I lean my head back and close my eyes, attempting to…

“He quickly left the room, and when he shut the door behind him he leaned his back against it, tilted his head back, and…

— Madison Thorne Grey

It is strange to reflect how much energy is thrown away in attempting to know the unknowable.

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

“failure is not an outcome, but involves a lack of trying—not stretching yourself far enough out of your comfort zone and attempting to be…

— Liz Wiseman

Politics resemble religion; attempting to divest either of ceremony is the most certain mode of bringing either into contempt.

— Oliver Goldsmith

The danger to which the success of revolutions is most exposed, is that of attempting them before the principles on which they proceed, and…

— Thomas Paine

I have told you of the Spaniard who always put on his spectacles when about to eat cherries, that they might look bigger and…

— Robert Southey

To approach a city, or even a city neighborhood, as if it were a larger architectural problem, capable of being given order by converting…

— Jane Jacobs

I swear you’re a woman. (Devyn) I would respond to that, but I don’t want to distract you while you’re attempting to drive and…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

I'm a dreamer and continue to dream of what can and will be, "Expecting great things from God, Attempting great things for God

— William Carey

Daphne," he said with controlled gentleness, "what is wrong?" She sat down opposite him and placed a hand on his cheek. "I'm so insensitive,"…

— Julia Quinn

Ewan McGregor stars as Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi, again doing a fine Alec Guinness impersonation but otherwise seeming lost and alone in the galaxy as…

— Stephanie Zacharek

To attempt to be religious without practicing a specific religion is as possible as attempting to speak without a specific language.

— George Santayana

Lobbying' is the activity of attempting to influence legislation by privately influencing the legislators. It is the result and creation of a mixed economy-of…

— Ayn Rand

In terms of style, too, I think I've been working with a somewhat limited -- although intentionally limited -- set of tools. So I'm…

— Kelly Link

Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.

— Plato