Attempt Quotes

1586 Attempt quotes by 1192 unique authors

The novelist screws up his courage in order to invest another two or three years in another attempt to float a boat of original design… — Edward Hoagland
If you attempt certain things at the right time, they are easy to accomplish - in fact, they almost get done by themselves. If you… — Francesco Guicciardini
Attempt to teach the young but little at a time; this will be easier to impart, easier to receive, and surer to be retained. — Hosea Ballou
The pursuit of Fashion is the attempt of the middle class to co-opt tragedy. In adopting the clothing, speech, and personal habits of those in… — David Mamet
A man should take to himself no discomfort from an opinion expressed or implied by his adversary, but it is difficult, and oftentimes humiliating to… — Eugene V. Debs
At its grandest, political correctness is an attempt to accelerate evolution. — Martin Amis
The money complex is the demonic, and the demonic is God's ape; the money complex is therefore the heir to and substitute for the religious… — Norman O. Brown
One of the least arduous but most productive of gardening jobs, the magic of deadheading never fails to delight me. It was a revelation when… — Tom Hodgkinson
Every attempt to explain human behavior, especially the irrational, must as a matter of course end in simplification. — Morton Irving Seiden
I never felt like there was an unconscious part of me around that woke up or that came out of the closet; there wasn't a… — Cynthia Nixon
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

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