Merely Trying Quotes
- Man can and must prevent the tragedy of famine in the future instead of merely trying with pious regret to salvage the human wreckage of… — Norman Borlaug
- Surely the mitochondrion that first entered another cell was not thinking about the future benefits of cooperation and integration; it was merely trying to make… — Stephen Jay Gould
- When we speak of God or achieving union with God, we are often merely trying to put that great thing into a small container. One… — Chogyam Trungpa
- There are things than cannot ever occur with any precision. They are too big and too magnificent to be contained in mere facts. They are… — Bruno Schulz
- Hasn't it ever occurred to you that in your promiscuous pursuit of women you are merely trying to assuage your subconscious fears of sexual impotence?"… — Joseph Heller
- Adieu, Lord Dain,†she answered without turning her head. “Have a pleasant evening with your cows.†Cows? She was merely trying to provoke him, Dain… — Loretta Chase
- The rat was merely trying to sleep. Believe me, pup, if I had wanted to kill you we wouldn’t be having this conversation,†said Ripred. — Suzanne Collins
- I know that when a supersexy older girl with hips and breasts and nice hair wants to take off your glasses and to paint you… — Chuck Palahniuk
- I'm merely trying to give you the sort of argument that would appeal to your intelligence. — F. Scott Fitzgerald