We Tried Quotes

108 We Tried quotes by 100 unique authors

Out-innovating them is the way to beat China. And to do everything that we do in this country to support innovative policy, that drives innovation… — Jack Welch
The thing to remember about love affairs," says Simone, "is that they are all like having raccoons in your chimney." ... We have raccoons sometimes… — Lorrie Moore
She was elusive. She was today. She was tomorrow. She was the faintest scent of a cactus flower, the flitting shadow of an elf owl.… — Jerry Spinelli
Our radio plays rhythm and blues as we pass the joint back and forth in jutjawed silence both looking ahead with big private thoughts now… — Jack Kerouac
After that we tried thirty-nine times to stand together on the tube until we finally did. It was fun. I liked the falling part, and… — Miriam Toews
But Jude,' she would say, 'you knew me. All those days and years, Jude, you knew me. My ways and my hands and how my… — Toni Morrison
Children are people, and they should have to reach to learn about things, to understand things, just as adults have to reach if they want… — Walt Disney
We tried it again and it didn't work out. Sour milk is always sour milk. When something goes bad it stays bad.You don't put sour… — Eric Jerome Dickey
We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No we didn't light it But… — Billy Joel
We tried so hard. We were always trying to help each other. But not because we were helpless. He needed to get things for me,… — Jonathan Safran Foer
One of the men gave Butch a bunch of volts with a stun gun. The Rangeman didnâ€™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

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