Trying Quotes

• If there's a particular problem that Perl is trying to solve, it's the basic fact that all programming languages suck. Sort of the concept of original sin, applied to programming languages.

  

  Larry Wall
  • Trying

• You've just got to keep grinding, putting good ABs together; just stop trying to look at the record, your batting average. You've got to go out there and just keep playing.

  

  Freddie Freeman
  • Good
  • Together
  • Stop

• I'm really just doing whatever comes my way and trying to stay busy and get better at what I'm doing.

  

  Luke Wilson
  • Trying

• Lyrically, I think I'm frustrated with this whole process of trying to figure out what I believe about the world and life. I don't like to adopt a sort of guiding philosophy.

  

  James Mercer Broken Bells
  • Life
  • World
  • Believe

• I think there are real dangers to escalating military conflict with ISIS, and we need to be aware of them. But at the same time, you have to understand, you know, that this whole thing started with Bashar al-Assad and how he is the one who continued to escalate against the people of Syria who were trying to get democratic reform.

  

  Keith Ellison
  • People
  • Time
  • Real

• What I'm saying is that, unlike a lot of portrayals of me, I'm not hiding behind the sunglasses. I'm out there working. I'm not trying to sell anybody anything, but I do realize we're entertainers.

  

  David Duval
  • Trying
  • Sunglasses

• We gave up on the idea of trying to make the record a good representation of the live performance.

  

  John Cale
  • Up
  • Good
  • Live

• The possessions God allows us to have are intended for our use, not our enjoyment. Trying to squeeze something out of them that was never in them in the first place is a futile endeavor. A cow's udders, gently pressed, will yield sweet milk, nourishing and refreshing. Applying more and more pressure will not produce greater quantities of milk. We lose the good of material things by expecting too much from them. Those who try hardest to please themselves with earthly goods find the least satisfaction in them.

  

  William Gurnall
  • Sweet
  • Expecting
  • Consumerism

• That's what Buddhism has been trying to unravel - the mechanism of happiness and suffering. It is a science of the mind.

  

  Matthieu Ricard
  • Mind
  • Science
  • Suffering

• One gal drank a can of floor wax and topped it off with a cup of Clorox, trying to separate herself from the same world he was in.

  

  Fannie Flagg
  • World
  • Trying
  • Cups

• We think we need to create ourselves, always doing a paste-up job on our personalities. That is because we're trying to be special rather than real. We're pathetically trying to conform with all the other people trying to do the same.

  

  Marianne Williamson
  • People
  • Up
  • Real

• That professionalism comes from what I've watched people do on the set. I'm just trying to be as respectful to the environment, as they have been. I think I still act like a kid. I just try to be as professional as I can.

  

  Haley Joel Osment
  • People
  • Environment
  • Professional

• We are trying to make up these other elements by gaining cost efficiencies through our reengineering process and through overt fund-raising activities to better support graduate education.

  

  Charles Vest
  • Up
  • Education
  • Support

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

  

  Ernest Hemingway
  • Trying
  • Western
  • Crafts

• I have written about the women around me. My ancestors, my relatives, lovers. It was a way of trying to make it all make sense.

  

  John Edgar Wideman
  • Women
  • Trying

• Fern was up at daylight, trying to rid the world of injustice. As a result, she now has a pig. A small one to be sure, but nevertheless a pig. It just shows what can happen if a person gets out of bed promptly.

  

  E. B. White
  • Up
  • World
  • She

• I've said it from the very beginning: Fighting the best guys in the world doesn't pay as good as the circus. I want to join the circus. I'm trying to get that circus money.

  

  Eddie Alvarez
  • World
  • Good
  • Money

• I don't think I'll ever find anyone I'll love as much as I loved Elvis. It's pointless trying to compare him to anyone. Yes, some men I've been with have mattered to me, but Elvis was my first love, he'll be my last.

  

  Priscilla Presley
  • Men
  • Trying

• Well actually, we are working on the live album from the shows in Japan. I'm trying to get that finished.

  

  Bootsy Collins
  • Live
  • Trying

• I have a lot of money, but I still feel broke. When I say I feel broke, I don't mean broke in a financial sense, but I still feel like that kid from the gutter who's still trying to get it, even though I'm at the place I want to be.

  

  Daystar Peterson
  • Trying
  • Money
  • Financial

• What I'm doing with my body and with my golf game, I'm trying to extend the longevity of my career.

  

  Jason Day
  • Game
  • Career
  • Golf

• At times I can't help going for visual comfort. Sometimes a picture fills up your head, and you try to move the actors around to make that visual statement.

  

  Ang Lee
  • Up
  • Help
  • Moving

• Health food shops can make people feel very important; it's like a brand new religion with people trying to convert you to quinoa.

  

  Pippa Evans
  • People
  • Important
  • Food

• The most cowardly thing in the world is blaming mistakes upon the umpires. Too many managers strut around on the field trying to manage the umpires instead of their teams.

  

  Bill Klem
  • World
  • Trying

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