We Attempt Quotes

43 quotes by 41 authors

Life is simply experience; for reasons not readily discerned, we attempt to go on. — Scott Turow
Year in and year out, under the guise of the Ridiculous, we attempt the Sublime. — Charles Ludlam
Whatever we attempt is a reflection of our inner thirst, which we hope to quench in all these external ways. What we are looking for… — Ayya Khema
Whenever we attempt to mend the scheme of Providence and to interfere in the Government of the world, we had need be very circumspect lest… — Benjamin Franklin
I think the ideal way of living is to live like the vast majority of people whom we attempt to serve and represent. — Jose Mujica
The past is an obdurate stranger that puts as many marks on us as we attempt to impose on it. — Joanne Harris
When we attempt to isolate another we only isolate ourselves. We are all God's children and there are no favorites. God is revealed to all… — Peace Pilgrim
I think, though, as African-American women, we are always trained to value our community even at the expense of ourselves, and so we attempt to… — Anita Hill
It's important that we attempt to extend life beyond Earth now. It is the first time in the four billion-year history of Earth that it's… — Elon Musk
Like the diminishing beauty returns for a facially paralyzed Botox addict, the more forcefully we attempt to stop the passage of time, the less available… — Douglas Rushkoff
It is when we attempt to avoid suffering by withdrawing from anything that might involve hurt, when we try to spare ourselves the effort and… — Pope Benedict XVI
Love is never static, but always evolving. Love is simultaneously random and ordered, so intangible and yet a part of everything, and when we attempt… — James Van Praagh
When we attempt to exercise power or control over someone else, we cannot avoid giving that person the very same power or control over us. — Alan Watts
Religion is nothing but institutionalized mysticism. The catch is, mysticism does not lend itself to institutionalization. The moment we attempt to organize mysticism, we destroy… — Tom Robbins
Modern reality has got such a hold on us that... when we attempt to reconstruct the ancient days in our thoughts...the minor events of our… — Vincent Van Gogh
We can't define anything precisely. If we attempt to, we get into the paralysis of thought that comes to philosophers... one saying to the other:… — Richard P. Feynman
Time is the most undefinable yet paradoxical of things; the past is gone, the future is not come, and the present becomes the past, even… — Charles Caleb Colton
Our energy is in proportion to the resistance it meets. We attempt nothing great but from a sense of the difficulties we have to encounter,… — William Hazlitt
The more words we are allowed to take, the freer we become. If our mouth is banned, then we attempt to assert ourselves through gestures,… — Herta Muller
Should we attempt border security first, which I believe we should, we still need to face the fact that comprehensive reform is necessary. This must… — Jim Costa

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