — Patrice Leconte

I learned quickly that trying to force Country Folk to love the Big City is like telling your gay cousin, You just haven't met the right girl yet. — Tina Fey

Seeking happiness apart from a right relationship God is like trying to turn on a light that's unplugged. — Randy Alcorn

Trying to restructure a perfectly structured script is like trying to fit in a size four jeans when you're a size ten. — Colette Freedman

Write it as it is, don't try to make it like this or that. You can't do it in anybody else's way-you will have to make a way of your own. — Sarah Orne Jewett

Like all other Black revolutionaries, Amerika is trying to lynch me. — Assata Shakur

Trying to explain music is like trying to dance architecture. — Thelonious Monk

Trying to be happy without a sense of God's presence is like trying to have a bright day without the sun. — A.W. Tozer

[He]talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning the pages. — Barry M. Goldwater

The reason I put make-up on or wear the costume is to try and find my own style. It's like my guitar style - I'm just trying to be an original artist. — Miyavi

The doctrine of thrift for the poor is dumb and cruel, like advising them to try and lift themselves by their bootstraps. — Norman Thomas

...dancing with someone who is causing you pain is a bit like trying to smile while having a tooth extracted. — Kapka Kassabova

Beauty is like a sunset: it goes as soon as you try to capture it. The beauty you like is precisely that which escapes you. — Issey Miyake

I write poetry to figure things out. Any time I'm trying to wrap my head around something, poetry is like a puzzle-solving strategy for me. — Sarah Kay

Are men like babies? Is trying to distract them a better tactic than asking them to behave reasonably? — Sophie Hannah

Something taken off the page can sound great, I guess. Usually it doesn't. It seems like lately Pitchfork is trying to champion lyric writers more. — Stephen Malkmus

To make a precise scientific description of reality out of words is like trying to build a rigid structure out of pure quicksilver. — Dorothy L. Sayers

Trying to make her angry is like trying to find a corner on a bowling ball. — Craig McLay

Trying to change someone, and their views, is like throwing paper into a fire. — Anthony Liccione

While children are struggling to be unique, the world around them is trying all means to make them look like everybody else. — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Trying to find a human side to the character is a way to give them a chance to have people like them. — Tom Ellis

We mothers can testify that it is impossible to completely control a child. It's like trying to steer a cat. Toni sorenson — Toni Sorenson

The key to fashion is, you don't want to look like you're trying. You've gotta be natural. — Hakeem Olajuwon

Just know that it is impossible to feel joy while you are feeling cynicism. It is like wearing tight shoes and trying to mambo. — Suzanne Finnamore

Acting is like free therapy! Trying to make people laugh or cry can be inspiring. — Julianne Hough

Trying to hit Phil Niekro is like trying to eat jello with chopsticks. Sometimes you get a piece but most of the time you get hungry. — Bobby Murcer

It is hard to be modest at times like these so I won't even try ... you are all shite! — Noel Gallagher

The meal plan was hard at first because I am a snack eater, but the most challenging part is trying to change my pallet to like healthy food. — Ruby Gettinger

All conscious thought is a process in time; so that to think consciously about Time is like trying to use a foot-rule to measure its own length. — Dorothy L. Sayers

Trying to manage a project without project management is like trying to play a football game without a game plan. — Katherine Tate

The Panama Canal,' says Abdiel Perez, 'is like a wound that humans inflicted on the Earth
one that nature is trying to heal. — Alan Weisman

Teaching a fool is like trying to light a fire on water. — Matshona Dhliwayo

There is no way that me or anyone else could be like Coach Bryant. I think it would be ridiculous for anyone to try. — Ray Perkins

Trying to forget someone you love is like trying to remember someone you never met ... <3 — Owl City

Trying to be Sherlock Holmes is like trying to catch an arrow in mid-flight. — Jeremy Brett

You're always looking for the ultimate. It's kind of like journeying to Ixtlan. You're never going to get there, but that is no reason not to try. — Frederick Lenz

I don't like directing a lot of people. So trying to keep things really simple and elegant is my preferred way of working. — Carrie Mae Weems