I Tried Quotes

1162 quotes by 957 authors

I then realized my appearance was a bit odd. My right leg was no longer with me. It had caught somewhere in the top of… — Douglas Bader
I didn't try and do fashion pictures. I tried to do portraits of girls wearing dresses. — David Bailey
I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express the soul, perhaps a photograph… — Ansel Adams
I burned out my drawing hand by using it too much. The common word for it is writer's cramp. The fancy words for it are… — Scott Adams
I've always defined myself not as a cartoonist , but as an entrepreneur. That was true before I tried cartooning. I always imagined cartooning would… — Scott Adams
My dresses are for women of all different shapes and sizes. Actually, the one I tried on yesterday was the one Jennifer wore. And who'd… — Victoria Beckham
I tried for a while to be an agricultural worker and was hopelessly bored. To me it was meaningless. I would stand around in heaps… — Theodore Bikel
I grew up in a house where my father encouraged my brother and me to fail. I specifically remember coming home and saying, 'Dad, Dad,… — Sara Blakely
I want to make sure I don't interfere with the success of that team next year. I don't see any way I could go to… — Bear Bryant
Conducting, I tried it once off the cuff, and quickly realized there were subtle aspects that I was missing. There is a lot more to… — Carter Burwell
My mom was a single mom, and she had enough on her plate. I knew when I was doing something I wasn't supposed to, and… — Jason Aldean
Sometimes you surprise the goalkeeper and sometimes the goalkeeper surprises you. In my career, I tried to do more of the first than the second. — Eric Cantona
I tried out for 'Jeopardy' once, when they came to Cleveland, but I didn't make it. — Drew Carey
I knew that I could vote and that that wasn't a privilege; it was my right. Every time I tried I was shot, killed or… — Stokely Carmichael
I don't believe that Jesus would approve abortion except in the case of incest, rape or the mother's life in danger. But I had to… — Jimmy Carter
As a father, I always want my son to be perfect. When he was young, I tried to train him in martial arts, but he… — Jackie Chan
I fell in love with the public, the public fell in love with me, and I tried to keep it that way. — Julia Child
My wife and I tried two or three times in the last 40 years to have breakfast together, but it was so disagreeable we had… — Winston Churchill
I tried when I was 13, when my grandparents gave me an acoustic guitar, and I tried for a year. It hurt so much to… — Eric Clapton
The first guitar I ever had was a gut-string Spanish guitar, and I couldn't really get the hang of it. I was only 13, and… — Eric Clapton

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