Attempt Quotes

1586 quotes by 1192 authors

War is an attempt of one group to impose its will upon another group by armed violence. — Helen and Scott Nearing
I think the attempt to draw a comparison between Iran and Syria is false, misleading and dangerous. — Ehud Olmert
Writing songs is a profession; so it's not an attempt to take things from my interactions with other people and for some reason give them… — Will Oldham
I think of religion as man's attempt to reach God, and you can't do that. — Anne Graham Lotz
A kind of racism still exists in the United States, and Islamophobia is a more convenient way to express that sentiment. There has also been… — Feisal Abdul Rauf
Even things which seem separate and finished are infinitely connected and will infinitely connect. This connection happens as soon as you let it, as soon… — Ali Smith
How can you be happy in a world like this? You have got to be crazy to even attempt something like that. — Frederick Lenz
I am persuaded, that if any attempt is made to improve the education of the poor, and such an unmanly spirit should guide the resolution… — Joseph Lancaster
There's nothing I won't attempt. — Tracey Ullman
When a reporter files a piece about Republican that slams Republican or law enforcement or hypes up climate change, there's no attempt to expose their… — Kimberly Guilfoyle
Every genuinely literary style, from the high authorial voice to Foster Wallace and his footnotes-within-footnotes, requires the reader to see the world from somewhere in… — Zadie Smith
Attempt something so impossible that unless God is in it, it's doomed to failure. — John Haggai
I think any writer coming on to 'Batman' should at least attempt to do their own definitive version. What it means to them. Whatever they… — Grant Morrison
Our rational minds often attempt to minimise or negate the mystical encounters. We forget the power of our experiences. We must embrace the reality of… — Brian Weiss
I wouldn't presume to know something, but I have lots to learn and that's what I attempt to do through my work. — Joe Wright
I am loaded down to the guards with educational, benevolent, and other miscellaneous public work, I must not attempt to do more. I cannot without… — Rutherford B. Hayes
I am entirely on the side of mystery. I mean, any attempt to explain away the mystery is ridiculous. I believe in the profound and… — Aldous Huxley
Emotional and psychological pain were to become, perhaps, the most powerful force in molding the course of my life. For some people, pain and hurt… — Joseph Girzone
Prayer is not a vain attempt to change God's will; it is a filial desire to learn God's will and to share it. Prayer is… — George Arthur Buttrick
My method is related to an attempt to do something that might be understood by today's world, or that could at least provide understanding. In… — Gerhard Richter

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