Attempted Quotes

222 quotes by 206 authors

No matter how much of our liberty Washington takes away in the name of security, there are no guarantees that there won't be another terrorist… — Walter E. Williams
It was not seen that woman's place was in the home until she began to go out of it; the statement was a reply to… — Rose Wilder Lane
Under the spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
When I have attempted to join myself to others by services, it proved an intellectual trick,-no more. They eat your service like apples, and leave… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nuclear weapons production and testing has involved extensive health and environmental damage .... One of the most remarkable features of this damage has been the… — Arjun Makhijani
Mrs. Campbell once attempted to smuggle her pet Pekingese through customs by tucking him inside the upper part of her cape. "Everything was going splendidly,"… — Mrs. Patrick Campbell
The artist, viewing his fellows through his personal vision, has through the ages attempted to portray what he sees and to present his understanding of… — Hollis Alpert
I have not attempted to try to relive or recreate the past; but I have sought guidance from those timeless elements in the past which… — Frederick Hart
I was mainly in a state of nervousness while I wrote it - nervousness that it was far bigger and more complicated than anything Id… — Jonathan Coe
National Socialism is simply this - a proposal that the German people rid themselves of the parasitic Jews. The gentile host dared to protest against… — Eustace Mullins
The dwarfed trees of the Chinese and Japanese have been noticed by every author who has written upon these countries, and all have attempted to… — Robert Fortune
Misgovernment is of four kinds, often in combination. They are: 1) tyranny or oppression, of which history provides so many well-known examples that they do… — Barbara Tuchman
The attempted professionalization of serious and systematic thinking has had a disastrous effect upon our culture — Alasdair MacIntyre
Countless people have attempted to define the absolute power of the world of nature. Some praise it as god, some call it the Buddha, others… — Koichi Tohei
The cure of the part should not be attempted without treatment of the whole. No attempt should be made to cure the body without the… — Plato
If a person is stupid, we excuse him by saying that he cannot help it; but if we attempted to excuse in precisely the same… — Arthur Schopenhauer
After self-nurturance, listening to the whispers of our hearts is probably the hardest task we've ever attempted. — Sarah Ban Breathnach
I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or… — Harry S. Truman
At the time I attempted to purchase the rights back for the 3 Homestead records, but the owner demanded an outrageous sum in the neighborhood… — Marc Edwards
They urged me to take up winter quarters at the forks of the Platt, stating that if I attempted to advance further until spring, I… — William Henry Ashley

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