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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.

My pub was full of get-rich-quick schemes that never worked - scams, pyramid schemes. People trying to find a way to get themselves out of a rut.

Quotes by James Purefoy

I think I started out trying to be very objective about the flow of the play.

Quotes by James Rado

I most enjoy sitting down with the acoustic guitar and just fiddling around and trying to come up with something like a hook or some sort of melodic line. That's something that I do habitually.

Quotes by James Mercer

I'm trying to avoid having regrets about missing opportunities. That would be the worst thing. Like having an audience waiting, and not working hard enough, and coming out with a record that disappointed them.

Quotes by James Mercer

Before trying a novel I wrote a couple of plays.

Quotes by James Merrill

Don't get diverted by trying to do things for your own advancement. In other words, don't be lured into responding to incentives.

Quotes by James Mirrlees

The issue often with films is how it works with money and trying to get a visible movie star presence in the film.

Quotes by James Marsh

We live in an era of reinvention: Madonna and everybody desperately trying to change their persona.

Quotes by James Lapine

Psychology is still trying to explain the perception of the position of an object in space, along with its shape, size, and so on, and to understand the sensations of color.

Quotes by James J. Gibson

We're not trying to be everything for everybody. We're not trying to please the masses.

Quotes by James Jebbia

Anytime you learn something new, you're just trying to file it away - might be useful one day.

Quotes by James Holzhauer

I do not consider my self as having mastered the flute, but I get a real kick out of trying.

Quotes by James Galway

I have to confess that there have been some times when I was less than glad to be a minister, and some Sundays still when I tremble under the weight of trying to speak a word for God.

Quotes by James Green Somerville

There will be a 'Guardians 3,' that's for sure. We're trying to figure it out. I'm trying to figure out what I want to do. Really, that's all it is.

Quotes by James Gunn

Everybody's got their own story. I'm just trying to add to mine. It's cool to be an inspiration to others.

Quotes by James Conner

When you try to teach children things, you're trying not necessarily to do it directly.

Quotes by James Bobin

I've always thought that Lewis Carroll himself had a certain comedy tinge to him. He was a guy who was a satirist. He really was a social commentator in many ways and was trying to satirize Victorian society.

Quotes by James Bobin

I'm trying this thing where I don't regret as much 'cause it doesn't really work that well to regret things.

Quotes by James Arthur

How I set myself apart is by creating the sort of real and honest music, which is who I'm also trying to be.

Quotes by James Bay

I was trying to sound like some of the people I was listening to, like Mala and Coki.

Quotes by James Blake

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.