Trying Quotes

My mother phones daily to ask, "Did you just try to reach me?" When I reply no, she adds, "So, if you're not too busy, call me while I'm still alive," . . . and hangs up.

I never go to a college reunion that I don't come away feeling sorry for all those paunchy, balding jocks trying to hang onto youth. I feel sorry for the men, too.

I was just starting out, trying to become a screenwriter, and I became the Austin slam champion three times. For a nerdy, kind of a socially awkward guy, that did wonders for my self esteem.

All writers write about the past, and I try to make it come alive so you can see what happened.

I try to write something that would interest anybody and keep them turning the page. You must have a plot and good storyline.

I wanted to try this new drink: That's all we do, isn't it - look at things and try new drinks?

But don't try to find an untroublesome woman. She will dull out on you. What makes a woman good in bed makes it impossible for her to live alone.

Nobody knows what's in him until he tries to pull it out. If there's nothing, or very little, the shock can kill a man.

If you're looking for messages, try Western Union.

I am trying to make, before I get through, a picture of the whole world--or as much of it as I have seen. Boiling it down always, rather than spreading it out too thin. (On Writing.)

If the grass on the other side of the fence is greener, try watering your side.

Try to earn your $$$$$$ before you spend them.

If you believe that happiness can be bought, then why don't you try selling some of yours?

I solidify his [ Riccardo Tisci] vision and what he is trying to manifest, make it a crystal or solid thing because of the relationship I have with my culture and what my music means to him.

I'm a woman who has gone through many heartaches, enough to dedicate my whole life to trying to figure them out.

I think we are in the process of getting the word out, and we haven't done very well yet. But we are trying.

I think that becoming a parent kind of made me try to be more responsible. And it made me much more stressful.

I went to public school for like, one day. I don't get it. Everybody tries to be exactly the same. I think being an outsider is a good thing.

It's so hard for every young person, trying to figure out the adult you want to be.

Sometimes people, their creative drive comes from an energy to try to heal themselves.

It's certainly an interesting moment to try to talk about, 'cause you could make a great show about the police force right now, with all that's happening in the news and Ferguson and all of it.

I'm always trying to look for how I can find human stories that aren't just dramas.

In fact, I think my life is always going to be difficult, because I am trying to do something... "original" is a big word. It's kind of pathetic, but I have to love what I'm doing.

I don't like things to be overcharged, because otherwise everyone starts getting nervous. I try to be very well organized. When I write the script, everything is already in there, like the decoupage.

There are people who are trying to advance themselves by wrapping themselves in Reagan.

I let the comedy come through the character and just try to make sure that everything is kind of rounded in a truth, in a reality, because that's what I need to make a character work.

Try not to wake up on fire.

I just loved comedy as a kid and I think at some point, it just occurred to me that you could try it, and I did.

I'm not a matchmaker. I'm a horrible matchmaker. I always try. I'm not very good.

I get to see the world and try to make people happy. I'm very much of a wandering spirit, if you'll pardon the expression.

Give up on trying to be original. Every song has been sung, every picture has been painted, and every story has been told. The best one can do is sing, draw, or tell it again well.

I'm constantly changing, I'm constantly growing. I think I'm a little controversial... I just try and keep some mystery, so hopefully people can't really put their finger on it.

I try to stay out of the public eye as much as possible because I want people to be able to watch my films and not be distracted.

We are not imperialists. We don't even try to take over Canada. It would be easy, although it might take a rear guard action to guard Anne Murray.

The world is full of opportunities, and I want to try as many as I possibly can.

I changed jobs like I changed shirts. It was something I just like to do - I like trying my hand at everything.

What I have found is that even when you try to transform existing structures they are so powerful they often overwhelm, seduce, and control you.

Concerts have to be seen as a real event for which the aim is to try and feed everybody.

You can't be disappointed unless you try something to be disappointed over.

We're inspired by groups who always try to change and get better.

I thought [ as a kid], "Maybe I don't want to start a punk band necessarily. I just want to learn to be a great songwriter," and got really into trying to figure out how that could be possible.

Anyways, trying to express yourself to the press is often like arguing with a hysterical person.

The Lord is letting the wheat and the tares mature before he fully purges the Church. He is also testing you to see if you will be misled. The devil is trying to deceive the very elect.

We all must try to be good.

I'm merely trying to give you the sort of argument that would appeal to your intelligence.

There's certain things I try to avoid, as an actress, just to keep my world from being as narrow as it could be.

Going home, it's what everybody's trying to do from the day they're born to the day they die, but going home together - that's marriage.

I try not to be spectacular with the camera. I try to be a witness of what's going on.

I really don't like to go for the stereotypes. I try to give you characters that you don't know until you get to know them, and [decide] how you should feel about them.

I would try to pick the guitar up sometimes, like, "Hey, remember me?" It was like reintroducing yourself to someone who's got a grudge.