Attempted Quotes

222 quotes by 206 authors

The individual's habits of thought make an organic complex, the trend of which is necessarily in the direction of serviceability to the life process. When… — Thorstein Veblen
The attempted assassinations against me were not accidental. — Akhmad Kadyrov
He who hopes to avoid all failure and misfortune is trying to live in a fairyland; the wise man realistically accepts failures as a part… — Wilferd Peterson
An important contribution to a much-neglected but very important subject. No other author has set out to do what Davenport accomplishes, which is a systematic… — Mark Noll
Everest is regarded as one of, if not the most challenging of human conquests. I was passionate about climbing and a great believer that one… — Omar Samra
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
The wise man realistically accepts as part of life and builds a philosophy to meet them and make the most of them. He lives on… — Bill Vaughan
When people lose their jobs, they can either get another job or be entrepreneurs. In the music industry, a lot of people have attempted the… — Judd Apatow
The CIA could not face up to the American people and admit that its former employees had conspired to assassinate the President; so from the… — Jim Garrison
Everything I have done or attempted to do for Scotland has always been for her benefit, never my own and I defy anyone to prove… — Sean Connery
Experiments were not attempted at that time, we did not believe in the usefulness of the concept anyway, and I finished my thesis in 1962… — Richard Ernst
With 'Hip-Hop Saved My Life,' I attempted to make 'Kick, Push,' but for rappers. To give a real basic play-by-play of the life of a… — Lupe Fiasco
I believe that the great painters with their intellect as master have attempted to force this unwilling medium of paint and canvas into a record… — Edward Hopper
I do care about the mercury contamination which this country will be experiencing because of the attempted sellout by this administration to special interests which… — Jay Inslee
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. — Samuel Johnson
Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night's repose. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Being is a spiritual proposition. Gaining is a material act. Traditionally, American Indians have always attempted to be the best people they could. Part of… — Russell Means
No way, no how did I break into NORAD. That's a complete myth. And I never attempted to access anything considered to be classified government… — Kevin Mitnick
Mass communication, radio, and especially television, have attempted, not without success, to annihilate every possibility of solitude and reflection. — Eugenio Montale
Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly. — Quintilian

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