Tried Quotes · Page 30

There's never been a moment where I've tried to be somebody that I'm not.

— Molly Yeh

I pictured myself as a virus or a cancer cell and tried to sense what it would be like.

— Jonas Salk

I tell people diets don't work. And I don't care what they say. I have tried them all.

— Sylvester Stallone

Some people have tried to change me and tell me what to do, but I haven't done it, and it's worked for…

— Kane Brown

I can't choreograph myself. I tried doing that for 'Pataakha,' but I couldn't do it.

— Sanya Malhotra

Photography is not a sport. It has no rules. Everything must be dared and tried!

— Bill Brandt

You're not a failure if you don't make it. You're a success because you tried.

— Susan Jeffers

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.

— Abraham Lincoln

Whatever I've worked on, I've always tried to make my writing personal. I think that's what makes my books somewhat different from…

— Leonard Mlodinow

Then I decided I couldn't just crawl in the corner and die, so I started putting pen to paper and wrote some…

— Glenn Tipton

They said we couldnt make it. Many tried to ruin our relationship, but it just made us stronger. Now, another year has…

— Anonymous

I tried four times to get into the Central School of Speech and Drama before I got accepted. I started when I…

— Catherine Tate

'Knockemstiff' is a collection of short stories set in the holler of the same name in southern Ohio where I grew up.…

— Donald Ray Pollock

I tried piano, acting, and a bunch of things. My family let me do what I wanted to do; they made sure…

— Summer Sanders

After the World Cup in Germany, I made a promise to myself to make sure I was on the plane for the…

— Darren Bent

In my acting, I have tried to do this - to present to audiences a living creature in whom they can recognise…

— Luise Rainer

I believe every woman's body is beautiful in its own way. I have never understood that just because a woman has thick…

— Coco Austin

I didn't have money to eat when I was 21. When I was short on cash, I would sometimes scam food from…

— Jim Parrack

When I first put my hat in the ring, several very tried and true and loyal Democratic activists from our community said,…

— Wendy Davis

We, as Americans, do our level best to avoid being cruel to one another; we're led out of a diverse nation to…

— Mark Takano

Many young men in the 1960s and 1970s came to reject some of the traditional ideas about manhood that many of their…

— Jackson Katz

I've cried over you, stressed over you, waited on you, missed you, tried for you, fought for you, changed for you, begged…

— Anonymous

I don't know how many parts I've lost because a lot of the politics in California are very conservative, and I'm fairly…

— James Cromwell

If you're a believer, God is not a thought-experiment requiring a special sub-creation to be tried out in. He's an actual, er,…

— Francis Spufford

I'm not a good cook, unfortunately. I've tried a few times, but I don't like it too much.

— Petra Kvitova

I just did what any writer does, tried to listen to the characters, whether they're 18 or 80.

— Ol Parker

Two million felons have tried to buy a gun and, because of the background check, have been denied.

— Joe Biden

“I knew that now—that love wasn’t something you could do away with, no matter how hard you tried.”

— Jenny Han

The technology for radiant stories in 'Skyrim' is phenomenal. We tried and pared it back.

— Todd Howard

I never had any coffee or anything like that. I just never tried it.

— Tom Brady

I actually tried quite a few racquets in college before I turned pro.

— Kevin Anderson

I never understood why you tried so hard to fit in, when you were obviously meant to stand out.

— Tonya Hurley

My parents tried to shield me from how famous they were when I was growing up on Long Island. I had no…

— Alexa Ray Joel

I've tried everywhere, but my garden shed is the most effective place to write.

— Lee Mack

You don't know how hard I've tried to be left standing all by myself.

— Ayn Rand

I've tried to be graceful and I've tried to make sure my arguments are grounded in reason and insight.

— Shelby Steele

I've always very earnestly tried to do my best, so I just have to trust that and forgive myself for being fallible.

— Claire Danes

“I tried to give him my best you're-so-sexy-and-I'm-impressed look, but I don't think it worked.”

— Jessica Verday

I've tried being polite and that shit didn't work so you know what, fuck trying anymore.

— Anonymous

“He had tried rather unsuccessfully to cheer her up and give her confidence”

— L. Ron Hubbard