Attempting Quotes

314 quotes by 293 authors

Well, the odds must be against anybody being able to fly around the world in a balloon on the first attempt. All of us who… — Richard Branson
Because I worked as a newspaper reporter for about 14 years before attempting my first novel, I learned to write under almost any circumstances- by… — Geraldine Brooks
I love to have battles of the wits with people that can dish fast and dirty - and it leads to problems occasionally, 'cause I… — Alton Brown
Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. By attempting to rigidly classify ethereal concepts like faith, we end… — Dan Brown
When my job was attempting to predict future economic developments for the Shell oil company, I was frequently reminded of an Arabic saying: 'Those who… — Vince Cable
Most people wait for the muse to turn up. That's terribly unreliable. I have to sit down and pursue the muse by attempting to work. — Nick Cave
We're not attempting to circumcise rules. — Bill Cowher
It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the master work. Now, I'm beginning what I could have started ten years… — Paulo Coelho
A Republic without parties is a complete anomaly. The histories of all popular governments show absurd is the idea of their attempting to exist without… — Franklin Pierce
There are three ways in which a ruler can bring misfortune on his army: By commanding the army to advance or to retreat, being ignorant… — Sun Tzu
Here, then, is what I wanted to tell you of my architecture. I created it with courage and idealism, but also with an awareness of… — Oscar Niemeyer
Human beings are not like sheep; and even sheep are not undistinguishably alike. A man cannot get a coat or a pair oboots to fit… — John Stuart Mill
There was the man who seemed to be attempting to decieve his ball and lull it into a false sense of security by looking away… — P.G. Wodehouse
I have told you of the Spaniard who always put on his spectacles when about to eat cherries, that they might look bigger and more… — Robert Southey
A speaker who is attempting to move people to thought or action must concern himself with Pathos. — Aristotle
Attempting to satisfy the passions that rage inside us and the longings that motivate us, we invent spirituality, lean on political solutions, create new villains,… — Ravi Zacharias
Child development: Most damaging course of action is attempting to keep children from experience or protect them from pain, for it is this time that… — Leo Buscaglia
Lobbying' is the activity of attempting to influence legislation by privately influencing the legislators. It is the result and creation of a mixed economy-of government… — Ayn Rand
There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal. — Friedrich August von Hayek
Active conservation [of gorillas] involves simply going out into the forest, on foot, day after day after day, attempting to capture poachers, killing-regretfully-poacher dogs, which… — Dian Fossey

Who Wrote These Attempting Quotes

293 authors contributed a total of 314 Attempting Quotes, led by these top contributors: