Attempt Quotes

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In a few more days I'd anticipated telling Veronika that our injections had cured her heart condition. But in light of her unscheduled departure form… — Paulo Coelho
Do not attempt to hide things which cannot be hidden. — Aesop
At the evident risk of seeming ridiculous, I want to begin by saying that I have tried for much of my life to write as… — Christopher Hitchens
This is the nature of love." Vashet said. "To attempt to describe it will drive a woman mad. This is what keeps poets scribbling endlessly… — Patrick Rothfuss
Only Valek would consider an attempt on my life a fascinating diversion. — Maria V. Snyder
I enjoy feeling fastidious and aloof. I enjoy saying no, always no, and I should be afraid of any attempt to construct a finally habitable… — Jean-Paul Sartre
Nobody likes me,â€ he concluded at the tail end of a ten-minute pity fest. â€œCanâ€™t imagine why,â€ Quinn murmured. I turned my snort of laughter… — Robin Wasserman
When air is charged with emotions, an attempt to teach is often perceived as a form of judgment and rejection. — Stephen Covey
People are naive about such things, and they would rather write them off as evil than attempt to understand them. An unfortunate truth, but a… — Erin Morgenstern
American political culture quickly and always outpaces any attempt to satirize it. — Glenn Greenwald
It does seem simple, doesn't it?' she said, with a final bitter attempt at flippancy, 'when you want to kill a chicken...you take hold of… — Baroness Orczy
This made me reflect, how vain an attempt it is for a man to endeavor to do himself honor among those who are out of… — Jonathan Swift
He doesnâ€™t have to love your CD collection. He doesnâ€™t have to love your shoes. But any good, mature guy better make an attempt to… — Greg Behrendt
And so it is with our own past. It is a labour in vain to attempt to recapture it: all the efforts of our intellect… — Marcel Proust
We must constantly encourage ourselves and each other to attempt the heretical actions that our dreams imply and so many of our old ideas disparage. — Audre Lorde
How memories lie to us. How time coats the ordinary with gold. How it breaks the heart to go back and attempt to re-live them.… — Henry Rollins
Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself — Mahatma Gandhi
We've always known we'd eventually be called upon to open our shirts and save the day, and the superhero was a crude, hopeful attempt to… — Grant Morrison
The life so brief, the art so long in the learning, the attempt so hard, the conquest so sharp, the fearful joy that ever slips… — Geoffrey Chaucer
Writing is a futile attempt to preserve what disappears moment by moment. — Marge Piercy

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