I Tried Quotes

• I tried to grow up. Honest. Didn’t quite happen. I guess I’m someone for whom youth still seems more real than the present, or the half century in between. And why not? I'm deeply underwhelmed by most contemporary art, literature, music, films, TV, the heinous little phones, money talk, real estate talk, all that stuff. The Internet, which at first seemed so fascinating, appears to be evolving into something even worse than TV, but we'll see.

  

  Donald Fagen Steely Dan
  • Literature
  • Stuff
  • Honest

• Anyway, I tried liking Jimmy Corrigan but I couldn't.

  

  Ted Rall
  • Tried
  • Liking
  • I Tried

• I tried to stay away from King. You can't do it. It's like staying away from taxes. Sooner or later, he'll get you.

  

  Mike Tyson
  • King
  • Taxes
  • I Tried

• I've got this weird body chemistry that I don't like to get high. I'm not going to say I never tried drugs. I tried most everything. I didn't try injectables. But I didn't like it.

  

  Linda Ronstadt
  • High
  • Weird
  • Body

• I tried making films with messages. Now I’d rather send a text!

  

  Salman Khan
  • Films
  • Text
  • I Tried

• I tried out for 'Jeopardy' once, when they came to Cleveland, but I didn't make it.

  

  Drew Carey
  • Cleveland
  • Jeopardy
  • I Tried

• I tried always to do better: saw always a little further. I tried to stretch myself.

  

  Audrey Hepburn
  • Better
  • Stretch
  • I Tried

• I tried other sports and it wasn't as fun. It must be in the blood, I guess.

  

  Jamie Johnson
  • Fun
  • Sports
  • I Tried