We Tried Quotes

108 We Tried quotes by 100 unique authors

One of the men gave Butch a bunch of volts with a stun gun. The Rangeman didn’t move fast enough, and Butch grabbed the gun… — Janet Evanovich
The second death. To think that you died and no one would remember you. I wondered if this was why we tried so hard to… — Mitch Albom
Maximum damage. It was the beginning of the end. Either we would fail or not. At least we could say we tried. — Maria V. Snyder
We tried to shut him in a pyramid, but Mum spotted us. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
In our minds we tried to pin her to a corkboard like a butterfly, but the pin merely went through and away she flew — Jerry Spinelli
All we had was her room, her stories, and the quiet that settled in as we tried in vain to spread ourselves out and fill… — Sarah Dessen
We tried not to smile, for smiling only encourages men to bore you and waste your time. — Sheila Heti
I think of me and Melanie when we were younger, on the high dive at the pool in Mexico. We would always hold hands as… — Gayle Forman
There are people who think that we cannot rule ourselves because the few times we tried, we failed, as if all the others who rule… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
My wife and I had been trying a while to have a baby. We tried a bunch of things - so we had a surrogate. — Jimmy Fallon
Faith is a personal matter, and should never be a cudgel to stifle inquiry. We tried that approach about 1,200 years ago. The experiment was… — Seth Shostak
When I was younger and women first started to get in public positions, in my case the law, we went through a period where we… — Hillary Clinton
It was like a heart transplant. We tried to implant college in him but his head rejected it. — Barry Switzer
The team pulled together very well, whatever we tried worked. — David Gower
When the first computers started to come in, we tried to digitalize the seismological equipment. — Frank Press
In the GNOME project we tried to keep the platform language independent. — Miguel de Icaza
We tried burying the waste at sea and the concrete cannisters that held it cracked open. — David R. Brower
It was most exciting when people first came up on the stage and then when they came back for the encore. We wanted to make… — Neil Tennant
Then we tried to come up with ideas for the sketches, and then, when we actually shot the movie, we really just sat down -… — Joel Hodgson
We tried our best for the longest time to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the matter, and at each step, we were thwarted by those… — Janet Reno
We tried to make a movie that had sex and violence because we like sex and violence. — Lana Wachowski
We tried to create advantages. We were never complacent. — Bobby Rahal
My first company, Pure Software, was exciting and innovative in the first few years and bureaucratic and painful in the last few before it got… — Reed Hastings
I should say many things. Mexico has been one of the losers of the 20th century. We tried many different alternatives to development and unfortunately… — Vicente Fox
Life would certainly be easier if we all came equipped with our own personal FAQ lists. When we meet someone, we could pass them a… — Jeff Lindsay

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