Attempting Quotes

314 quotes by 293 authors

If people really grew up, there would be no crime, no divorce, no Civil War reenactors....it's not like you think it will be, that one… — Lisa Lutz
This is systems security for the Central Intelligence Agency. We would like to know why you are attempting to hack one of our classified databases. — Dan Brown
You are attempting to be logical, I suspect, and logic has little to do with government, and nothing at all to do with military administration. — Robin McKinley
A word is a bud attempting to become a twig. How can one not dream while writing? It is the pen which dreams. The blank… — Gaston Bachelard
My mother is currently associating with some undesirables who are attempting to transform her into an athlete of sorts, deprave specimens of mankind who regularly… — John Kennedy Toole
I do know that when I am 60, I should be attempting to achieve different personal goals than those which had priority at age 20. — Warren Buffett
While life is meant to test, challenge, and strengthen us, if we are attempting to negotiate the twists and turns and ups and downs of… — Sheri L. Dew
Any time you are with anyone or think of anyone you must say to yourself: I am dying and this person too is dying, attempting… — Anthony de Mello
I swear youâ€™re a woman. (Devyn) I would respond to that, but I donâ€™t want to distract you while youâ€™re attempting to drive and Iâ€™m… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
If we seem to get no good by attempting to draw near to Him, we may be sure we will get none by keeping away… — John Newton
We are motivated more by aversion to the unpleasant than by a will toward truth, freedom, or healing. We are constantly attempting to escape our… — Stephen Levine
It's one of the ironies of mountaineering,' said Young, 'that grown men are happy to spend months preparing for a climb, weeks rehearsing and honing… — Jeffrey Archer
It was tough attempting to be social with people who'd rather pretend you didn't exist. — Heather Brewer
...it is well known that a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you're attempting can't be done. — Terry Pratchett
attempting to find in motion what was lost in space. — Tennessee Williams
I was attempting to write the story of my life. It wasn't so much about plot. It was much more about character. — David Levithan
To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them. — Rene Descartes
A man inferior with the blade or with his thoughts can still so elevate himself," Entreri explained curtly, "if he can impart the belief that… — R A Salvatore
Walking out in the middle of a funeral would be, of course, bad form. So attempting to walk out on one's own was beyond the… — Steve Hockensmith
Don't you know that boys don't cry?' Adam grinned. 'Shall I tell you something I've only recently discovered,' I replied, not attempting to hide the… — Malorie Blackman

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