Trying Quotes

I'm not trying to justify myself, or say I'm not sorry, or not contrite.

I spent a long time trying to build up an organisation [the Lance Armstrong Foundation that changed its name to Livestrong after his confession] to help a lot of people.

From the time I became an actor my whole approach was to try to do as many different things as possible. It never occurred to me that I might be typecast.

I try to be athletic.

I try to eat fruit and be healthy.

I don't try Sin. I do. Remember that.

Hurry," she breathed. Man, talk about pressure. He was supposed to get it up while demon hordes were trying to kill him, and Satan himself was knocking at the door.

I think you have to work very hard and dedicate yourself and have the respect of your teammates before you're about to go out and just try to take a game over by yourself.

I think after a certain amount, I’m going to give almost everything I have to charity. What else can you do with it? You can't spend it, even if you try. I've been trying.

I know some people are offended by the fact that I'm spending a lot of money trying to win the America's Cup. I could have given all that money to charity.

I'm tired. I am old and I have never quit pursuing my goals. I am heavily involved in real estate right now, but I am trying to get out of it altogether, I am just tired.

We have to think bigger as writers. We have to try and change the world.

It's hard to break through the clutter of fighters out there trying to get attention.

I am trying to prevent a bloodbath. Is that clear enough for you? I'm trying to prevent a civil war that could kill half the people in this world.

We try to, when you come to Google, fulfill that need that you have as quickly as possible.

This job of playing God is a little too big for me. Nevertheless, someone has to do it, so I'll try my best to fake it.

I try not to confuse roles and traits in my own life. Being the Perl god is a role. Being a stubborn cuss is a trait.

As the world gets smaller and communication spreads further and further out there, you try to find the right balance.

I always try to preserve my cinematographic style, even while I work in the US. I wish to always be European.

I am trying so hard to live in the moment and enjoy it while it's happening, because it feels like a moving freight train that I just got on, and I'm trying not to look back and get dizzy!

Try to sing exactly like an artist you hear, and then all of the sudden, you'll feel what it feels like if you're singing properly, depending on who you're mimicking.

I haven't been trying to be anything other than myself.

A government should not function based on the pressures of some or others. It should try to adapt a mix of measures that fits every context and generates the appropriate steps forward.

My hair dries straight naturally, so I'm always trying to find anything to give it volume or give it a little bit of bounce.

We've all made mistakes that are similar in just trying to get by or make some money or feel good about ourselves.

At school I was always trying to con my teachers into letting me act out book reports instead of writing them.

When you're not under a 'series regular' contract, and other jobs come up, you try to juggle everything.

I try to just take in every moment of being alive.

I'm a bit of a layman physics junkie. I don't really understand it, but I love trying to understand it.

The performances make you want to get back out there and try something new and challenge yourself.

I had asked her for help, and she had sent me to the lions. I knew that she was trying to save her little girl, but sometimes mothers with the best intentions kill their daughters all the same.

I've always seen my work as trying to make the connection with men who no one really spends time with.

Sometimes the greatest wounds are the ones we try the hardest not to inflict.

When you apologize, try not to smile at the same time. It ruins the effect

I should not have to flirt with someone while I'm trying to threaten someone else with a gun; it was too hard to do both.

Zerbrowski said, "Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try." It took me a second to realize that he had just quoted Star Wars to me. It made me smile, and in that moment I loved him, just for that.

Being an actress is similar to trying to fit in with the popular kids in high school. You're expected to drive the right car, wear the right clothes and say the right things.

Yeah, I've always sung, and I always try to find a way for music to be in my life.

As long as I can walk and talk, I'll try almost anything. I say "almost" because the high wire is definitely out.

Part of my journey is sort of learning the ways that I'm unconsciously blocked and trying to open them up. I'm a complete "work in progress" in that area.

I try really hard to separate myself from other celebrity brands.

I try to never look back at how I dressed in the first few seasons of 'Laguna Beach' because it was pretty bad... head-to-toe bad.

Take a moment each day to focus on the good, and then try to carry that with you throughout the day, because while bangs don't look good on everyone, confidence does.

And if I have to die trying, I will get out of here.

To die trying would be better than to die without purpose.

who once had dreams of saving the world, now laughs at anyone who tries.

His three wives are huddled together on the bare mattress, one of them dying; when we're together, we form an alliance he can't touch. He's scared to even try.

I try not to think too much or be too impatient, and let the back of my brain do its mysterious work.

Writing by hand is a way of letting mystery into my writing. But I'm constantly trying to figure out how to do this job. It's a work in progress.

We meet. We always meet, somehow we're always thrown together, no matter where I go, no matter how I try to distance myself from you. It never matters. You always find me.