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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.

I made stupid decisions as a kid, or as a young adult, but I'm trying to be now, I'm trying to take this lemon and make lemonade.

Quotes by Kevin Mitnick

There's a lot of people out there who are just miserable in their own lives, I guess, and just trying to make other people miserable as well to bring themselves up. There's no shortage of that, that's for sure.

Quotes by Kevin Owens

Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment.

Quotes by Kevin Kelly

I've never felt completely satisfied with what I've done. I tend to see things too critically. I'm trying to get over that.

Quotes by Kevin Kline

My musical background is like almost every non classical musician in the world. One day a special record was heard and that was it. I was hooked, started trying to play various instruments and was off to bar land to...

Quotes by Kevin Johnson

I haven't lived a perfect life. I have regrets. But that's from a lifetime of taking chances, making decisions, and trying not to be frozen. The only thing that I can do with my regrets is understand them.

Quotes by Kevin Costner

It was quite risky to open the book with one of my quieter stories; I'm kind of trying, I think, to lure readers into a false sense of security and then assault them with a couple really loud, really strange...

Quotes by Kevin Barry

My first restoration was on 'Napoleon,' trying to put the French version in with the English version, and it was most unsatisfactory.

Quotes by Kevin Brownlow

I'm over dudes trying to look like they're in boy bands.

Quotes by Kesha

I call myself 'Bubblegoth.' I'm really into the goth and industrial stuff, but also the cute and rave-ish stuff, so I'm trying to put it all together.

Quotes by Kerli

What you're trying to create is a certain kind of an indispensable presence, where your position in the narrative is not contingent on whether somebody likes you, or somebody knows you, or somebody's a friend, or somebody's being generous to...

Quotes by Kerry James Marshall

When you reach a level of status - and making it to college is an accomplishment in itself - you are trying to define who you are.

Quotes by Kenya Barris

I'm desperately trying to unplug. The last thing I want is a watch that connects to my phone which connects to my iPad that connects to my computer that airplays to my TV.

Quotes by Kerby Jean-Raymond

I'm not worried about wrinkles on my cheeks, or going grey. I'm not trying to be 20.

Quotes by Keren Woodward

I'm trying to do the work God created in my heart to do.

Quotes by Kenny Stills

I'm just trying to take a stand for people that are unique.

Quotes by Kenny Stills

I think that usually the risk in trying to write children in fiction is the tendency to make them too cute or something.

Quotes by Kent Haruf

You know, Jesse Jackson is just trying to stir up a hornet's nest.

Quotes by Kenneth Blackwell

I gained about 60 pounds when I was preggers with Lil Hank, and I'm desperately trying not to do the same with our daughter.

Quotes by Kendra Wilkinson

I like the law. I like the part that's about reasoning, about persuasion, about telling stories, about trying to build structures that fall within rules.

Quotes by Ken Liu

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.