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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.

All I'm trying to do is manage money and take care of my shareholders.

Quotes by Louis Navellier

I'm not joking around when I've said occasionally, trying to learn how to play a D chord properly has been a very big thing for me.

Quotes by Lou Reed

When I record an album I'm trying to get as close as possible to that perfect moment.

Quotes by Lou Reed

I don't like the word rock opera, but I'm trying to write on that level that's reserved for plays still, or novels.

Quotes by Lou Reed

I'm in the process of trying to find something that I could do on my own.

Quotes by Loretta Devine

I'm trying to lead a good Christian life, so there ain't too much spicy to tell about me.

Quotes by Loretta Lynn

The Vietnamese and the Republicans are, with an intensity, trying to take this seat from which we have done so much for our community - to take this seat and give it to this Van Tran, who is very anti-immigrant...

Quotes by Loretta Sanchez

Especially when you have a lot of technology you're developing as a small company, trying to protect that technology is a real problem.

Quotes by Lonnie Johnson

Don't laugh at a youth for his affectations; he is only trying on one face after another to find a face of his own.

Quotes by Logan Pearsall Smith

I've taken legislation that people have been trying to pass for 10 or 15 years, and I got it passed.

Quotes by Lois Frankel

Working improvisationally in my studio with dancers, it's completely different. We don't have any starting point; we don't have an end point. We don't have anything we are trying to show or do. The picture evolves from nowhere.

Quotes by Lois Greenfield

All that writers can do is keep trying to say what is deepest in their hearts.

Quotes by Lloyd Alexander

I see myself as a flashlight in the dark. I'm not trying to be overlooked anymore.

Quotes by Lloyd Banks

I've been spending this last month trying to find four outfits to wear to the different premieres of The Two Towers. It's hard work.

Quotes by Liv Tyler

It's always a tricky thing, trying to make aid sustainable.

Quotes by Liya Kebede

I got sick of trying everything. I tried every single thing imaginable - diet, exercise. I even bought a house on the health spa property, and I still gained weight.

Quotes by Lisa Lampanelli

I think, a lot of time, when I'm making art, I'm trying to get into a state of childlike play, where I'm not self-conscious; I'm not worried about what the outcome is going to be. I'm just having fun.

Quotes by Lisa Hanawalt

It's hard to find things that haven't been said before or drawn before, but I'm trying.

Quotes by Lisa Hanawalt

My biggest problem in middle school was catty girls, cliques, and trying to figure out if I wanted to be a part of one of those, just figuring out who I was and all that.

Quotes by Lindsey Shaw

We're not trying to push the real provocative edge.

Quotes by Linda Johnson Rice

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.