Attempted Quotes

222 quotes by 203 authors

Almost nothing works the first time it's attempted. Just because what you're doing does not seem to be working, doesn't mean it won't work. It… — Bob Parsons
Every decade of my life I attempted to write a novel. But I had nothing to say. I was far too self-absorbed, and now I… — Louise Penny
Too much is demanded by the critic, attempted by the poet. — John Crowe Ransom
Cosmologists have attempted to account for the day-to-day laws you find in textbooks in terms of fundamental 'superlaws,' but the superlaws themselves must still be… — Paul Davies
Without general elections, without unrestricted freedom of press and assembly, without a free struggle of opinion, life dies out in every public institution, becomes a… — Rosa Luxemburg
The American mood, perhaps even the American character, has changed. There are few manifestations any longer of the old American self-assurance which so irritated Dickens.… — Archibald MacLeish
I like the idea of bringing cartoon characters to life... and although the Americans have already attempted this, their culture is not sufficiently humane to… — Gerard Depardieu
I was 22 and stopped writing plays, and I didn't start again until I was 25. I was writing badly. In college, I attempted to… — Annie Baker
I gained a first class degree in Physics at Imperial College London in 1968 and did research in solid state physics, but did not pursue… — Piers Corbyn
What I wanted to do was to earn enough money to pay for my mother's house. When my mother passed away, I wanted to buy… — Dorothea Benton Frank
The Piano Lesson' is very sophisticated, easily the most adult or complex material I've attempted. It's the first film I've written that has a proper… — Jane Campion
In the course of his long, turbulent career, W. E. B. Du Bois attempted virtually every possible solution to the problem of twentieth-century racism...scholarship, propaganda,… — David Levering Lewis
It's the form it takes when it comes out the other side, of course, that gives a story something unique--its life. The story, in the… — Eudora Welty
I think if you go beyond a year - if this continues into the system in the out years, I think there is a risk… — Franklin Raines
For decades engineers have stood accused that their buildings do not have any cultural value. We have attempted to liberate engineering of this accusation. — Fritz Todt
From 1945 to 2003, the United States attempted to overthrow more than 40 foreign governments, and to crush more than 30 populist-nationalist movements fighting against… — William Blum
Hast thou attempted greatnesse? Then go on; Back-turning slackens resolution. — Robert Herrick
Writing as a woman presents enormous problems but I have attempted it several times and haven't had many complaints. — Jim Harrison
When something is just bad, it's often because it is too mediocre in its ambition. The artist hasn't attempted to do anything really outlandish. — Susan Sontag
It is to Titian we must turn our eyes to find excellence with regard to color, and light and shade, in the highest degree. He… — Joshua Reynolds

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