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Trying Quotes

Sometimes the effort matters more than the outcome.

This collection finds humor and sincerity in the act of trying - baseball becoming enjoyable again only after quitting the attempt to play it, and a small reading ritual used to get through a demanding project. Related reading in I Am Quotes.

Human beings are a social species. We like to hang together in groups, just like wildebeests, just like lions. Wildebeests don't hang with lions because lions eat wildebeests. Human beings are like that. We do what that group does that...

Quotes by Dan Phillips

We're trying to democratise financial services, to ensure that management and movement of money is a right for all citizens, not the privilege of the affluent.

Quotes by Dan Schulman

I'm trying to equalise the world to say there is no high and low.

Quotes by Dan Colen

The vocabulary I use has to reflect the people I'm trying to communicate with.

Quotes by Damian Loeb

I just don't like to do a lot of the normal things expected of other artists. I'm not trying to be difficult; I'm just trying to stick with what it is I want to do.

Quotes by Damien Rice

I try to keep myself on an even keel by trying to be as critical of myself as I am of other people. I try to separate my performance from myself.

Quotes by Damon Hill

I saw myself as a teacher's pet but with a little of Ed Haskell mixed in. I was the teacher's pet, but that didn't mean that I was trying to pull one over.

Quotes by Damon Lindelof

But my kids, my brothers' kids - they think about trying to top what we did.

Quotes by Damon Wayans

I was the guy literally in the chess club who decided to wear a bow tie for the last two years of high school, so I obviously wasn't trying to get the ladies.

Quotes by Dallas Roberts

The core of the person is what he or she loves, and that is bound up with what they worship - that insight recalibrates the radar for cultural analysis. The rituals and practices that form our loves spill out well...

Quotes by Dallas Willard

My film knowledge is pretty shocking. I'm trying to correct that.

Quotes by Daisy Ridley

I'm just trying to win games and give my team a chance, win as many as we can week in and week out.

Quotes by Dak Prescott

I'm trying to raise awareness for veterans.

Quotes by Dakota Meyer

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

Quotes by Dale Carnegie

I'm constantly trying to introduce new voices in Tamil film music.

Quotes by D. Imman

I'm not trying to be like everybody else. I want to be Clemson, and Clemson's not for everybody.

Quotes by Dabo Swinney

I want these lefties to get called out as immoral basically to reduce the standard of living for every American by trying to ban fossil fuels in this country.

Quotes by Dagen McDowell

If I've ever regretted anything, it was putting all my eggs in one basket, holing up and kneeling at the altar of literature, instead of going out and at least reviewing, running around and trying to write for magazines. That...

Quotes by Cynthia Ozick

I prefer stories about people who are, in a sense, trying to find better versions of themselves.

Quotes by Curtis Hanson

I'm not trying to save the world. As a musician and artist, it just ain't me.

Quotes by Curtis Jackson

Frequently Asked Questions

What different situations involve 'trying' in these quotes?
They range from quitting the attempt to play a sport, to trying to make a film while reading Jane Austen on breaks, to trying to comply with tax obligations, to always trying to find creative inspiration.
Is there a quote about giving up trying to play a sport?
Yes. One speaker jokes that "Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it," suggesting a career benefited more from stepping back than continuing to play. For more first-person humor, see Me quotes.
Is there a quote about reading during a break from filming?
Yes - one speaker recalls trying to make 'Metropolitan' and reading "a page of two of Jane Austen as a palate-cleanser" during breaks. Browse Like quotes for more personal anecdotes.
Is there a quote about trying to comply with taxes?
Yes. One speaker says, "I've always been paying my taxes and I've always been trying to comply," describing an ongoing effort to stay compliant. For more on consistent effort, see Always quotes.
Is there a quote about trying to find creative inspiration?
Yes - one speaker says they're "always looking at other artists and trying to get inspired by different things." For more first-person creative reflections, see I Am quotes.

Other lines cover the ongoing effort to stay compliant with obligations and to keep finding fresh inspiration from other artists. Continue with Always Quotes or Me Quotes.