Quotes with attempt

Quotes 101 till 109 of 109.

  • Vincent Van Gogh What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?
    Vincent Van Gogh
    Dutch painter (1853 - 1890)
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  • Brin-Jonathan Butler When Castro was put on trial in 1953 by Batista's government and asked who was intellectually responsible for his first attempt at insurrection, he dropped the name of the poet Jose Marti.
    Brin-Jonathan Butler
    American journalist and filmmaker
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  • Napoleon When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.
    Napoleon
    French Emperor (1769 - 1821)
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  • Samuel Johnson Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Samuel Johnson While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till grief be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Ben E. King Yeah. I'm amateurish. I can play enough to write a song, or strum on a little guitar to write out a song. But, I don't play well at all. I wouldn't even attempt for a second to play in public.
    Ben E. King
    American soul and R&B singer (1938 - 2015)
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  • Beau Willimon You always want to try, in everything you do, to attempt something you've never tried before, and the only way to succeed at that is through failure, and the only way to succeed through failure is just banging your head against the wall over and over until you get to that interesting thing on the other side.
    Beau Willimon
    American playwright and screenwriter (1977 - )
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  • Carlisle Floyd You can't possibly predict what will last or not. But once you attempt to write for the ages, you're doomed.
    Carlisle Floyd
    American opera composer
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  • Denis Diderot To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and who, if he succeeded, would end up a complete monster!
    Denis Diderot
    French philosopher (1713 - 1784)
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