Attempt Quotes

1586 quotes by 1221 authors

The whole 'Melrose' series is an attempt to tell the truth, and is based on the idea that there is some salutary or liberating power… — Edward St Aubyn
The concept of reason itself appears as an artificial attempt to separate intellectual powers from the frustrations, emotions, and accidents which cause events; the concept… — Edward H. Levi
Shakespeare very rarely makes the least attempt to surprise by his catastrophes. They are felt to be inevitable, though the precise way in which they… — Andrew Coyle Bradley
We have to be mindful that there is the certainty that terrorists will attempt to launch multiple attacks against their enemy, which is us and… — Cofer Black
We're talking about the struggle to drag a thought over from the mush of the unconscious into some kind of grammar, syntax, human sense; every… — Anne Carson
I have mentally overcome situations most of you would be terrified to ever attempt: heights, fire, needles, spiders, snakes, angry monkeys, being shot, being hit… — Criss Angel
If the code does indeed have some logical foundation then it is legitimate to consider all the evidence, both good and bad, in any attempt… — Francis Crick
You have to attempt to be objective about yourself. — Charles Dance
If you grow up in Ireland and read books then you really are obliged to attempt your own some time. It is not exactly a… — Anne Enright
When I was about 15... I made my first attempt as a leading lady, and was, of course, a complete failure. — Maud Adams
Whatever we do, it is definitely time that we reboot the health care reform attempt. It's time to completely start over. — Jaime Herrera Beutler
Building air castles is a harmless business as long as you don't attempt to live in them. — Josh Billings
My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man, I'm just a living legacy to the leader of the band. — Dan Fogelberg
Any attempt to shape the world and modify human personality in order to create a self-chosen pattern of life involves many unknown consequences. Human destiny… — Rene Dubos
The last thing I would attempt to do is to buy clothes for a child I didn't know well. — Colin Firth
There's a rumor that there may be an attempt at organizing a possible script for a series on my life, which, when you look at… — Merle Haggard
Yeah. I'm amateurish. I can play enough to write a song, or strum on a little guitar to write out a song. But, I don't… — Ben E. King
In the '70s and '80s there was an attempt in K-12 to teach science through art or art through science. The challenge today is how… — John Maeda
The last ever dolphin message was misinterpreted as a surprisingly sophisticated attempt to do a double-backwards-somersault through a hoop whilst whistling the 'Star Spangled Banner',… — Douglas Adams
I think the ideal way of living is to live like the vast majority of people whom we attempt to serve and represent. — Jose Mujica

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