Trying Quotes · Page 1,644

I made a body of work, which was like trying to make movies on a wall and was made up of all…

— Robert Longo

As I worked to explain how to avoid bad strategy, I began to see that one cannot really evaluate or criticize a…

— Richard P. Rumelt

I've had moments where I realize my body isn't going to withstand many more seasons, but I am very satisfied with my…

— Cat Osterman

I'm not trying to say I'm the smartest fighter, but I'm saying that, in this sport, you have to aim for perfection.

— Dan Hooker

That's the goal. Just to go out and not try to prove anybody wrong but just let your talents speak for themselves.

— Robert Griffin III

I am quite a wise old bird, but I am no desert hermit who can only prophesy when his guts are knotted…

— Robertson Davies

I'm not saying that comedy has to be a certain thing - I'm not trying to define comedy, where it's like, it…

— Thomas Middleditch

To try to do something which is inherently impossible is always a corrupting enterprise.

— Michael Joseph Oakeshott

She looked up, her face pink as a Christmas ham. “You ever try chasing down a car?” she gasped. “I’ll one-up you.…

— Becca Fitzpatrick

I really am passionate about making low-budget movies. You can try new stuff and unusual stuff, and you can break the rules.

— Jason Blum

I try not to put my purse on the floor - demons will get into it.

— Nina Arianda

Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you…

— William Arthur Ward

From the beginning, I've always had a knack for catchy melodies. But I went through a period when I was trying to…

— Juliana Hatfield

I always try to better myself with every movie I make. I don't take anything sitting back and so I try to…

— James Wan

That's one of the things about love. It doesn't recognize boundaries and never obeys the rules we try to give it.

— Bob Goff

I just think the more the media uses their time-honored blueprint techniques to destroy Republican politicians... It hasn't worked on Trump yet,…

— Rush Limbaugh

and she had succeeded, on the second try, in hurling herself out of the world

— Jeffrey Eugenides

Always bear this in mind: Everything is in God's hands, and you are His tool to be used by Him as He…

— Anandamayi Ma

Hate is a strong word. I don't really try to hate anything. Yeah, you could say I have a complicated, domestic relationship…

— Joey Badass

One of our troubles is that we try to make municipalities that are totally different from each other all act as if…

— Jane Jacobs

I've always played Vash [in the Sausage Party]. I played him at the table read. We probably did five or six table…

— David Krumholtz

Go back to the breathing and try to be in that moment deeply. Because there is a possibility to handle every kind…

— Nhat Hanh

One of the things about being on Twitter, for me, is mostly about just being on the pulse of what people are…

— Ashton Kutcher

I think there is more pressure at trials when you are trying to make the team and you have to come first…

— Stephanie Rice

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.…

— Jack London