Quotes with trying

Quotes 241 till 260 of 448.

  • Ben Vereen Nine years after I had my own accident, I find that in trying to go back to doing those things that I used to do just doesn't fit. Everything seems to just fall apart. I don't know why but I think it is because I am this new creature.
    Ben Vereen
    American actor, dancer and singer (1946 - )
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  • Anne Sullivan Macy No matter how mistaken Communist ideas may be, the experience and knowledge gained by trying them out have given a tremendous impetus to thought and imagination.
    Anne Sullivan Macy
    American teacher (1866 - 1936)
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  • Bill Clinton No, because I didn't get him. But at least I tried. That's the difference me and some, including all the right-wingers who are attacking me now. They ridiculed me for trying. They had eight months to try. They did not try. I tried.
    Interview with Chris Wallace, FOX News Sunday, September 24, 2006
    Bill Clinton
    President of the US (1946 - )
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  • Carol Ann Duffy Not a red rose or a satin heart.
    I give you an onion.
    It is a moon wrapped in brown paper.
    It promises light
    like the careful undressing of love... I am trying to be truthful.
    Valentine, from Mean Time (1993)
    Carol Ann Duffy
    British poet and playwright (1955 - )
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  • Marilyn French Nothing is ever simple. What do you do when you discover you like parts of the role you're trying to escape?
    Marilyn French
    American radical feminist author (1929 - 2009)
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  • Aaron Spelling Now I've even gotten to running out to the fan buses that pass by our house, so I can talk to the people. I think I'm trying to gather fans, frankly. They're very, very nice people - they really understand. It's fun talking to them.
    Aaron Spelling
    American film and television (1923 - 2006)
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  • Bhagavad Gita O Krishna, the stillness of divine union which you describe is beyond my comprehension. How can the mind, which is so restless, attain lasting peace? Krishna, the mind is restless, turbulent, powerful, violent; trying to control it is like trying to tame the wind.
    Bhagavad Gita
    Indian Hindu storybook
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  • Vivien Kellems Of course I'm a publicity hound. Aren't all crusaders? How can you accomplish anything unless people know what you are trying to do?
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  • Bryan Singer Once I start something, I always finish it. They had been trying to get X-Men made for 30 years and they thought maybe if I got involved, it might actually happen.
    Bryan Singer
    American director, producer and writer (1965 - )
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  • Ben Carson One of the reasons surgeons have so much trouble separating Siamese twins is that nobody gets to do many of them. On the table, the anatomy is so different from normal, that you're constantly trying to figure out, 'Can I cut this? Does this wire lead to what?' It's like trying to defuse a bomb.
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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  • Bill Williams One of the things that I have learned since trying to bring in an interesting story in under 28 pages is that we already agree on great chunks of typical superhero stories.
    Bill Williams
    American actor
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  • Butch Trucks Our approach is more the jazz approach, where you learn to play your instrument as well as you can, develop your craft, and then communicate with each other. That's the focus, not trying to give some message or entertain or have a good light show or whatever.
    Butch Trucks
    American musician (1947 - 2017)
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  • Andrew Cohen Our relationship to reality and to our experience is all based upon the ideas in our mind that we're always trying to live up to.
    Andrew Cohen
    American spiritual teacher (1955 - )
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  • Ben Carson Our strength as a nation comes in our unity. We are the United States of America, not the divided states. And those who want to divide us are trying to divide us, and we shouldn't let them do it.
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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  • Kingsley Amis Outside every fat man there was an even fatter man trying to close in.
    Kingsley Amis
    English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher (1922 - 1995)
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  • Barbara Mikulski Parents today are under a lot of stress, sometimes working two jobs just to make ends meet. They're trying to find day care for their kids and elder care for their own parents. The Federal Government shouldn't add to their worries by not living up to its obligations.
    Barbara Mikulski
    American politician (1936 - )
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  • Campbell Scott Part of the advantage, and part of the result of trying to be a producer and director, are the practical things, you find. It's so advantageous to go to a place that you already have a feel for, a literal and spiritual familiarity.
    Campbell Scott
    American actor, director and producer (1961 - )
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  • Bubba Watson People always ask 'Why is Bubba different?' They're just trying to figure it out.
    Bubba Watson
    American professional golfer (1978 - )
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  • Edgar W. Howe People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.
    Edgar W. Howe
    American journalist and writer (1853 - 1937)
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  • Murray Bookchin People are never free of trying to be content.
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