Tried Quotes

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The angels in heaven covered their eyes with their hands and sobbed loudly, because that is what they always do when a man hits his… — Guus Kuijer
The DC 9/11: Time of Crisis film was hard to get the part; I had to audition three times. It was very serious and very… — Timothy Bottoms
I never thought I was normal, never tried to be normal. — Charles Manson
I always tried to do the best. I knew I couldn't always be the best, but I tried to be. — Frank Robinson
I also know that while I am black I am a human being, and therefore I have the right to go into any public place.… — Stokely Carmichael
Before I tried LSD, I'd been going to a psychologist for a couple of years. I found out about success that you have to fight… — Larry Hagman
What kind of life a dog . . . acquires. I have sometimes tried to imagine by kneeling or lying full length on the ground… — E. V. Lucas
I tried to stay away from King. You can't do it. It's like staying away from taxes. Sooner or later, he'll get you. — Mike Tyson
He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it. — W. Somerset Maugham
No man dares to condemn the Christian faith today, because the Christian faith has not been tried. Not until men get rid of the thought… — Phillips Brooks
At first he thought he felt bad because he was afraid of leading an army, but it wasn't true. He knew he'd make a good… — Orson Scott Card
It is not true that democracy will always safeguard freedom of conscience better than autocracy. Witness the most famous of all trials. Pilate was, from… — Joseph A. Schumpeter
When Coleridge tried to define beauty, he returned always to one deep thought; beauty, he said, is unity in variety! Science is nothing else than… — Jacob Bronowski
People who write about spring training not being necessary have never tried to throw a baseball. — Sandy Koufax
I tried immediately to have a baby because I was so afraid not to have a baby in my life. — Roberto Cavalli
We tried not to age, but time had its rage. — Patti Smith
I'm happy to respect authority when it's genuine authority, based on moral or intellectual or even technical superiority. I'm eager to follow a hero if… — Edward Abbey
Reason has seldom failed us because it has seldom been tried. — Edward Abbey
Don’t you wonder sometimes, what might have happened if you tried? — Kazuo Ishiguro
C.S. Lewis admitted, when he was asked to set forth his beliefs, that he never felt less sure of them than when he tried to… — Robert Adams
I have friends who've tried to break into the UK, who went back with their tails between their legs. Fortunately I've had the opposite experience. — Michael Bolton
Mainly, I thought of Barney Fife as a kid. You can always look into the faces of kids and see what they're thinking, if they're… — Don Knotts
I remember nothing about it except a philological fact. My mother said nothing about the dragon, but pointed out that one could not say 'a… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I was the first spokesperson for the Better Hearing Institute in Washington. And that's the message we tried to send out - there is hearing… — Norm Crosby
I can't remember all the times I've tried to tell myself to hold on to these moments as they pass — Adam Duritz

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