Politics resemble religion; attempting to divest either of…

“We need our politics to resemble our people. On the people who run our cities, states, and country overwhelmingly look a certain way (say,…

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

I am not attempting to preserve culture, or record actual events or stories. Instead I bow my head in gratitude to those storytellers who…

— Patricia Briggs

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

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