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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.

Small ball, spacing, shooting 3s, is something that everybody's trying to do.

Quotes by J. B. Bickerstaff

My wife and I were both very engaged in trying to defeat Trump. We knocked on doors in three states.

Quotes by J. B. Pritzker

We're trying to make money, trying to add a zero onto our net worth.

Quotes by J. B. Pritzker

If I was going to wrestle, I wanted it to look good. If I was going to do skits, I was not an actress and so I was trying to memorize my lines.

Quotes by Ivory

I don't know where these rap guys get off trying to act so hard.

Quotes by Ivan Moody

The very definition of 'blackness' is as broad as that of 'whiteness,' yet we're seemingly always trying to find a specific, limited definition.

Quotes by Issa Rae

It's like I somehow snuck a seat at the grown-up table. I'm just trying not to get caught.

Quotes by Italia Ricci

How much energy is wasted in Italy in trying to write the novel that obeys all the rules. The energy might have been useful to provide us with more modest, more genuine things, that had less pretensions: short stories, memoirs,...

Quotes by Italo Calvino

Well, I'm still experimenting, trying to figure out my style. I'm trying lots of things from many designers including Christian Siriano.

Quotes by Isabelle Fuhrman

As frustrating as it is to not have a record come out, I have to make sure that it's worth putting out. I have to be trying to say something, for one. I have to not oversell what I'm trying...

Quotes by Isaac Brock

I'm not trying to be the next Joan Rivers.

Quotes by Isaac Mizrahi

I'm just trying to tell a nice story. Whether you're a writer or a producer, all you want to do is tell a good yarn.

Quotes by Irwin Winkler

More money has been lost trying to imitate 'Rocky' than 'Rocky' has made.

Quotes by Irwin Winkler

Turn off the TV and start digging around for information that's not from a corporation trying to make money.

Quotes by Iris Dement

I'm trying to strike a balance between Bollywood and Hollywood.

Quotes by Irrfan Khan

At sleepovers I would have panic attacks trying to break it to girls that they didn't want to kiss me without outing myself.

Quotes by iO Tillett Wright

My only agenda is trying to make you laugh and say something smart.

Quotes by Iliza Shlesinger

When he said we were trying to make a fool of him, I could only murmur that the Creator had beat us to it.

Quotes by Ilka Chase

On the one hand, Porto Monenegro is shape-shifting - it replaced a naval shipyard with a new marina - but it's also mind-shifting, opening up an array of other small business opportunities. And this shape-shifting and mind-shifting, it is exactly...

Quotes by Igor Luksic

I'm trying to focus on original material. That is what I've had my luck with.

Quotes by Idina Menzel

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.