Taming Preppy would be like trying to put a leash on the…

Fighting fire with fire is like trying to knock down a building with a hammer

— Courtney Hayward

“It was like trying not to get a song stuck in your head.”

— Cecilia Vinesse

I feel like I was trying to imitate other people or trying to be something I wasn't.

— Shaquill Griffin

I feel like I'm always trying to make a movie about the Two Faced Man in some way.

— Ryan Gosling

When they come out to my shows they like me but trying to get them to come out to my shows they're like "I…

— Fred Eaglesmith

“Read it if you like or don't read it if you like. Because you make so little impression, you see. You get born and…

— William Faulkner

There’s part of me that loves words. But sometimes it feels like you’re trying to drive nails with your shoe.

— George R. R. Martin

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.

— Alan Watts

If I feel like someone's trying to bring me down, I just walk away from it.

— Ashley Tisdale

I don’t want to be perfect. I want to be useful, I want to be good, and I want to sound like myself. Trying…

— Scott Berkun

I still feel like I'm trying to make it. It's hard to shed the struggling actor thing.

— Mark Ruffalo

“It's like trying to waltz with an amchor.”

— Margot Datz

“If someone doesn’t like who you are, trying to change for them is rarely successful and doing so carries even more remote odds that…

— Michael Stark

“I tried imitating him a few times. But I was too self-conscious, like someone trying to feel natural while walking about naked in a…

— André Aciman

Making someone love you, who doesn't, is like trying to force your feet into size 6 shoes when you know you wear a size 8.

— Rashida Rowe