Trying Quotes

The poster art over the years, art with social critique in it, has always been trying to make that point - that we are larger than they are. — Eric Drooker

When we try to observe things that are very small, the act of observation itself will significantly disturb the state we are seeking to measure. — John D. Barrow

If you can't explain something in a few words, try fewer. — Robert Breault

But you have to have a vision of what kind of military you are trying to build in order to get the [budget] cuts to make sense. — Jessica Mathews

I've always been a fighter. If you tell me I can't, I'll die trying to prove you wrong. — R.A. Salvatore

Life is the work of the spirit trying to have a human experience. — Holly Lynn Payne

I think I'm always trying to subvert conventions, and sometimes it's more successful than others. — Carla Gugino

I don't feel like I'm on a mission. I'm trying to play music that I like to play and like to listen to. — Lyle Lovett

I have a fantasy that might be fun. Why don't we try it? — Sue Johanson

It's not that I'm rebelling. It's that I'm just trying to find another way. — Edie Sedgwick

One thing a person won't do when he's laughing is try to beat you up. — Leslie Nielsen

If an artist is one who spends his life trying to define his being, I guess I would have to call myself an artist. — Roger Ballen

The conservative Republican governors tend to be more oriented toward trying to work with Democrats and getting things done. — William J. Clinton

You, yourself, will never rest until you've tried! — J.K. Rowling

We are born with our eyes closed and our mouths open, and we spend
our whole lives trying to reverse that mistake of nature. — Dale E. Turner

Stop trying to be something you aren't and just let her love you. — Jay Crownover

With improv, it's a combination of listening and not trying to be funny. — Kristen Wiig

Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings. — Carol Ann Duffy

We should try to eliminate things that unnecessarily piss people off. — Michael O'Leary

Try not to write the parts that people skip. — Elmore Leonard

More money has been lost trying to imitate 'Rocky' than 'Rocky' has made. — Irwin Winkler

We can not paint that in a more positive way if it is already negative, we have to take it that way and think of other means for reaching there. — Auliq Ice

I think with actors, if you just don't set about trying to crush their confidence immediately, you're usually OK. — John Malkovich

She was trying to get rid of a religious hangover. — Simone De Beauvoir

No amount of trying to inhale one more shred of inspiration is going to make it any easier to put your heart and soul out there. — Christine Kane

I think my thing is I grew up in the ghetto, and I was able to get a second chance. That's what I'm trying to tell kids. — Master P

I don't want to get pigeon-holed into a certain kind of character. I love action roles and the hero, but I want to keep trying something new. — Michael Trucco

You can spend your life trying to be popular, and that's a tricky business. You can just try to be true to yourself. — Kevin Costner

I was always trying, even in pure action movies, to find what was sensitive about the character more than the pure action. — Christopher Lambert

We're trying to impress ourselves in a way. That's why we keep trying to do things better ... we never get satisfied. — George Harrison

You will never achieve a goal by definition unless you try. — Auliq Ice

But I'm not trying to convince anybody how to vote or how to live. Nobody's ever successfully accused me of being realistic. — Frank Miller

I will forgive if the players cannot get it right, but not if they do not try hard. — Pep Guardiola

If you turn people away enough times, eventually they stop trying to find you. — Harriet Reuter Hapgood

Try this experiment: one day go in a record store and just try and guess what the music sounds like by looking at the album cover. — DJ Spooky

I have been trying all my life to like Scotchmen, and am obliged to desist from the experiment in despair. — Charles Lamb

Hindus believe in God positively. Buddhism does not try to know whether He is or not. — Swami Vivekananda

It is of very little use in trying to be dignified, if dignity is no part of your character. — Christian Nestell Bovee

As I get older, I'm trying to accept improvisation into my day-to-day living. — Colin Mochrie

I feel really ambiguous about the psychology of people trying to do good in the world. — Alexei Sayle

Rest, rest, rest, rest, rest. Nutrition is obviously very important, but rest is equally important. At rest is when your body is trying to recover. — Misty May-Treanor

Honestly, when I got to Hollywood I was trying to sell my songs. — Gregory Harrison

Although the term dialogue was really a euphemism for scientists trying to kill each other, this format worked very well ... — Joao Magueijo

The only way, I think, to learn to write short stories is to write them, and then try to discover what you have done. — Flannery O'Connor

In Europe life is histrionic and dramatized, and in America, except when it is trying to be European, it is direct and sincere. — William Dean Howells

He'd already chosen his mate. It was too bad she was trying to arrest him for f***ing murder. — Annie Nicholas

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

I'm trying to give people the chance to put out their music without the bullshit pressures of other labels. — Dizzee Rascal

I don't have to go around trying to save everybody anymore; that's not my job. — Jada Pinkett Smith

It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone. — Margaret Thatcher

Do not judge others. Be your own judge and you will be truly happy. If you will try to judge others, you are likely to burn your fingers. — Mahatma Gandhi

We're not trying for perfect - we're aiming for posh shabby chic. — Rachael Lucas

