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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 believe that my art gets across the point that I'm in this morality theater trying to help the underdog, and I'm speaking socially here, showing concern and making psychological and philosophical statements for the underdog.

Quotes by Jeff Koons

I'm not trying to teach anybody anything, I'm not trying to say anything, I have no political motive whatsoever. My motive is just the big laugh.

Quotes by Jeff Dunham

My pet peeve is when people criticize things when they're just trying to have a conversation.

Quotes by Jeff Baena

In the movie, I deal with the loss of my legs and adjusting and trying to become a new person, essentially.

Quotes by Jeff Bauman

If you're against war, you're against war regardless of what happens. It's a wrong method of trying to settle a dispute.

Quotes by Jeannette Rankin

How can people in other countries who are trying to grasp our plan of democracy avoid stumbling over our logic when we deny the first steps in democracy to our women?

Quotes by Jeannette Rankin

I don't see Republicans flipping their lids trying to burn down buildings in Ninja outfits when a Democrat, progressive, or socialist tries to speak.

Quotes by Jeanine Pirro

There's a way of filming where you can get rid of the vanity and of trying to make something beautiful.

Quotes by Jean-Marc Vallee

Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.

Quotes by Jean Cocteau

What we are trying to do is to look at all of those resources and say, well, would they be better spent on just advocacy and information, or can we make savings out of that and redirect them into savings.

Quotes by Jay Weatherill

I was forced to be an artist and a CEO from the beginning, so I was forced to be like a businessman because when I was trying to get a record deal, it was so hard to get a record...

Quotes by Jay-Z

Divinity. That's what I'm trying to get at, in everything I write.

Quotes by Jayne Anne Phillips

I was listening to all those lyrics and trying to take in everything that was happening. I was completely excited. It was one of the greatest times that I had listening to music.

Quotes by Jay McShann

I try to listen to a lot of music when I'm in the mixing process of a record, when I'm in post-production and trying to get everything to sound a certain way.

Quotes by Jay Reatard

There are a couple of projects that are sort of on the plate; I haven't closed any of them yet. I'm trying to figure out which one is going to be the best one for me.

Quotes by Jay Hernandez

I'm definitely trying to be Number One.

Quotes by Jay IDK

I am just trying to find a way to make pictures.

Quotes by Jasper Johns

What I aspire to do, and what I try the hardest to do, is write stuff that's very personal in its way. I figure I can only say things the way I say them, so I'm trying to do something...

Quotes by Jason Robert Brown

We're trying to make a movie that's interesting.

Quotes by Jason Statham

My wife's trying to get me into yoga, and it's gonna take me a while, but eventually I'm gonna have to.

Quotes by Jason Momoa

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.