Tried Quotes

4144 Tried quotes by 2854 unique authors

I think people should be allowed to do anything they want. We haven't tried that for a while. Maybe this time it'll work. — George Carlin
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've tried everything. I've done therapy, I've done colonics. I went to a psychic who had me running around town buying pieces of ribbon to… — Jim Carrey
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
You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that you've… — Rosalynn Carter
Since the child knew his parents would give in, he tried the same trick again and again. — Jackie Chan
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
You know, I've got experiences going back to the wage price controls in the Nixon administration where, in effect, we had what I think was… — Dick Cheney
Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I fell in love with the public, the public fell in love with me, and I tried to keep it that way. — Julia Child
I've always tried to stay out of the fray and not be an object of controversy. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else. — Winston Churchill
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. — Winston Churchill
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
Electricity can be dangerous. My nephew tried to stick a penny into a plug. Whoever said a penny doesn't go far didn't see him shoot… — Tim Allen
In the Soviet Union it was illegal to take a photograph of a train station. Look what happened to them. They tried to classify everything. — Tom Clancy
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
I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library. — Beverly Cleary
Michael Palin decided to give up on his considerable comedy talents to make those dreadfully tedious travel shows. Have you ever tried to watch one? — John Cleese

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