E.Biscom is an Internet company that is diversified, not a diversified company that is trying out the Internet. — Silvio Scaglia

If you're trying to do what's popular now, you're way behind already. By the time you record it and do it and try to copy it, it's moved on. — Gloria Estefan

After all, if you really aren't trying to get anywhere else in this moment, patience takes care of itself. — Jon Kabat-Zinn

How can we succeed, if we never try?
It is only by trying that we can reach greater heights. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Still-there's no use trying to figure why things fall the way they do. Things just are, and fussing don't bring changes. — Natalie Babbitt

If you're looking for messages, try Western Union. — Ernest Hemingway,

Stop
trying to do what's right and do what feels good for you. You're fucking overthinking everything again. — Cora Reilly

Don't try to live. Let yourself be lived. — Vernon Howard

I felt bad for trying to live a happy, full life, while my heart was buried in a dead man's chest. — Kristen Hope Mazzola

I'll do anything for $50. People are always trying to get me to do dumb things. The possibilities are endless. — Ryan Cabrera

There's no way to be sure," Irene said. "The biggest threat is giving up hope. If he decides there's no chance to survive, he'll stop trying. — Andy Weir

I don't hang out with the Hollywood cool people. I'm not out trying to make friends with people because they're famous. — Jessica Alba

I have spent far too many years trying to make everybody like me. It's not possible. People can say or think what they want. — Jeremy Jackson

I've built a wall around me, never letting anybody inside and trying not to venture outside myself — Haruki Murakami

Jamie: Are you trying to seduce me? Landon: Why? Are you seducible? — Nicholas Sparks

I'm trying to build something where people will go every day. — Max Levchin

When balancing a bottle of nitroglycerin on the point of a sword, never complicate the task by trying to tap dance. — Dean Koontz

Whatever you do, don't make it worse by trying to come up with some flimsy excuse for why you were in the ventilation shaft, Lina told herself. — Jaleigh Johnson

It's easy to shortcut when you get busy explaining the why's of the world, but it's very important to try. — Keith Rabois

Critics have a job to do. I understand that. It's not just to criticize. They're trying to interpret art for the public. — Paul Emsley

I just want to be great. I want to stand out, be a great leader for this defense, and I'm just trying to leave it all out on the field. — Lawrence Timmons

You'll live your life a lot happier if you stop trying to be perfect. Do your best for Jesus. When you fall short, He'll carry you. — Karen Kingsbury

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

I'm just the kind of person who seems designed, probably by nature, to try to make a difference. — John Shirley

Everyone is trying to get attention but intelligent persons get theirs by doing something worthwhile, beneficial to himself and the community. — Beatrice Sparks

Y'know, watching government regulators trying to keep up with the world is my favorite sport. — Neal Stephenson

Why do we try so hard to make Jesus cool?! He doesn't need a makeover. — Matt Chandler

Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others. — Jacob M. Braude

Being an American in Australia isn't easy,
but I'm trying to integrate, I'm trying to fit in. — Billy Marshall Stoneking

Fang! Angel? i yelled, not even trying for stealth. i was storming the castle, not stealing the jewels. — James Patterson

If I need something, I just draw it, have a few friends make it move, and it exists. I enjoy this strange power. I try to be a good sorcerer, though. — Michel Ocelot

I've been doing a lot of stuff that has to do with charity and giving. I'm trying to give and not take as much. — Mark Indelicato

My biggest lesson ... was to try and create narrators that were believable ... so the listener becomes really invested in the story or the song. — Kristian Bush

After I was discharged from the military, it was difficult trying to become a civilian. — Chris Kyle

I am trying to get closer to God. — Lenny Kravitz

You can spend a lifetime trying to erase memories. It doesn't change the fact that they took place. Acceptance is the key. — Truth Devour

Anton Bruckner wrote the same symphony nine times, trying to get it just right. He failed. — Edward Abbey

I've thought of all the questions," said Father.
"That only means you've stopped trying to think of new ones. — Orson Scott Card

But basically, I'm trying to write a fun story. — Rob Walton

As long as I try, there's always a chance of getting up. It's not the end until you give up. — Nick Vujicic

Do not try to fix whatever comes in your life. Fix yourself in such a way that whatever comes, you will be fine. — Jaggi Vasudev

The thing is to try to do as much as you can in the time that you have. — Kenneth More

I try to be my own player. I really haven't modeled my game after anybody. — Jacoby Ellsbury

There were many peddlers like her among the prisoners: women who were only trying to make a living by selling vegetables, which was against the law. — Anonymous

But when the sun goes down? We're all just stumbling through the darkness, trying to outlast another night. — Tessa Dare

Was Christ a man like us?-Ah! let us try If we then, too, can be such men as he! — Matthew Arnold

The big thing is I try not to repeat. — Robert Barry

She shuddered. What is it with slobbery kissers? Are they trying to drown us in spit? I mean, Jesus, swallow every now and then. — Tammara Webber