Trying Quotes

• I thought of collaborating with other people which still might happen at this point. It might not. I was just trying to break the cycle because I had gotten to a point where I was definitely sure that I was on the wrong track after about 16 years.

  

  Van Morrison
  • People
  • Years
  • Track

• I was kind of a slap hitter, trying to get base hits, hit line drives, stay below a certain trajectory with my ball.

  

  Ben Zobrist
  • Trying

• For a long time I wasn't happy, but that had nothing to do with Beyonce. That had to do with me trying to get my life in order and make better decisions for myself. I'm seeing all these wonderful things happen for her, and I am happy for her. But I want a path. I want things to pop off for me, too.

  

  Kelly Rowland Destiny's Child
  • Life
  • Time
  • Long

• I'm not one of those shoppers where I go to a store and I'm like, trying it on, I'm not sure, 'Oh, can you put this on hold?' No. It's either love it or hate it. And it's the same way with scripts. I usually know within the first 10 pages. If I don't latch into it by then, then it's not going to happen.

  

  Emma Stone
  • Trying
  • Hate

• Trying your best not to get stressed out, the hardest part is not to get down, not to let the business get to you. I think the business is more mental than it is talent. I think you can have the talent, but if you don't have it up here, I think you can easily just break down.

  

  Shad Gregory Moss
  • Up
  • Business
  • Talent

• I am not trying to do material which I cannot do full out.

  

  Mikhail Baryshnikov
  • Trying
  • Materials

• What I'm trying to do is deliver results, not promises; results, not vision; results, not concepts. The world is cynical about IBM's promises.

  

  Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
  • World
  • Trying
  • Vision

• I never dreamed about being on a hit television series. I've never really related my dreams to that specific of a work goal. I was always enjoying the moment. Acting, writing, looking for roles and getting involved with people and trying to create something that would be entertaining to people. With "E.R." we were all very lucky to get this combination of people together in the right story in the right way to take it to the level it has reached.

  

  Anthony Charles Edwards
  • People
  • Work
  • Writing

• Just relief of trying to get there for eight years. It's finally here and I'm very excited. It's just great. It's been a long ride.

  

  Darrelle Revis
  • Long
  • Excited
  • Relief

• When I started in fashion, I had already adopted the sailor-striped sweater as my uniform; that way, I wouldn't have to drive myself crazy trying to figure out what to wear.

  

  Jean Paul Gaultier
  • Trying
  • Fashion
  • Crazy

• At this point, I'm just grinding through it, trying to establish strikes in the zone with my pitches, using some information the opposition gives me, and kind of moving forward in that regard.

  

  Jake Arrieta
  • Trying
  • Moving

• We don't want it to be obscure music. We're not trying to be indie. We want to be popular.

  

  Kelela Mizanekristos
  • Music
  • Trying
  • Popular

• I was not trying to write some sort of serious meditation on war and peace. 'The Grace of Kings' is meant to be a fun book. It's meant to be an epic fantasy.

  

  Ken Liu
  • Book
  • War
  • Fun

• What drew me into making movies is trying to make characters that step off the screen.

  

  Brad Anderson
  • Trying

• In innovation, you're trying to create something from nothing.

  

  David Cohen
  • Trying
  • Innovation

• It is surprising that people do not believe that there is imagination in science. It is a very interesting kind of imagination, unlike that of the artist. The great difficulty is in trying to imagine something that you have never seen, that is consistent in every detail with what has already been seen, and that is different from what has been thought of; furthermore, it must be definite and not a vague proposition. That is indeed difficult.

  

  Richard Feynman
  • People
  • Believe
  • Different

• You can try and read my lyrics off of this paper before I lay 'em But you won't take the sting out these words before I say 'em

  

  Marshall Bruce Mathers III Bad Meets Evil'
  • Paper
  • Ems
  • Lays

• Trying to find a way to represent something that is truly frightening on stage is a fascinating challenge.

  

  Elizabeth Marvel
  • Trying
  • Challenge

• I always try to individualize everything, every person. I see individuals and that's why I've never fallen for racism, or any type or classification of people.

  

  Mike Vallely Black Flag
  • People
  • Individual
  • Racism

• Trying to be Sherlock Holmes is like trying to catch an arrow in mid-flight.

  

  Jeremy Brett
  • Trying

• There is a childlike side in the work of the Dadaists, Klee, Miró, Calder and Picasso. I am trying to make things that are very, very serious, and what comes out of it is things that are quite friendly, gay, and sometimes even amusing. [Chaim] Soutine tried to work like Rembrandt, and yet there is nothing of Rembrandt in his pictures.

  

  Yaacov Agam
  • Work
  • Serious
  • Gay

• I spent many years trying to fit in and do things the way I thought I was supposed to - trying to be perceived the way I thought people wanted to see me. I grew up in a very religious household and wasn't taught to feel comfortable or good about my sexuality, so it feels great to be able to say things the way I want to say them.

  

  John Grant
  • People
  • Up
  • Good

• It doesn't really matter to me what the rest of country is doing. I'm not caught up in trying to make a record that sounds like everybody else. That, to me, is a record label's absolute biggest downfall.

  

  Joe Nichols
  • Up
  • Country
  • Rest

• I played for Almendares in Cuba. Guess who was trying out for the team? Castro. Fidel Castro, as a pitcher. He could throw pretty hard, but he was wild. He didn't have any control.

  

  Monford Merrill "Monte" Irvin
  • Control
  • Pitcher
  • Castro

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