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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.

In trying times, Coloradans do what we always have done: pull together and get it done.

Quotes by John Hickenlooper

With some other top players I'm part of a company trying to put on events in Europe, especially Germany, but also Poland, Austria, Russia. There's so much talent coming out of the Far East now, and we want the same...

Quotes by John Higgins

I'm like a child trying to do everything, say everything and be everything all at once.

Quotes by John Hartford

It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done.

Quotes by John Greenleaf Whittier

I take a lot of satisfaction in trying to make my land as self-contained as possible, its own little mini environment. Minimal outputs; minimal inputs.

Quotes by John Grogan

Historically the director has been the key creative element in a film and we must maintain that. We must protect that, in spite of the fact that there is new technology that's continually trying to erode that.

Quotes by John Frankenheimer

The first thing is that we're being attacked by both the Writers Guild and the Producers Guild. Both of these groups are trying to diminish the importance and strength of the director. They're trying to do it through both frontal...

Quotes by John Frankenheimer

There's just not a lot of guys around playing like that these days; a lot of steel players are plugging into stomp boxes, trying to sound like Jeff Beck on a steel guitar.

Quotes by John Fogerty

I have written about the women around me. My ancestors, my relatives, lovers. It was a way of trying to make it all make sense.

Quotes by John Edgar Wideman

I'm still trying to find the actor I want to be, but I know what kind of the talent I want to be around.

Quotes by John David Washington

It's not like I go around trying to imprint all the characters I play with Q.

Quotes by John de Lancie

I love trying new things and experimenting with instruments and sounds.

Quotes by John Corabi

We gave up on the idea of trying to make the record a good representation of the live performance.

Quotes by John Cale

A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying.

Quotes by John Burroughs

Those who enjoy their own emotionally bad health and who habitually fill their own minds with the rank poisons of suspicion, jealousy and hatred, as a rule take umbrage at those who refuse to do likewise, and they find a...

Quotes by Johannes Brahms

I don't feel my best right now, but at the same time, I'm not trying to find any excuses or anything.

Quotes by Johan Santana

I was like a race horse, just trying to get into the world.

Quotes by Joely Fisher

I'm trying to dominate, and if you dominate, you're going to be hated because you're going to talk so much stuff.

Quotes by Joel Embiid

Most weight loss diets center around portion control, which is just trying to eat smaller amounts of the same addictive foods. This approach inevitably fails.

Quotes by Joel Fuhrman

My guide had a copy of Palestine on my last trip to Gaza. He'd bring it out and show people what I was trying to do. That usually went over pretty well.

Quotes by Joe Sacco

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.