Trying Quotes

Were all yearning for a wedge of sky, aren't we? I suspect God plants these yearnings in us so we'll at least try and change the course of things. We must try, that's all.

Lying about anything is the cruelest thing in the world you could ever do. Be who you are. Don't try to be someone you're not. It never works.

Personally, I don't tend to go into casting sessions. I try not to have a preconceived notion in my head because it just reduces my options or ability to find someone cool.

I don't work at night. I'm not very good about working at night. I get tired during the day and I usually like to save my nights to try things out recording.

Maybe I'm wrong," Mom said. "Maybe the world really is coming to an end." "Should I try Fox News?" I asked. Mom shuddered. "We're not that desperate," she said.

Try to live with a generous heart. Doing anything else is too hard.

There was something missing inside me I was trying to fill up, but I went about doing it the wrong way. But there sure isn't anything missing inside me now, because you're there.

Be who you are. If you spend all of your time worrying about how people view you, you will not be either faithful to yourself or effective in what you're trying to do.

The problem is, Hamas is using force to try to extort progress on its political objectives.

I'm always trying to have a good time on set because that's when things happen. That's when you're playful.

Try not to live in a linguistic slum.

There is a terrible, mean American resentment toward a writer who tries to do many things.

I want deeper connections with the people around me. I need to reach out more. Because not everyone leaves. Sometimes if you reach out, the person you’re trying to reach will be right there waiting.

The huge problems we deal with every day are actually really small. We’re so focused on what bothers us that we don’t even try to see our lives from a clearer perspective.

Standing in the line at the food court, I try to be myself. But I forget how I usually stand when I'm myself.

Nobody can boast of Honesty till they are try'd.

Consumer society tantalises us. We then try within ourselves to control the needs that are being constantly stimulated.

I grew up sort of a geeky, tall kid, and I think I was always the one trying to make my friends laugh.

I must still look perplexed because Gale delivers the next line very slowly. “Katniss…he’s still trying to keep you alive.” To keep me alive? And then I understand. The Games are still on.

What happens when we get back? I don't know. I guess we try and forget. I don't want to forget.

I squeeze my eyes shut and try to reach for him across the hundreds and hundreds of miles, to send my thoughts into his mind, to let him know he is not alone. But he is. And I can't help him.

Maybe everyone is just trying to protect me by lying to me. I don't care. I'm sick of people lying to me for my own good.

So what I'd really like is to try and conceal him somewhere safe, then go hunt, and come back and collect him. But I have a feeling his ego isn't going to go for that suggestion.

I try to look on the sunny side of life. If something dramatic happens to me, I always try to recount it as a comedy tale, rather than a victim's story.

I've written more songs for this record than I ever have in the past so I'm trying to give it a lot of special attention to be sure my ideas really get translated right.

Man cannot live upon words, however he may try.

Hindus believe in God positively. Buddhism does not try to know whether He is or not.

Each person tries to hold himself hss and lay the blame upon somebody or something else, or even on bad luck.

I try to tell myself I’m not schizophrenic. But when I’m not acting, I’m not alive. Everyday is just not heightened enough for me. I’m more focused, more interesting when I’m working.

People aren't interested in paying $10 or $12 to go to the movies and to be lectured to politically. I'm not either. So I don't try to make those kinds of films.

Once I stopped trying to always do everything my way, and once I asked for God's help, things have truly gone a different direction.

There's a vested interest in trying to keep people smoking cigarettes.

I think I am worthwhile just because I have optical nerves and can try to put down what they perceive. What a fool!

when the German propaganda tries to be winsome it is like a clown with homicidal mania - ludicrous and terrifying both at once.

I'm not trying to ally myself with the rock stars of the universe.

Don't try to change the package more than you try and change the product.

I must make a choice every time I speak a sentence in English. I try to choose the happier way of saying things, so that my own words will not weigh me down like stones.

You always want to try to make something new, and, of course, America is the world leader in economics today.

And if I'm running away from something, I try to make myself face it and overcome that initial fear. As a director, I don't think it's possible to make a movie that you really don't want to make.

If you're trying to be realistic and bring real life to the screen, you are going to have different elements. That's what I'm trying to do. As I make the movie, different elements come in naturally.

I'm not really interested in anyone's record or anyone - I'm always fighting with myself. I always try to do my best.

I try to count the blessings rather than the problems.

When you are rich, people try to take advantage of you.

They call it 'falling in love' because it's less like stepping and more like tripping. Tripping is the part where you're still trying to remain upright

I'm trying to protect you. From myself. I don't do..." he swung a finger back and forth between us"...this.

We can't just act without thinking anymore, Tris. They've been trying to teach as that all along. I guess if we're mages, we can't exactly be kids, can we? - Sandry after the pirate attack

I'm trying to cultivate a long-term career rather than get every job right this minute. That'd be putting too much pressure on myself. I'd go crazy if I thought like that.

Ireland is such a young society. The British were the ruling class up until they left about a hundred years ago, and we've been trying to work out what our class hierarchy is ever since.

If you run away from trouble, it always follows.' Rather my impression, too. Though that never stopped me trying.

In intimate relationships, if we start trying to be more real, it's very scary.