First Attempt Quotes

33 quotes by 32 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
Entropy theory is indeed a first attempt to deal with global form; but it has not been dealing with structure. All it says is that… — Rudolf Arnheim
A first attempt to recover the right of self government may fail, so may a second, a third, etc. But as a younger and more… — Thomas Jefferson
Science advances by trial and error. When mistakes are made, the peer-review publication process usually roots them out. Cuccinelli's version of the scientific process would… — Scott Mandia
Due to affirmative action, about half of the black law students fall to the bottom 10% percent of the class and they are 2.5 times… — Peter Kirsanow
That's already been tried before only means the first attempt got it wrong. — Aaron Levie
No one is able to produce a great work of art without experience, nor achieve a worldly position immediately, nor be a great lover at… — Alain de Botton
The first attempt at a response: there must have been a fall, a decline, and the road to salvation can only be the return of… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
In drawing, nothing is better than the first attempt. — Pablo Picasso
I am trying to get the hang of this new fangled writing machine, but I am not making a shining success of it. However, this… — Mark Twain
When writing of oneself one should show no mercy. Yet why at the first attempt to discover one's own truth does all inner strength seem… — Georges Bernanos
When I was about 15... I made my first attempt as a leading lady, and was, of course, a complete failure. — Maud Adams
All of us, in a sense, struggle continuously all the time, because we never get what we want. The important thing which I've really learned… — Mukesh Ambani
It is quite clear to me that the religious paradise of youth, which [I] lost, was a first attempt to free myself from the chains… — Albert Einstein
It was at Inver Slane, to the north of Leinster, the sons of Gaedhal of the Shining Armour, the Very Gentle, that were called afterwards… — Lady Gregory
Religion is part of the human make-up. It's also part of our cultural and intellectual history. Religion was our first attempt at literature, the texts,… — Christopher Hitchens
It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate. — Quintilian
Matisse makes a drawing, then he makes a copy of it. He copies it five times, ten times, always clarifying the line. Heâ€™s convinced that… — Pablo Picasso
Your emotional capacity is an empty motor, and your values are the fuel with which your mind fills it. If you choose a mix of… — Ayn Rand
What? You mean to travel almost five hundred miles alone? No. I canâ€™t let you do that. I . . . I forbid you.â€ It… — Tessa Dare

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