Trying Quotes

If you're always in a hurry, always trying to get ahead of the other guy, or someone else's performance is what motivates you, then that person is in control of you.

Secularists are often wrongly accused of trying to purge religious ideals from public discourse. We simply want to deny them public sponsorship.

I want to aspire to something like what Denzel Washington does, which is try to find scripts written for white actors - or Jodie Foster, who reads scripts for male actors.

I try to date, but I take it so seriously. I am bad at having a casual relationship, so I kind of don't.

If someone accidentally ingests sodium azide, you shouldn't try to resuscitate the person because you could die, too, giving CPR. This is a highly toxic chemical.

I am trying to be honest with you and it hurts me. Now.

Pessimism is an excuse for not trying and a guarantee to a personal failure.

What a pleasure life would be to live if everybody would try to do only half of what he expects others to do.

Never try to outsmart a woman, unless you are another woman.

I try to be as ruthless as possible. I ask myself of each sentence, "Is it clear? Is it true? Does it feel good?" And if it's not, then I rewrite it.

What I hope is that I don't just become 'Peter from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.' I want to try and do something else to be a good actor and a respected actor.

Never try to take a fortified hill, especially if the Army on top is bigger than you are

We are ready to try our fortunes to the last man.

I would try and help everybody, because the game was so easy for me. It was just like walking in the park.

I really want to try to become a great actress when I get older and continue to do what I'm doing now.

There is only one duty, only one safe course, and that is to try to be right.

I don't think Kenya is the only country that tries to induce amnesia - it seems to be a global phenomenon. But offenses do not die. They do not disappear.

There's no point in being scared of just trying.

I am going to try speaking some reckless words, and I want you to try to listen recklessly.

If you're not trying to be real, you don't have to get it right. That's art.

We're trying to set up a movie for me in the near future. It's going to be similar to the story of how I got discovered. Kinda like my own version of '8 Mile.'

There is no try. There is only do.

Creatives fail and the really good ones fail often.

Trying too hard to be too good, even when trying to be bad, is too good for the bad, too bad for the good.

It is good to stay in a peaceful poverty than to stay in a painful wealth.

Trying to describe something musical is like dancing to architecture, it's really difficult.

Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi.

Novelists have always had complete freedom to pretty much tell their story any way they saw fit. And that's what I'm trying to do.

My dad keeps referring to me playing the piano when he's trying to teach me something in archery.

There's no hope. There's no reason to keep trying. Because you must. This is not hope. Not reason. This is your fate. This is your life, what you must do.

Happiness is like water. We’re always trying to grab onto it, but it’s always slipping between our fingers

Nobody has time to keep trying on a load of things in the morning like a teenager.

When we rehearse, we're always trying to aim for something else. But we never quite succeed in getting there.

We just keep trying to beat every show with the funny stick until it's funny

It is now only in letters I write what I feel: not in literature any more, and I seldom say it, because I keep trying to be amusing.

We're trying to impress ourselves in a way. That's why we keep trying to do things better... we never get satisfied.

We're all just trying to fit in and find ourselves, particularly when we're growing up.

I'm always trying to be a good ambassador for my country.

You're damned if you're too thin and you're damned if you're too heavy. According to the press, I've been both. It's impossible to satisfy everyone and I suggest we stop trying.

Stop trying to save me. You couldn't then; you can't now.

For anyone who has that calling and is trying also to make a living at it, it is really hard.

Your trouble is, you keep trying to unscrew the unscrutable.

Today, I will let go. I will stop trying to control everything. I will stop trying to make myself be and do better, and I will let myself be.

There were things that would irritate Casey, but trying too hard or getting mad at sitting on the bench weren't among them.

It's not just how hard you try, it's how well you will succeed from trying hard.

One of the things that always was Fall Out Boy was trying new things and kind of pushing ourselves in different directions.

Sooner or later you'll hear what your heart has always been telling you: stop trying to be who you think you should be - become who you are.

Stop trying to make ‘fetch’ happen. It’s not going to happen!

Bella, would you please stop trying to take your clothes off?

Trying too hard to follow every trend. You want to look fashionable and put-together, not like you hit every sale rack this season.