Trying Quotes

You know, you try to move the Brussels bureaucracy, and unless you have some capacity to really break it, you can't move it. It just sits there and stares at you.

Trump is trying to do a lot of really big things. And he's actually getting a lot of big things done.

In the end, the country is going the say, You know, whatever [Donald] Trump's weaknesses may be, he's a sincere guy trying very hard to get this country back on the right track.

Crazy to think that we're having surgery, we're trying to excise cancer, we don't know where the cancer is. We're trying to preserve nerves; we can't see where they are.

We try many ways to be awake, but our society still keeps us forgetful. Meditation is to help us remember.

I think classic films are classic for a reason. It's always sketchy to redo one, especially if you're trying to make it contemporary. That's really just not the way to go.

I'm trying to do the kind of projects that I want to see in the theatre.

I'm mainly interested in people trying to figure s#!t out.

It's probably not going to lead to anything. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't try. If everyone who thought they might fail didn't even try, where would we be today?

There is nothing like love. You should try it.” Thibault shrugged. “Maybe one day.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that you two make me believe that true love really exists. And that even the darkest hours can't take that away.

A sad smile crossed her face, and I knew right then what she was trying to tell me. Her eyes never left mine as she finally said the words that numbed my soul. I'm dying, Landon.

What I try to do with any of my stories, any of my novels, is make them feel very original.

I try to write every day until the book is done, but the exact process depends on the story and its structure. Sometimes, if the story is more linear, I write it from beginning to end.

As an undergraduate, I did maths and physics. That doesn't make me a scientist. So I try to read and understand and talk to scientists.

I love the romantic comedy genre. It's a genre rich with many of the best movies ever made and I try to treat it with the respect that Shakespeare treated it with.

I just think if you're gonna play a show you should try and look nice.

I really do just try to tune as much out as I can and make things that I think just sound good to me.

In the novel, I can change things and simplify, and make events work towards whatever meanings I'm trying to get at more efficiently.

The question any novel is really trying to answer is, Is life worth living?

Sometimes I try to meditate, which I hope will help, but it doesn't really. But lots of times my dreams have the seed of an intriguing story.

I had never read in public, never given an interview. I was doing it all and trying to produce the next book and raise three young kids and had another child on the way.

It's not the troubles we run into, it's what we do about them which determines their net effect upon our lives ... by the very act of trying, our spirit is making progress.

I always try to be optimistic, but not to the point where I'm getting on people's nerves.

Into the mercy seat I climb My head is shaved, my head is wired And like a moth that tries To enter the bright eye I go shuffling out of life Just to hide in death awhile And anyway I never lied.

Rock music is the province of the young, and it should be made by young people. I'm not running around in a pair of spandex tights trying to reclaim my youth.

The zeitgeist is ever-changing. If you try second guess what people want, you'll miss it.

My scripts are always heavily noted. If I can take a director to one side and say, "Do you mind if we try this?," a few days before, that's usually a better way of doing it then on the day.

I try to keep a pretty one-tracked mind.

Instead of taking full advantage of having eight women at once, I spent all my time trying to find a real girlfriend.

I just try to get on anyway that I can, hit, hit-by-pitch, walk, home runs, anything.

When you're playing something, hopefully, if you're doing your best, you're advocating for your character and you're not trying to think too much.

We can't control it, and we've basically quit trying. People are going to talk, and people are going to lie.

I put my heart and soul into my book - great story and awesome characters... yet people are trying to pull me down.

I'm being a lot more consistent, trying to make every swing look the same. I'm doing what the situation calls for and trying not to do too much.

People are writing shorter jokes. The style I've started with was almost trying to keep jokes under 140 characters before Twitter.

Cinema was always taking the big risks, and TV was ambling along behind, just trying to touch the hem.

I fly with the stars in the skies I am no longer trying to survive.

When things aren't working out as you wish, be patient. Stop trying to move ahead of God. His timing is perfect. Trust Him.

Whenever I get asked to write orchestra music or music that is for a lot of players, I try to make it a little sad.

I'm not trying to redefine sexuality or humanity or say that my answer is right and yours is wrong. I'm just happy with who I am.

I'm sticking my tongue out in scenes to try to make that work in 3D. I'm thinking I'll try to get my tongue all the way out to the second row of the audience.

I try not to be proud. I try to actively attack pride.

I do tend to apply myself to projects that make me uncomfortable because usually when that happens I try to find a way of existing in the project that is more creative.

I do like characters that have flaws, some sort of pathos to them that they are trying to sort out.

When I work, I really try to get absorbed in the character. Unless I want to do something playful with the camera, I'm not too worried about where the camera is or positions.

I've gotten into such weird jobs just by word of mouth... Like I didn't try to be an accessory designer, but I had a friend working at the company and I needed a job so that's where I ended up.

I always try to push through fear. I won't be crippled by it. People say, 'Oh you take such risks,' or 'You're brave'. And I'm like 'Well, if you only knew - inside I'm really frightened!'

I'm trying to find a man to share my life with, but it's not been easy. I'm a 35-year-old woman with two small children.

The oldest emotion in the world may be that of being moved; but to describe it-just to name it-must have been like trying to catch something invisible.