Trying Quotes - page 8

The point of meditation is not merely to be an honest or good person in the conventional sense, trying only to maintain our security. We must begin to become compassionate and wise in the fundamental sense, open and relating to the world as it is. (Chogyam Trungpa)
Do not wave stick when trying to catch dog. View quote
Earl Derr Biggers
Going into my 20s, I was uncertain, trying to figure out what my relationship to acting is. View quote
Gaby Hoffmann
Dishonesty is all about the small acts we can take and then think, 'No, this not real cheating.' So if you think that the main mechanism is rationalization, then what you come up with, and that's what we find, is that we're basically trying to balance feeling good about ourselves. View quote
Dan Ariely
I'm not a guy who curses very much in my personal life. When I curse it sounds like a kid trying to be cool. But I think there are quite a few people, my father being one of them, who use curse words rather eloquently. View quote
Justin Halpern
I leave to the militarists the difficult task of trying to explain to us how these wars have served to shape character or to promote the progress of civilization or to achieve the reign of justice on earth. So far, they have not come forward with the explanation. View quote
Elie Ducommun
I made stupid decisions as a kid, or as a young adult, but I'm trying to be now, I'm trying to take this lemon and make lemonade. View quote
Kevin Mitnick
The point is that when I see a sunset or a waterfall or something, for a split second it's so great, because for a little bit I'm out of my brain, and it's got nothing to do with me. I'm not trying to figure it out, you know what I mean? And I wonder if I can somehow find a way to maintain that mind stillness. View quote
Chris Evans
I am trying to be guided by my passion. View quote
America Ferrera
There seemed to be three choices: to give up trying to love anyone, to stop being selfish, or to learn to love a person while continuing to be selfish. View quote
Lydia Davis
I'm the world's least happy atheist. I miss having religious faith, but trying to have it seems like trying to be in love with someone that you're not in love with. (Lisa Williams)
I'm always trying to be a good ambassador for my country. View quote
Goran Visnjic
However, I don't feel the world is looking over my shoulder when I am working - I never think about this at all. What I think about is trying to make my work pure, and if it is pure then it can be accessible. It is quite straight forward really. View quote
Ian Hamilton Finlay
To rob the Negro of his reputation of thinking through a problem in his own fashion is about the same as trying to pretend that he doesn't have a natural instinct for rhythm and for singing and dancing. View quote
Jesse Helms
I'm the youngest in my family, and everyone is very funny, and I was always trying to keep up with them. I just loved making people laugh. View quote
Lisa Kudrow
I quit therapy because my analyst was trying to help me behind my back. View quote
Richard Lewis
Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.' View quote
Mickey Mantle
What I'm trying to do is find either existing properties or come up with properties or angles or stories which will create music drama. It's my obsession and most of all I would like to remain working in theatre. I think it's very much alive. View quote
Pete Townshend
He was just trying to tease me - I knew that later - but he said he'd have to leave because it wasn't fair to have anyone in the room who was going to make fun of what he had to say. He had a good sense of humor, really. View quote
Fay Wray
When he said we were trying to make a fool out of him, I could only say that the Creator had beat us to it. View quote
Ilka Chase
Coldplay are just four friends trying to make great music. (Will Champion)
The commonality between science and art is in trying to see profoundly - to develop strategies of seeing and showing. View quote
Edward R. Tufte
I'm not trying to be some kind of underground renegade. View quote
Alex Winter
I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important is the quality of our work. View quote
Alvin Ailey
I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying. View quote
Anita Diament