Attempt Quotes

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One of the weaknesses of much abstract painting is the attempt to substitute the inventions of the intellect for a pristine imaginative conception. The inner… — Edward Hopper
When, in 1913, in a desperate attempt to rid art of the ballast of objectivity, I took refuge in the form of the square... the… — Kazimir Malevich
Ideals are very often formed in the effort to escape from the hard task of dealing with facts, which is the function of science and… — William Graham Sumner
Graffiti is a pathetic attempt at anonymous recognition. — Randall Dale Adams
In his attempt to develop the beauty he sees, the artist develops himself. — Charles Webster Hawthorne
All poetry and music, and art of every true sort, bears witness to man's continual falling in love with beauty and his desperate attempt to… — John Bertram Phillips
It's a chicken-and-egg thing. You could send cards to everyone in San Francisco, but if the merchants don't have the terminals, what's the point? What… — David Robertson
A REAL man, the kind of man a woman wants to give her life to, is one who will respect her dignity, who will honor… — Leslie Ludy
The fundamentalist violence is, so is it, an attempt to increase the stakes, i.e. to discourage the potential desertions by showing that defection will cost… — Pascal Boyer
He who chooses to be a master never does 'just enough' to get by - nor does he cut corners or attempt to cheat the… — James Arthur Ray
What are man and woman if not members of two very different and warring tribes Yet decade after decade, century after century, they attempt in… — Andrew Schneider
Because I believe that abortion is murder, I also believe that force is justified in an attempt to stop it. — Eric Rudolph
Every year the State will be the dog that chases its own tail... engaging in a futile attempt to close a perpetual budget gap. — Richard Codey
The idea that a good God would send people to a burning hell is utterly damnable to me. I don't want to have anything to… — Luther Burbank
Pat Robertson has written in a book a few years ago that we should have a world government, but only when the Messiah arrives. He… — Walter Cronkite
Who would attempt to fly with the tiny wings of a sparrow when the mighty power of an eagle has been given him — Kenneth Wapnick
Existence is Appetite: the gnaw of being; the one attempt of all things to assimilate to some higher attempt. — Charles Fort
I apologize to everyone who was offended by my insensitive tweet about the situation in Egypt. I've dedicated my life to raising awareness about serious… — Kenneth Cole
When we attempt to isolate another we only isolate ourselves. We are all God's children and there are no favorites. God is revealed to all… — Peace Pilgrim
We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the… — Davy Crockett

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