I Attempted Quotes
15 quotes by 15 authors
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I attempted to fish in Scotland and I managed to hook a dog. It was a horrible moment but the dog turned out to be…
— Emily Blunt
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Over the years I attempted to make my style a bit more relaxed 'cause the initial style you couldn't watch for more than ten minutes…
— Jo Brand
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In my early 20s I was so miserable doing construction, I wanted something that paid money. I liked nice stuff. I liked cars and architecture,…
— Adam Carolla
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I attempted to see famines as broad "economic" problems (concentrating on how people can buy food, or otherwise get entitled to it), rather than in…
— Amartya Sen
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I was so thrilled I attempted to mount my television
— Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley
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Although I never publicly defended promiscuity, I never publicly attacked it. I attempted to avoid the subject, in part because I felt, and often still…
— Andrew Sullivan
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At the time I attempted to purchase the rights back for the 3 Homestead records, but the owner demanded an outrageous sum in the neighborhood…
— Marc Edwards
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They urged me to take up winter quarters at the forks of the Platt, stating that if I attempted to advance further until spring, I…
— William Henry Ashley
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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
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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
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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
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I attempted briefly to consecrate myself in the public library, believing every crack in my soul could be chinked with a book.
— Barbara Kingsolver
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How was your night?" I asked, my voice carefully neutral as I attempted to break the ice. My spying adventures still hung uncomfortably between us.…
— Becca Fitzpatrick
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I attempted various types of plastic surgery, minutely but enough to stave off this encroaching middle-aged body. And every time I did, something went wrong.…
— Jamie Lee Curtis
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General: I attempted to take Williamsport yesterday, but found too large a force of infantry and artillery. After a long fight, I withdrew to this…
— John Buford
Who Wrote These I Attempted Quotes
15 authors contributed a total of 15 I Attempted Quotes as follows: