Attempt Quotes · Page 4

Live-tweeting your bikini wax is not vulnerability. Nor is posting a blow-by-blow of your divorce . That's an attempt to hot-wire connection.…

— Brene Brown

I don't like clothes shopping and trying on outfits in stuffy cubicles in men's shops, looking hideous in the wrap-round mirrors, is…

— Charles Saatchi

'Casebook' is my attempt at a love story. I had a vision of a difficult love.

— Mona Simpson

What's interesting is with a lot of the work I do through my foundation, the 'Manifest Your Destiny' foundation, we really encourage…

— Hill Harper

I need to feel as if everything is clean and in its proper place before I can even attempt to write one…

— Said Sayrafiezadeh

The National League was born the following year, as an attempt to exert the control of capital over labor.

— John Thorn

I realize that a lot of business leaders may disagree with me, but I truly believe that God belongs in what my…

— David Green

Half the things that people do not succeed in are through fear of making the attempt.

— James Northcote

“To become a better you, do not see the failure of your first attempts and declare yourself a loser.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

My nature is such that even if I failed 9,999 times, I'll attempt for the 10,000th time again.

— Arunachalam Muruganantham

I attempt to surf. I'm not as good as anyone else in the water. I'm more like a beached whale. I just…

— Olesya Rulin

I do things like hem a pair of pants, I do my own tailoring but I wouldn't attempt a jacket.

— Tim Gunn

Even though I believe a superlative translation can achieve timelessness, that doesn't mean I think other translators shouldn't attempt other versions. The…

— Lydia Davis

In response to the drop in wealth suffered as a consequence of the 2008 financial crisis, homeowners and firms did attempt to…

— Dale T. Mortensen

Criminal cases require strategy, and prosecutors should attempt to prove only what can be proved.

— Robert Shapiro

As far as 'Birdsong' is concerned, I think the television program made a very honorable attempt at it, but the truth of…

— Sebastian Faulks

I focus, I invent, I transform, I challenge, I attempt, I observe, I perform.

— Philippe Petit

It's important for the Fed, hard as it is, to attempt to detect asset bubbles while they're forming.

— Janet Yellen

I'm just gonna be doing stuff that I really enjoy doing. I'm not gonna attempt to be current in any way other…

— Pat Travers

It is our desire that binds us.

— Anonymous

“The first attempt may fail, but it does not create room for excuses.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

Mr. Obama seeks to federalize large portions of education, beginning with his attempt to nationalize college student loans.

— Monica Crowley

“The majority fail to realize their dreams, not due to failed attempts; but due to ‘failing to attempt’ because of disgusting feedbacks.”

— Sijin Bt

What I try to do, what I attempt to do, is say things that I mean at least at an emotional level.

— Josh Gondelman

I try to frighten my very young colleagues into studying and understanding their voices before they attempt things that are beyond them.…

— Jessye Norman